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Dear God,
Teach me to be still in your presence,
when the stress in my life overwhelms me.
Please, give me the calmness to handle whatever comes my way,
great or small, you can conquer them all.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Deadline Extended and More Pre-Filled Forms For 2020 and 2021 Disasters on the Way
News Staff
WASHINGTON, July 27, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will indefinitely extend the deadline for producers to return the pre-filled applications for Phase One of the Emergency Relief Program (ERP).
Thursday, August 4, 2022
The monarch butterfly has been placed on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Red List as endangered. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie
Monarch butterflies facing battle royal for survival
News Staff
Monarch butterflies have long graced the skies of Texas during their annual migration.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
TSTC brings CDL course back to West Texas
Ben Barkley Tstc Communications Specialist
(ABILENE, Texas) - Texas State Technical College will begin offering commercial driver’s license (CDL) classes at its Abilene campus later this year.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Rotan Class of '66 (along with a few more) Reunion
News Staff
The Rotan Class of '66 held their annual reunion in Grandbury, Texas this last weeked. Word got out this year about all the fun they were having and a few more Rotan Grads decided to attend also.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Only two weeks left to file for 15 local seats
Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor
With two weeks down since the July 23 opening day, Rotan and Roby residents still have two weeks left to file for seats on the Rotan City Council and both Roby and Rotan school districts before August 22.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Aspermont City Council considers code enforcement options
Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor
Along with difficult budget considerations and council member resignations, the Aspermont City Council faced in July, officials also discussed how to proceed with enforcing codes the city recently adopted.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Fisher County Hospital approves funding for new clinic
Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor
The Fisher County Hospital Board of Directors met with district administrators and banking officials on Monday to discuss funding options for the construction of a new clinic, a multi-year project the district is looking break ground on in upcoming months.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Stonewall Hospital auditor discusses Covid spending issues
Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor
The Stonewall Memorial Hospital District Board of Directors met with outside auditors on Monday, where the board made decisions on accounting for some federal funds, which ultimately affect the district’s year-end numbers for this year and next.
Thursday, August 4, 2022
In her award-winning poem, Tears Really Do Burn, using fewer than 100 words, Rotan poet Debbie Toliver encapsulates feelings of betrayal, temptation, agony, and heartbreak in the imagery of the painful evoking of a tear.
LOCAL POET EARNS NATIONAL AWARD
Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor
Rotan poet Debbie Toliver began actively writing poetry in 2015 to cope with the death of her sister, Kay, and while her work has found its way into poetry books for the last six years, the publication of her recent work also earned top honors in Eber & Wein Publishing National Amateur Poetry...
Thursday, August 4, 2022