Crown of Thorns

Take me back to the days of hats and gloves! Do you have old Easter pictures stored away in photo albums? When I was young, girls wore pretty party dresses and mothers were arrayed in classy dresses or suits. The ensemble included shoes and a matching purse.

Fear or Faith?

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 Five-year-old Johnny was watching his mum make supper. She asked him to go into the pantry and get her a can of tomato soup, but he was afraid to go in alone.

Farmers, consumers feel the squeeze of inflation

Texas farmers and ranchers are paying more at the grocery store, just like everyone else. We see the higher cost of food. The numbers tell the story. The price for groceries jumped 1.4% in February and 8.6% over the past year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The increases seem a bit high?

Judge rules on UNT out-of-state tuition

A shift in university tuition is on the horizon after a federal judge ruled that the University of North Texas can’t charge out-of-state American students higher tuition than undocumented Texans who qualify for lower in-state tuition under a 2001 Texas law.

USDA announces signup period for CLEAR30

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing the signup period for its Clean Lakes, Estuaries, And Rivers initiative (CLEAR30) — a nationwide opportunity for certain landowners and agricultural producers currently implementing water quality practices through the Conservation Reserve...

Pfizer releases next set of documents

According to newly released documents, Pfizer hired about 600 additional full-time employees to process adverse event reports during the three months following the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of its COVID-19 vaccine.

Conditions ideal for wildfires

Sheriff Sal Rivera is urging Castro County residents to heed conditions that could likely create the perfect wildfire storm.

Editor’s Message

A passport is a document that allows one to enter a foreign country. A FOREIGN COUNTY. We don’t in fact need permission to leave our own country; one can go up in a plane or a balloon, one can sail the ocean blue, as far from home as one wants. If you build a rocket ship you can go to the moon.

Landers to retire from DSEC

Deaf Smith Electric Cooperative announced the retirement of Steve Landers after more than 43 years with the cooperative. His retirement was celebrated at come and go reception this past Friday.

Newspaper mailers face dramatic postage increases

The U.S. Postal Service today announced it would hike Periodicals postage rates an average of 8.5% for Periodicals on July 10, 2022, disappointing publishers who expected passage of the Postal Service Reform Act to moderate the price increases.