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(Photo right) National Ranching Heritage Center will host its annual Christmas. (Photo by John Weast)

(Photo right) National Ranching Heritage Center will host its annual Christmas. (Photo by John Weast)

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NRHC to host 44th Annual Candlelight at Ranch

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Visitors will experience a frontier Christmas from 6:309 p.m. Dec. 9-10 when the National Ranching Heritage Center (NRHC) at Texas Tech University celebrates its 44th Annual Candlelight at the Ranch. The event is free to the public with a suggested minimum $5 donation per family.

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TFB holds 89th Annual Meeting

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) leaders and members gathered in Waco for its 89th annual meeting on Sat., Dec. 3. In 2022, TFB gained 2,450 members for a total of 538,064 member-families.
Naz FFA Updates

Naz FFA Updates

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Naz FFA Updates

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
The Nazareth FFA Greenhand Quiz team competed at the state competition and placed 11t. Michael Fulkerson placed 8th individually. Other team members included Gracie White, Zac Huseman, Daniel Schacher, Taylor Wethington and Emily Durbin.
OPINION

OPINION

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Walter Wendler,
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
As social attitudes and perspectives, ebb and flow universities are impacted and, in some cases, become barometers for measuring change and even predicting it. Fitch Ratings – Chicago/New York in a Sept. 19 report predicts that enrollment trends will affect different universities in different ways.
Chicken or egg?

Chicken or egg?

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Chicken or egg?

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? People have known about chickens for nearly 3000 years. Chicken drawings were even discovered on ancient pottery. Maybe that’s where we get the saying, “A chicken in every pot.”

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Counties declare imigration disaster

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Counties across Texas are adopting “local state of disaster” resolutions of a different kind. This state of disaster is caused by an invasion of illegal aliens.

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State sales tax revenue hits record $3.96B

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.96 billion in November, the highest monthly collection on record and 11.2 percent more than in November 2021.
Gov. Greg Abbott intends to appoint Sen. Jane Nelson from Flower Mound as the new Secretary of State after accepting the resignation of John Scott, who plans to return to private practice. Nelson has served in the Texas Senate for 30 years and did not run for re-election this term.

Gov. Greg Abbott intends to appoint Sen. Jane Nelson from Flower Mound as the new Secretary of State after accepting the resignation of John Scott, who plans to return to private practice. Nelson has served in the Texas Senate for 30 years and did not run for re-election this term.

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Scott resigns as secretary of state

News Staff
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Gov. Greg Abbott accepted the resignation of Texas Secretary of State John Scott and announced his intent to appoint Senator Jane Nelson to fill the role as the 115th Secretary of State for Texas.
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