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DEMOLITION on the old gas station at Main and Bailey is continuing: above left, in November 2023; right, last week. | CAPROCK COURIER PHOTOS

Matador Connect

Week Of August 1, 2024

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body The Matador skyline has changed with the razing of the building on the corner of Main and Bailey Streets. Growing up and visiting Matador grandparents, I remember pulling into the corner drive of CR’s station.

Flomot News

Earlyne Jameson

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body Clois and Kathy Shorter visited in Jacksboro Friday and Saturday with daughter and husband, Christi and Dwain Milam.Ricky Hughes and son, Jason, of Floydada visited in the Hughes home this week with Bengie and J. J. Hughes. Their mother, Mrs. Janice Hughes, passed away recently.

Pavement overlay on US Highway 82 affects King County travelers

Texas Department Of Transportation

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body An $11.3 million ACP (asphaltic concrete pavement) overlay project is set to begin on July 22 on US 82 in Dickens County. The overlay is designed to extend the life of the existing roadway surface.

IMPROVEMENT THIS WEEK

News Staff

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

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PRIDE AND RESILIENCE are celebrated in the text of the large, custom-made wooden plaque presented to the Crosby County Fuel Association’s McAdoo location last Friday by general manager Steve Riley. From left, board members Bobby Binder, Dusty Cornelius, Joe Mark Cargile, Mack Gardner (with plaque), Mark Schoepf, Brad Aycock and Russ Edinburgh, and store manager Luis Guzman. | THE TEXAS SPUR

McAdoo’s Coop celebrates rebuilding after storm

News Staff

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body BARBARA BRANNON AND KAY ELLINGTON | THE TEXAS SPUR Around 10 p.m. on April 25, 2023, a freighttrain of a West Texas storm roared down on Floyd and Dickens counties, bringing straight-line winds and enormous hail.

2024 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

News Staff

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comFirst Day of School Information PADUCAH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Monday, Aug. 12 SILVERTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Monday, Aug. 12 GUTHRIE COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT Tuesday, Aug.

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5.1-magnitude quake rattles West Texas

Compiled From Media Reports

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body SNYDER— Scurry County Judge Dan Hicks has declared a disaster and is requesting assistance from the state after one of the strongest earthquakes in Texas history caused damage across the area Friday morning, July 26, 2024, about 9:28 a.m.

Texas Farm Bureau offers garden grants for public, private, homeschool classrooms; Motley County Farm Bureau supports statement program, works through schools

Staff Reports

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body Small-scale gardening and large-scale farming have much in common, and Motley County Farm Bureau (TFB) helps students make that connection through programs available for public, private and homeschool classrooms.

132nd Briscoe Celebration set for this weekend in Silverton

Barbara Brannon |

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body Ready to roll back the carpets (figuratively speaking) and roll out the dance floor? It’s time to cut a rug—and cut out some cattle—in Silverton, Texas.The annual countywide celebration was first held in 1892.Now, our Pioneer of the Year hasn’t been around for that long.

Roaring Springs makes improvements to Frank Mitchell Park

Staff Reports

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Body In Roaring Springs’ popular downtown park, the Frank Mitchell monument could not even be read, according to city secretary Tina Brooks— so volunteers stepped in to spiff things up. “Larry and Deidra Clifton re-did the monument,” Brooks said.