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Voting Is Important, Especially for Christians

Text messages, emails, phone calls, and television ads Yes, the midterm elections are here and one of the treasured freedoms we have is the privilege of voting and choosing who our leaders will be. The founders that came here did not have that freedom or many others

Reagan County Boys Punch Ticket to State

The Reagan County boys cross country team qualified for the UIL State Cross Country Championships with a third-place finish Monday at the Region I 2A meet in Lubbock. Reagan County scored 153 points

Frontier Firearms Returns to Fort Lancaster November 21

Fort Lancaster & Battlefield State Historic Site will host its second annual “Frontier Firearms” event Saturday, November 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m

Mighty Owl Band Earns Division 1, Advances to Area

Reagan County High School’s Mighty Owl Band earned a Division 1 rating Saturday, October 17, at the South Zone Marching Contest and advanced to the Area meet in Lubbock. The contest was held at San Angelo ISD Stadium

Big Lake Council Member Jeff Dyess Resigns Council Seat

Big Lake Councilmember Jeff Dyess has resigned from the city council, and the council voted Tuesday, October 6, to fill his seat by appointment. Councilmember Joseph Haynes made a motion to accept the resignation

The State of Our Union

Some people say autumn means the end of summer and all the fun, time to get serious and go back to the ordinary. Others look forward to fall, saying it’s colorful and energizing and it’s like starting everything all over again

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Owls Boys Sweep District Cross Country Titles
The Reagan County varsity boys cross country team won the District 6-2A team championship Wednesday, October 14, at the district meet held at the McCamey golf course. The varsity boys finished with 28 points, followed by Wink with 45, Ozona with 66 and Van Horn with 84
CROSS COUNTRY: Owls' boys finish fourth at Lubbock Invitational
The Reagan County varsity boys cross country team finished fourth overall at the Lubbock Invitational on Saturday, October 3. The meet was held at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock, the site of the Region 1-2A Cross Country Meet
Owls Boys Place Third at Spring Creek Cross Country Meet
The Reagan County varsity boys cross country team finished third overall at the Spring Creek meet in Mertzon on Wednesday, Sept. 23
Owls Fall 38-22 to McCamey, Open District Against Ballinger on Friday
The Reagan County Owls lost 38-22 to McCamey in their homecoming game Friday night, September 18, at home, and Head Coach Kyle Brown said injuries played a role in the outcome. The Owls open district play at home against the Ballinger Bearcats Friday, September 25, at 7 p.m
Reagan County Cross Country Competes at Big Spring Meet
Varsity boys place 11th and middle school boys seventh as teams The Reagan County Cross Country team competed in the Big Spring Cross Country Meet on September 19, 2026. The Owls were led by Jordan Rodriguez, who placed 37th overall with a time of 19:46.76, and Nathan Aguilera, who placed 48th with a time of 20:03.60

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Obituaries
 Pedro H. Vargas Jr.
Pedro H. Vargas Jr., age 76, was born on March 24, 1950, in Villa Unión, Coahuila, Mexico, to Pedro and Dora Vargas. As a young boy, he worked cutting wood and doing whatever work he could find to …
Kenneth Ray Moore
A life shaped by curiosity, enriched by the outdoors, and centered on family tells much of the story of Kenneth Ray Moore, a longtime resident of Big Lake, Texas. Kenneth valued knowledge and the …
Rex Cochran July 3, 1937 – October 17, 2026
Rex Cochran
Rex Cochran, 89, returned to Jesus and his loving wife on Saturday, October 17, 2026. Rex was born on July 3, 1937, in Gould, Oklahoma, to Clyde and Vivian Cochran. He loved to say, "Mother wanted a …

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Concho Valley
Fess Parker Festival Saturday at Fort Concho
Are you looking for something to do on Saturday, August 15? A 45-mile drive north on U.S. 277 from Eldorado will take you to the Fess Parker Fess-tival at Fort Concho in San Angelo where the actor …
ASU News: New Exhibit of ‘Abandoned’ Student Artworks
Angelo State University is hosting a new exhibit of artworks left behind by departed art students that will run through Friday, July 24, in the Carr Education-Fine Arts (EFA) Building, 2602 Dena …
A&M Research Station at Sonora to Host April 25 Anniversary Event
BY SARAH FULLER TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE   More than a century of rangeland research and stewardship will be commemorated during the 110th anniversary celebration of the Texas …

