COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Cap Rock Telephone donated folders, hand sanitizers, scissors, crayons, dry-erase marketers, glue sticks, pencils, headphones and erasers to Guthrie, Paducah and Valley schools last week. | COURTESY PHOTO

Briscoe County shutterbugs submit photographs during week

The First Briscoe County Photography Contest took place this year as part of the Briscoe County Celebration. Winners were chosen based on the 4-H Photography Contest score sheet. Additionally, the public had the chance to view and vote on the winning photos for a People’s Choice Award.

Motley County launches Tornado Oral History Project

The June 21, 2023, tornado tore through Matador, disrupting many lives, left sorrows but amazing triumphs.The Motley County Historical Museum believes it is important to record that part of our county’s history for future generations to know what kind of people we are made of—brave, resilient and...

2024 CAPROCK HAPPENINGS

Please let us know of any corrections: caprockcourier@gmail.comLocal Events MOTLEY-DICKENS OLD SETTLERS REUNION & RODEO will be held Thursday–Saturday, Aug. 22–24, in Roaring Springs. The parade will begin at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 24.

Cap Rock Telephone donates school supplies to Caprock Country schools

Cap Rock Telephone recently implemented their latest community project, “Stock the School.”The cooperative, which serves school districts including Guthrie Common School district, Jayton-Girard ISD, Valley ISD, Paducah ISD, Patton Springs ISD, Motley County ISD and Spur ISD, donated 700 folders,...

Soluna to break ground Aug. 28 on Project Dorothy 2 in Briscoe County

Soluna, the data-center firm that built Briscoe County’s first cryptocurrency mining facility in 2022, is ready to commence construction on the project’s second phase.A groundbreaking ceremony for Soluna's Project Dorothy 2, marking the official commencement of construction for the second phase of...

Spur’s Salt Fork Outfitters takes show on the road for rodeo

For more than a century now, Motley and Dickens Counties have gathered together to picnic, ride horses, and gab about old times.Note that reverent emphasis on “old.”

2024 CAPROCK PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS

MATADOR MASONIC LODGE meeting, Thursday, Aug. 15, meal at 6:30 p.m. followed by 7:30 p.m. meeting, Lodge Building, 807 Bailey St., Matador PADUCAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE meeting, Thursday, Aug. 15, 6 p.m., Bicentennial City-County Library, 825 Backus St., Paducah PADUCAHFRIENDSOFTHELIBRARY regular...

Making healthy granola

CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COMGranola bars are supposed to be healthy, right? That’s not always the case.