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Castro County Livestock Show Results

Castro County Livestock Show Results

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Castro County Livestock Show Results

News Staff
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Champion White OPB Market Hog Copper Farris Reserve Champion White OPB Market Hog Addie Birkenfeld Class 4 - Duroc Market Hog1st Place - Addie Birkenfeld2nd Place - Copper Farris3rd Place - Lexi Ramaekers4th Place - Zaybri Rivera Class 5 - Duroc Market Hog1st Place - Breyson Birkenfeld 2nd Place -...
Zac Huseman is pictured with his Breed Champion Cross.

Zac Huseman is pictured with his Breed Champion Cross.

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Castro County junior Livestock show-pigs

News Staff
Thursday, January 29, 2026
2nd Place - Breyson Birkenfeld 3rd Place - Gentrey McDaniel 4th Place - Lexi Ramaekers 5th Place - Kayden Nalley Champion Crossbred Market Hog Zac Huseman Reserve Champion Crossbred Market Hog Autumn Birkenfeld Overall Champion Market Hog Copper Farris Overall Reserve Champion Market Hog Zac...

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Nazareth Livestock show results

Steer 2026 Nazareth Stock Show
Thursday, January 29, 2026
English Class 1 Kannon Farris - 1st Place Chandler Hoelting - 2nd Place Class 2 Harper Johnson - 1st Place Hubb Paulsen - 2nd Place Champion English: Kannon Farris - Class 1 Reserve English: Harper Johnson - Class 2 Exotic Class 3 Kaylin Acker - 1st Place Kannon Farris - 2nd Place Hadlee Hoelting -...
Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford

Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford

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Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford

Jim Steiert
Thursday, January 29, 2026
For more than a century, human communities on the Southern Plains have lived by extracting large amounts of water from local landscapes, particularly through high intensity irrigation.
WINTER IS HERE

WINTER IS HERE

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WINTER IS HERE

News Staff
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Although the winter storm has moved out of the region, lingering ice, snow and sustained below- freezing temperatures continue to create hazardous travel conditions, resulting in ongoing challenges for healthcare systems and the local blood supply.Since the winter weather began, 86 community blood...
Rural Roads Are the Backbone of Rural Texas — and They Deserve Austin’s Attention

Rural Roads Are the Backbone of Rural Texas — and They Deserve Austin’s Attention

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Rural Roads Are the Backbone of Rural Texas — and They Deserve Austin’s Attention

By Suzanne Bellsnyder, Texas Rural Reporter
Thursday, January 29, 2026
If you live in rural Texas, it will come as no surprise that county roads across the state are failing. You feel it every time you dodge a pothole, ease past slowmoving farm equipment, or watch a school bus crawl down a road that hasn’t seen real maintenance in years.

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Water depth measurements underway

News Staff
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District (HPWD) field technicians are measuring annual water levels in observation wells to determine changes since last year.The monitoring program encompasses approximately 1,400 privately owned wells, spaced roughly one per nine square miles, throughout...
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