Tornado to trash: Matador tapped for disposal grant

Roaring Springs also presented funds by SPAG
  • MATADOR MAYOR FUZZY CONNER
    MATADOR MAYOR FUZZY CONNER
  • ROARING SPRINGS MAYOR JEFF THACKER
    ROARING SPRINGS MAYOR JEFF THACKER
  • MOTLEY FFA JACKETS Last week, the Greenhand members of the Motley Future Farmers of America received their blue jackets. | COURTESY PHOTO
    MOTLEY FFA JACKETS Last week, the Greenhand members of the Motley Future Farmers of America received their blue jackets. | COURTESY PHOTO
  • MOTLEYANGELTREE The AngelTree is ready at the Motley County Library and is full of names of the residents of the Matador Care Center. Come by the Library and pick an Angel or two to purchase gifts for these special people. | COURTESY PHOTO
    MOTLEYANGELTREE The AngelTree is ready at the Motley County Library and is full of names of the residents of the Matador Care Center. Come by the Library and pick an Angel or two to purchase gifts for these special people. | COURTESY PHOTO

    Two years after the city of Matador suffered heavy damage to property and persons in June 2023, residents will have a place to haul the bulk of their storm debris.

    In a process that culminated earlier this month on a $500,000 grant from the Texas Department of Agriculture, according to city secretary Cassidy Langer, the city will award bids January 9 for digging of three solid-waste disposal pits, …