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Roby City Manager Jack Brown points to troubled water delivery areas that are expected to be replaced should the city be awarded funding. PHOTO BY JEFF HURT

Roby City Manager Jack Brown points to troubled water delivery areas that are expected to be replaced should the city be awarded funding. PHOTO BY JEFF HURT

ROBY AWAITS STATE REVIEW ON $750,000 WATER GRANT

Jeff Hurt |
Thursday, April 16, 2026
editor@dmchronicle.comRoby city officials are continuing to pursue outside funding for water line improvements through the Texas Community Development Program Roby City Manager Jack Brown informed the council that the city’s application materials have already been submitted.
Rotan ISD’s Newest Team Is Already State Bound

Rotan ISD’s Newest Team Is Already State Bound

Rotan ISD’s Newest Team Is Already State Bound

Jeff Hurt |
Thursday, April 16, 2026
editor@dmchronicle.comAgroup of Rotan High School students is headed to the state stage in e-sports after helping launch the school’s first team in a competition many adults are still learning to understand.

ASPERMONT COUNCIL DENIES BULK WATER SALE, TABLES RV PARK RULES AGAIN

Jeff Hurt |
Thursday, April 16, 2026
editor@dmchronicle.comDuring its March meeting, the Aspermont City Council voted to deny bulk treated water sales to Wilda Beast LLC for a construction-related project and tabled its ongoing RV park discussion again while members review ordinances from other cities ahead of next week’s meeting.

FUEL SPIKE ADDS PRESSURE ACROSS RURAL TEXAS

News Staff
Thursday, April 9, 2026
The average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline in Texas reached $3.77 at the start of April, a 36.1 percent increase from a year ago, according to a SmartAsset analysis of AAA data. The national average is $4.06.

WHAT NOW, INTERNET

News Staff
Thursday, April 9, 2026
TECH TALK FOR PEOPLE WITH BETTER THINGS TO DOHere's How to Beat It.Somewhere right now, a person is sitting at a keyboard in a foreign country, mildly bored, running a scam kit downloaded off a hacking forum. Not hacked. Not written by him. Downloaded. For free.
The dining area at Dog House Kitchen is coming together this week as work continues ahead of the restaurant’s planned Friday opening in downtown Rotan.r. PHOTO BY JEFF HURT

The dining area at Dog House Kitchen is coming together this week as work continues ahead of the restaurant’s planned Friday opening in downtown Rotan.r. PHOTO BY JEFF HURT

Doghouse Kitchen to open Friday downtown Rotan

Jeff Hurt |
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Mouths are watering with anticipation, when this Friday business partners Kaleb Messick and Ton Neangrith open the Doghouse Kitchen in the old John’s restaurant building in downtown Rotan after more than a year of renovation work aimed at bringing new life to a longtime local landmark.
Stonewall County Commissioner Gary Myers speaks during a Commissioners Court meeting as officials consider a proposed tax abatement agreement with Crusoe for a planned data center project. PHOTO BY JEFF HURT

Stonewall County Commissioner Gary Myers speaks during a Commissioners Court meeting as officials consider a proposed tax abatement agreement with Crusoe for a planned data center project. PHOTO BY JEFF HURT

CRUSOE EYES STONEWALL COUNTY FOR MASSIVE AI DATA CENTER

News Staff
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Crusoe Energy Systems, the Denver- based company behind some of the largest artificial intelligence data centers in the country, has filed a formal tax abatement application with Stonewall County for a new data center campus on approximately 3,200 acres near the Flat Top and Greater Swenson ranch...