October 8, 2026
WESTBOUND HEARTS
SEN. CHARLES PERRY, TX-28
SPEC Operation Round Up donates $60K to region’s volunteer fire departments
SOME 200 CITIZENS of Briscoe County, and others, came out on a rainy evening to hear Soluna representatives make their case for a data center, and to chat with their elected officials; a bye week in the high school football schedule made for an ideal opportunity to turnoutacrowd.AsandwichmealwascateredbySilverton’sMaltShop. MORESPOTLIGHT PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | CAPROCK COURIER
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
While Soluna Computing seeks to set itself apart from its counterparts with a theme of “Designed Differently,” many aspects of its town hall presentation last Friday night in Silverton have become familiar in locales across West Texas.
HOORAY!
VALLEY XC Saturday the Lady Patriots and Patriots competed in the Lubbock cross country meet at Mae Simmons Park. Micah Ferrel placed 2nd overall out of 100 runners, with a time of 17:35.6. The Lady Patriots placed 5th as a team out of 17 teams, with Hartlee Battey placing 7th, Paisley Cruse 16th and Karsyn Pettit 20th. The Patriots will be competing in the district meet on Tuesday Oct. 12. | COURTESY PHOTOS
Carroll Lynn Campbell, 1943–2026
Ronald Lynn Mullin, 1947–2026
Lera Kate Hutcherson
