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Week Of January 2, 2026

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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

STAFF REPORTSWICHITA FALLS— Midwestern State University recognized 1,075 honor students for the fall 2025 semester.

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Has your mailing address changed?

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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

May 1, 2025, marked five years of frozen fantasticness for Silver Snow, Silverton’s beloved snow-cone stand.

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

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. The #20 Patriots paved their way through tough opponents, outranked by two, to find themselves in the running for the State Championship.

APRIL

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APRIL

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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.The 53rd Annual Bob Wills Day kept swinging despite stormy weather all weekend, including the threat of a tornado...

JUNE

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JUNE

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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.The Caprock Courier received recognition at the Texas...

SEPTEMBER

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SEPTEMBER

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

A Silverton resident, Jessi Jo Stokes, and her family announced opening of their new store front across from Allsups on Oct. 11.

OCTOBER

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OCTOBER

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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 could carry on with...

DECEMBER

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DECEMBER

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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

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. 25 that they had earned their prestigious...