The Fisher County Historical Commission is calling all middle and high school students residing in Fisher County, Texas, to participate in its annual essay contest. This educational challenge is designed to inspire students to explore and write about the rich historical heritage of their community.

OMG today is a lovely day, the wind has kindly settled down a little and it's getting warmer. A lot of folks are still trying to get over the terrible storm we had. It sure made a mess for alot of folks in the Big Country. Some wheat was a total loss and some still looks fair. A poor farmer sure has to put up with a lot.

- Saturday • The 4th. Saturday Night Musical: will be on April 27th.

Colorado State University researchers are calling this year’s hurricane season forecast “the most aggressive” ever, the Texas Standard reported. They say there is a 54% chance a hurricane will strike the Texas coast, and a 25% chance it will be major.

(Aspermont, TX), April 16, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Shawn Ferguson in Stonewall County reminds foreign investors with an interest in agricultural land in the United States that they are required to report their land holdings and transactions to USDA.

While recent rains have been a boon to many crops in the state, they have also presented an unfortunate emerging issue with wheat rust development throughout the state, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists.

“Hemingway once said that ‘there is nothing to writing, you just sit down at a typewriter and bleed.’ What Hemingway failed to mention is that bleeding is the easy part. To cut is what makes writing hard.

“The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error.”— Doris Kearns Goodwin My wayfaring existence, with a great deal of time spent behind the wheel, lends itself to listening to audiobooks.

I haven’t always called myself a shameless small town booster. In fact, until recently, this is a moniker that I likely would have rejected.

Aspermont day care facilities will be getting a tax break this year after recently passed legislation that allows some taxing entities to offer tax abatements, which county and city officials adopted a resolution to extend the abatement at the maximum rate.