Fisher County

Private First Class Marshall Bennett receives the Army Commendation Medal before returning home to the United States.

Private First Class Marshall Bennett receives the Army Commendation Medal before returning home to the United States.

Private Bennett: Through the eyes of a “body-bagger”

Jeff Hurt, Editor Double Mountain Chronicle
Monday, August 3, 2026
From the DMC Archives: This article was originally published in the Double Mountain Chronicle Veterans Edition on Nov. 16, 2018. Volume 112, Number 11.Reader note: This article contains graphic descriptions of wartime death, human remains and military mortuary work.
TWO FISHER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RECEIVED MORE THAN TWICE THEIR REGULAR PAY IN OVERTIME

TWO FISHER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RECEIVED MORE THAN TWICE THEIR REGULAR PAY IN OVERTIME

Fisher County paid two sheriff’s deputies $321,206 in overtime

Jeff Hurt I
Thursday, June 4, 2026
The first article in this series examined the budget record: how Sheriff’s Office overtime closed fiscal year 2025 far above the adopted overtime budget, and how the county later reconciled those lines through amendments.

Power, water and land: The local questions behind data centers

News Staff
Thursday, May 7, 2026
THE REAL QUESTIONS BEHIND DATA CENTERSData centers may sound like something that belongs in Dallas, Austin or Silicon Valley, but they are now part of the local conversation in Fisher, Stonewall, and surrounding counties across West Texas.In Fisher County, IREN’s Sweetwater Site has already brought...
Local resident Kit Page addresses the Fisher County Commissioners Court during the February meeting, raising concerns about the proposed data center and renewable energy developments near his ranch south of Sylvester. Photo By JEFF HURT

Local resident Kit Page addresses the Fisher County Commissioners Court during the February meeting, raising concerns about the proposed data center and renewable energy developments near his ranch south of Sylvester. Photo By JEFF HURT

Fisher County Resident Questions Data Center, Solar and Wind Growth

Jeff Hurt, Editor Double Mountain Chronicle
Thursday, February 19, 2026
A Fisher County resident provided public comment during the February Commissioners Court meeting, voicing concerns about the expansion of renewable energy projects and a proposed data center near FM 540, citing impacts to land, traffic and quality of life.Kit Page, who said he lives approximately...
"So what are the people liking this post agreeing with?”

"So what are the people liking this post agreeing with?”

PUBLISHER’S PERSPECTIVE

Patricia Hurt - Publisher
Thursday, October 23, 2025
I posted a video https://youtu.be/PVNeTKNPwKY after receiving a few phone calls regarding a few other videos we posted on the DMC’s social media accounts about public notices that appear to violate the law.