News

Community Calendar

News Staff

Thursday, August 18, 2022

August 18th Roby CISD First Day of School! August 19th Roby CISD Meet the Lions 7:30pm August 19th- 20th Rotan High School Class Reunion of the 1950's decade. Friday and Saturday at the MCM Elegante Suites Abilene, Texas. A special invitation is extended to the 19060's classes.

Stonewall Commissioner Jan Harris presents Dean McAnnally with a Proclamation declaring his birthday, August 10th as Dean McAnnally Day in Stonewall County.

Stonewall County has two more days to celebrate

News Staff

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Stonewall Commissioner Jan Harris presents Dean McAnnally with a Proclamation declaring his birthday, August 10th as Dean McAnnally Day in Stonewall County Commissioner Harris also presented Gladys Vahlenkamp, 95, with a Proclamation on Monday afternoon declaring her birthday, August 21st as...

Only days left to file for local offices

News Staff

Thursday, August 18, 2022

Double Mountain Chronicle Editor Fisher County residents are down to a matter of days Monday’s filing deadline to run for seats on the Rotan and Roby city councils, the Fisher County Hospital Board of Directors, and both Roby and Rotan school districts..

First grade Dowell 1941-42, Mrs. Gerald Collingsworth, teacher. Front row; L-R unknown, Arthur D. Greenway, Glena Faye Harrison, Jim Ashley, Eloisa Macias Back row; Mrs. Collingsworth, Medva Gartman, Darrell Hale, Jimmy Frank Wright, Doyce Ray Waddell, unknown, Frank Dean Montgomery

Blast from the Past

News Staff

Thursday, August 18, 2022

DOWELL, TX.Dowell, four miles northeast of Rotan in northern Fisher County, was established around 1885 and named for the Dowell family, early settlers in the area. E. H. Dowell moved there from Nebraska in 1886, opened a store in his home, and became postmaster when the post office opened in 1892.

Stonewall Hospital prepares for new CEO next month

News Staff

Thursday, August 18, 2022

There have been no shortages of issues for the SMHD Board of Directors to consider in recent months, including holding a series of special meetings to interview candidates for replacing the district’s interim CEO, and while the details of the contract are still being worked out, the board has...

Correction:

News Staff

Thursday, August 11, 2022

While technically not a correction, the wording in a recent Fisher County Hospital Article inadvertently misled readers into falsely understanding how COVID funds were applied to the district's new clinic and to the extent the funding stretched.

Fisher County Historical

News Staff

Thursday, August 11, 2022

BY ROENNA THOMAS The Fisher County Historical Commission had 13 attending their August 2nd meeting at the Fisher County Museum in Roby on Tuesday night. Following a short business meeting, our program was by Cindy Ramirez, Loan Assistant with First Financial Bank in Roby.

New Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance, Containment Zones Proposed in Five Counties

News Staff

Thursday, August 11, 2022

AUSTIN— Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will consider proposed Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) surveillance and containment zones during its upcoming meeting, Aug. 24-25.

Big Time Texas Hunts, Entries Open for 2022-23 Season

News Staff

Thursday, August 11, 2022

AUSTIN – This season, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Big Time Texas Hunts (BTTH) program is offering Texans some of the very best hunting opportunities in the state. Ten premium guided hunt packages are offered in this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts drawing.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

News Staff

Thursday, August 11, 2022

W eek 'We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.' ~ Ayn Rand