USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program Pays More Than $1.77 Billion to America’s Producers in Support of Conservation and Climate-Smart Agriculture

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2023 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued more than $1.

Unable to take a break from breaking news

In the 1790s, a farmer in South Carolina would have been oblivious to the heinous executions during the French Revolution. The famines in India during the 1890s that led to the deaths of over nineteen million people were not table conversations in Enid, Oklahoma.

The Peril of Ignoble Ease

What does it mean to live a strenuous life, anyway? Many of you (especially if you have followed me for any length of time) already know that “The Strenuous Life” is a phrase that comes from a speech of the same name by Theodore Roosevelt.

Faces & Places

“You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads... may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.

More Texans are skipping care due to uncertainty over medical bills

.P. Morgan, the famous financier, was reported once to have said, 'If you have to ask what the price is, you can't afford it.

K- 12th grade students: Can you draw a fish?

2024 Texas Fish Art Contest Now Accepting Entries The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) is excited to announce the 2024 Texas division of Wildlife Forever’s Fish Art Contest is open for submissions. The Fish Art Contest, which is accepting entries until Feb.

Rotan street repair off to a slow start

With all the equipment and infrastructure in place, progress on repairing the numerous potholes that litter Rotan city streets has been slow as work crews have been busy tending to the city’s decaying water and sewer system, leaving little time to address the deteriorating streets.

BIGGEST TURNOUT YET

The Stonewall Memorial Hospital District hosted hundreds of locals at its community health fair last week on Oct. 10. With many more vendors and public participation than in recent years, hospital event coordinators said this year’s fair was the largest and most successful yet.

Aspermont ISD to repair Junior High HVAC

Aspermont School Trustees met on Monday, agreeing to take bids for HVAC work at the district’s junior high building, possibly using the district’s permanent school funds to cover the unexpected costs.

Aspermont Health Fair a success!

Hendricks Hospital's helicopter flight Crew out of Abilene, who normally navigate the complexities of life-saving medical treatment while flying at high speeds hundreds of feet above the ground, gave young spectators a look at their ride during SMHD's Health Fair.