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BACK-TO-SCHOOL BATCHES of these decadent cookies will make any young student in your house rush home for an afternoon treat. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

BACK-TO-SCHOOL BATCHES of these decadent cookies will make any young student in your house rush home for an afternoon treat. | ANGELINA LaRUE PHOTO

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Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies

Angelina L
Thursday, August 13, 2026
CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COMI’m not sure I’ve ever met a chocolate chip cookie I didn’t like, but this jazzedup version is at the top of the list. The texture and depth of flavor are unmatched.The addition pecans and flaky salt take these decadent cookies over the top.
Blank, blanker, blankest

Blank, blanker, blankest

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Blank, blanker, blankest

Hanaba Munn Welch
Thursday, August 13, 2026
If your mind is blank, check Facebook. You can end up blanker.Or can you? “Blanker” should not be a word—not even for taking potshots at oft-maligned Facebook. “Blanker” falls in the same category as “uniquer.” But if Spellcheck lets you spell whatever, then it’s a bona fide word.
Spider mites are pesky pests

Spider mites are pesky pests

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Spider mites are pesky pests

Ellen Peffley
Thursday, August 13, 2026
CUISINE & CULTUREA friend asked what to do about spider mites that had infested her friend’s geraniums. They are troublesome. Spider mites go hand in hand with dry, hot weather.
MEET THE OWLS

MEET THE OWLS

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MEET THE OWLS

News Staff
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Last week Silverton ISD hosted Meet the Owls to kick off the new football season.
MOTLEY 4-H

MOTLEY 4-H

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MOTLEY 4-H

News Staff
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Club members have been busy this summer working on their “Helping Hands for Healthy Living” project. Their hard work is paying off as they have been able to share their garden harvest with Motley County Senior Citizens.

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The Great Divide returns to Hotel Turkey for a two-night fall stand

Staff Report
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Music fans will have a double dose of red-dirt country this autumn as The Great Divide returns to Hotel Turkey for an anticipated two-night run on Friday, Oct. 9 and Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026.Known for setting the soundtrack for countless local memories, the legendary group is heading back to the big...
TEXAN CARING FOR TEXANS Matt Orr, center, TxDOT environmental project planner for the Childress District, received aTexansCaringforTexansawardattheannualceremonyinCanyon on Aug. 6. Lin Xie, director of TP&D, left, and Darwin Lankford, Childress District Engineer, congratulated Orr following the ceremony. | TxDOT

TEXAN CARING FOR TEXANS Matt Orr, center, TxDOT environmental project planner for the Childress District, received aTexansCaringforTexansawardattheannualceremonyinCanyon on Aug. 6. Lin Xie, director of TP&D, left, and Darwin Lankford, Childress District Engineer, congratulated Orr following the ceremony. | TxDOT

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Childress’s Orr named a Texan Caring for Texans

News Staff
Thursday, August 13, 2026
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONCHILDRESS– TxDOT Childress District environmental project planner Matt Orr was presented with a Texan Caring for Texans award at the 30th annual awards ceremony on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon on Thursday, August 6.Orr began his career with the...
Cyclosporiasis mostly in two regions in state

Cyclosporiasis mostly in two regions in state

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Cyclosporiasis mostly in two regions in state

Texas Press Association
Thursday, August 6, 2026
AUSTIN— Nearly threefourths of cyclosporiasis cases detected in Texas have been confined to two regions, The Dallas Morning News reported. The Texas Department of State Health Services provided numbers for each of the state’s eight public health regions.
TALES FROM TUMBLEWEED SMITH

TALES FROM TUMBLEWEED SMITH

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TALES FROM TUMBLEWEED SMITH

News Staff
Thursday, August 6, 2026
TUMBLEWEEDAs the creator and producer of “The Sound of Texas,” one of the longest running syndicated radio programs in Texas, Tumbleweed seeks fascinating people who embody the spirit of the Lone StarStateandbringsthemintothehomesandheartsofthousands.Doug and his animal farmDoug Baum likes kolaches...