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Lone Star State

Another Software Glitch in Texas Voter Rolls

A software error has caused another problem with Texas’ voter registration logs, KUT radio’s Texas Newsroom in Austin reported.   The glitch caused by “an extra address …

TxDOT Urges Drivers to Use Caution in Oil and Gas Regions

Nearly one-quarter of Texas traffic fatalities in 2025 occurred in the state’s major oil and gas producing regions, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. TxDOT is urging …

Texas Voter Registration Exceeds 19 Million Ahead of Nov. 3 Election

Texas has reached a record 19 million registered voters ahead of the Nov. 3 general election, Secretary of State Robert Howden announced. The state has 19,041,684 registered voters, an increase …

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Most Massachusetts homebuyers will not think about new appraisal rules until those rules delay their closing. By then, according to Colleen Barry of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty, the …
The Fairfield County, Connecticut housing market heading into fall 2026 doesn’t fit neatly into a single headline. Some homes are drawing multiple offers above asking. Others, in the same county …
A metropolitan area of 2.23 million people should have a deeper housing market than what Columbus, Ohio is showing right now. According to Central Ohio MLS data cited by Barbara Gale of the Gale …
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 Mortgage-Dependent Buyers Are Being Squeezed Out of the Florida Keys
There is a growing divide in the Florida Keys housing market, and it runs along a single fault line: whether a buyer needs a mortgage. Cash buyers – many of them retirees and business owners from …
Housing Is the Largest Asset Most Americans Own. It’s Also the Only One They Don’t Diversify.
Stock portfolios get diversified. Bond holdings get diversified. Even alternative investments get spread across categories and geographies. But the single largest asset on most American household …
In Palm Beach County, Single-Family Homes and Condos Are Now Separate Markets
The question heard most often in Palm Beach County this year is whether the housing market is crashing. The numbers point somewhere else: two markets operating in the same zip codes, moving at …
Washington Is Starting to Name the Middle-Income Renter, Without Yet Funding the Fix
A new federal housing effort has directed the Government Accountability Office to study a formal income definition for the middle class, roughly 80 to 120 percent of area median income, and to …
In South Denver, Colorado, Temporary Rate Buydowns Are Expiring – and the Safety Net Isn’t There
The 2-1 buydown was supposed to be a bridge. Buyers who locked in mortgages two to three years ago at rates near 7% used the program to ease into ownership, paying two percentage points less in year …
Element 52 Penthouse, Telluride, Colorado – A Ski Lift at the Door, Main Street Down the Block
A top-floor penthouse combines the privacy of a standalone house with hotel-style service, a pairing rarely found inside Telluride’s town limits. By Chris Caggiano The morning starts in the …
In Austin, Texas, Tech Layoffs Are Reshaping Who Buys and What Sells
Austin’s residential real estate market has long been associated with tech-driven demand. But in 2026, the buyer pool powering the city’s housing activity looks different than it did even two …
Two Careers and Two Commutes Shape Where Buyers Live in Washington, D.C.
Deciding where to live in Washington, D.C. usually comes down to three things: where each adult in the household works, how they will commute, and what kind of life they want outside work. Because …
How Ground-Floor Retail Can Raise the Value of an Entire Mixed-Use Project, According to a Boston Retail Strategist
Developers usually judge ground-floor retail by the rent it brings in. Ann Ehrhart, a Boston, Massachusetts retail strategist and founder of EVERSTREET, says that number tells only part of the story. …
What Luxury Home Buyers in Beaverton, Oregon Are Prioritizing in 2026
Luxury buyers on the West Coast want different things than they did five years ago, and in Beaverton, Oregon, those changes show up in which homes sell and which ones sit. Carey Hughes, who leads …
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