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Week Of January 2, 2026

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body The most exciting connection we make during the Christmas season is with our faith and our family. People are more prone to openly profess their Christian belief and apply it. A good example is the name chosen by the committee to address food and other needs in our community.

VALLEYSENIORCARSONTUCKER was namedTexas Six-Man Coaches Association Division 1 All-State 2nd Team Safety and D1 Region 2 All-Region 1st Team Safety for the 2025 football season. | COURTESY PHOTO

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Uribe among 1,075 fallsemester honor students at Midwestern State

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body STAFF REPORTSWICHITA FALLS— Midwestern State University recognized 1,075 honor students for the fall 2025 semester. The President’s Honor Roll included 403 students, the Provost’s Honor Roll included 299 students and the Dean’s Honor Roll included 373 students.

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Has your mailing address changed?

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body SUBSCRIBERS— If you’ve moved, don’t forget to tell us!It may take weeks for a USPS Change of Address notice to reach us—and your newspapers won’t come to your new address until it does. Instead, just email us at caprockcourier@gmail.com, and we’ll update it right away.

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MAY

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body May 1, 2025, marked five years of frozen fantasticness for Silver Snow, Silverton’s beloved snow-cone stand. Silver Snow is owned and operated by Beth Nickerson, who’s a schoolteacher at Silverton ISD and uses the stand as a source of income over the summer break.

BIG WINDS, BIGGER FAITH is what the Plains Baptist Encampment in Floyd County, which serves a wide region of West Texas, posted following storm damage March 14. The facility suggested that donations to support repairs could be made at www.pbacamp.org/donate and that volunteer assistance was welcome. | COURTESY PHOTO

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MARCH

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body The 2024-25 Valley Patriots made history Monday night, March 3, being the first boys’ basketball team in school history to make it to the State finals.

APRIL

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APRIL

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body The Patton Springs Independent School District passed a resolution to change its admission from Pre-Kindergarten–12th Grade to Pre-Kindergarten– 6th Grade, effective fall term 2025.

JUNE

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JUNE

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body In its regular monthly meeting in Memphis, Texas, June 9, Hall County commissioners approved a 75% property tax abatement agreement (in 10 separate annual phases) for a Lancium “Clean Campus” data center to be located south of Turkey, Texas.

SEPTEMBER

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SEPTEMBER

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body A Silverton resident, Jessi Jo Stokes, and her family announced opening of their new store front across from Allsups on Oct. 11. The old My Lucky Day Crafters Mall, owned by John and Trena Burson, became the location of the new boutique, The Ranch House Society.

OCTOBER

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OCTOBER

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body The Foothills Celebration in downtown Matador welcomed over 600 in attendance throughout the day—and even with the outage of AT&T service in the city of Matador, everyone pulled Wi-Fi capabilities together to make sure all 25 food, drink, shopping, tattoo and massage vendors...

DECEMBER

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DECEMBER

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Body County judges for Hall, Briscoe and Cottle announced they would not seek reelection, according to their respective Republican party chairs.After nearly a decade of time-consuming and indepth processes, the Caprock Canyons State Park announced on Nov.