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TSTC brings CDL course back to West Texas

Ben Barkley Tstc Communications Specialist

Thursday, August 4, 2022

(ABILENE, Texas) - Texas State Technical College will begin offering commercial driver’s license (CDL) classes at its Abilene campus later this year.

Rotan Class of '66 (along with a few more) Reunion

News Staff

Thursday, August 4, 2022

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.

Only two weeks left to file for 15 local seats

Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor

Thursday, August 4, 2022

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.

Aspermont City Council considers code enforcement options

Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor

Thursday, August 4, 2022

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.

Fisher County Hospital approves funding for new clinic

Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor

Thursday, August 4, 2022

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.

Stonewall Hospital auditor discusses Covid spending issues

Jeff Hurt Double Mountain Chronicle Editor

Thursday, August 4, 2022

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.

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

Thursday, August 4, 2022

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...

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

News Staff

Thursday, August 4, 2022

August 8 th Fisher County Commissioner Court 9am Stonewall County Commissioner Court 9am August 9 th Old Glory, TX Community Center Senior Citizen Dance 7 PM – 10 PM August 11 th Rotan ISD First Day of School!

The Nomadic Newspaper says paintin' fences is fun!

News Staff

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Robert and Paula Kelly stopped for a fence whitewashing lesson. As the boyhood home of Mark Twain, Hannibal Missouri is famously known as the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. We will keep on exploring. Going on a trip? Take the Double Mountain Chronicle.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

News Staff

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Dear Tired of Potholes, Rotan City officials said that while work crews have not been able to use the machine since the city used 250 gallons of emulsion and gravel to patch a small section of roads near the school facilities, they are pleased with the results of that initial application.