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Timely spring rains and relatively mild summer temperatures set the stage for abundant forage and vegetative cover supporting multiple wildlife species ahead of the fall hunting season.

Timely spring rains and relatively mild summer temperatures set the stage for abundant forage and vegetative cover supporting multiple wildlife species ahead of the fall hunting season.

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Rains, mild temperatures set the stage for strong fall hunting outlook

Sarah Fuller - Agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Thanks to timely spring rains and relatively mild summer temperatures, hunters have reason to be optimistic as they take to the field this fall, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

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Understanding Your Texas Electric Bill Just Got Easier

News Staff
Thursday, September 4, 2025
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has launched a new tool to help Texans decode their monthly electricity bills. A new webpage now publishes the authorized rates for the Transmission and Distribution Utilities (TDUs), with updates posted monthly for consumers to track.
Asking for a friend

Asking for a friend

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Asking for a friend

Sue Jane Sullivan
Thursday, September 4, 2025
A lifelong friend of mine has a daughter who went through a messy divorce.Truth be told, it had been a messy marriage. The dissolution finished off what were many years of anything but happily ever after.

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THE LAW, THE LEGEND, & THE LEGISLATURE

News Staff
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Wild quotes, weird laws, and real Texas political historyWho were the 'Killer Bees,' and why did this small group of Texas senators go into hiding for five days in 1979, leading the lieutenant governor to order the Texas Rangers to 'arrest them wherever they may be found'?

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USDA FINALIZES NEW 5-YEAR CONTRACT FOR WILDFIRE

News Staff
Thursday, September 4, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a new five-year contract with Perimeter Solutions, a U.S.based company, to supply its PHOS-CHEK brand fire retardant for federal agencies.Headquartered in St.
Rotan and Roby fire personnel work to prevent the spread of a fire that destroyed a vacant house on McArthur Ave in Rotan late Sunday evening

Rotan and Roby fire personnel work to prevent the spread of a fire that destroyed a vacant house on McArthur Ave in Rotan late Sunday evening

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ROTAN HOUSE FIRE AND HIGHWAY 70 WRECK LEAD BUSY NIGHT FOR FISHER COUNTY CREWS

Jeff Hurt |
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Sunday, August 31, proved to be an unusually busy night for emergency responders in Fisher County, with calls involving fire, vehicle accidents, and confusion over a prescribed burn.The first major response occurred around 8 p.m.

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STONEWALL COUNTY BACK IN COMPLIANCE

Jeff Hurt |
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Stonewall County is officially caught up on its financial reporting after commissioners received a clean audit opinion for fiscal year 2024, a milestone that closes the chapter on several years of delayed reports and missed deadlines.Abilene-based Roberts & McGee CPA.
Rotan City councilman Loyd Green reviews the fist reading of proposed ordinance in August that will increase the city’s water rates

Rotan City councilman Loyd Green reviews the fist reading of proposed ordinance in August that will increase the city’s water rates

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Rotan turns the valve on new rates

Jeff Hurt |
Thursday, September 4, 2025
The Rotan City Council approved the first reading of its proposed utility ordinance in August, which will raise water and sewer rates for all customers while also clarifying policies for meter rereads, connections, and reconnections.

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NEW PRESS SAME FIGHT

News Staff
Thursday, September 4, 2025
The Chronicle’s voice isn’t changing, just the press that brings it to life. Subscribers of the Double Mountain Chronicle may not hear it, but they will see it on their doorsteps next week when the paper rolls off a different set of presses, this time in Lawton, Oklahoma.