Harper Johnson is pictured with her Grand Champion Market Steer at this year’s Castro County Junior Livestock Show.
Castro County junior Livestock show-steers
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Castro County News
Nazareth Livestock show results
Steer 2026 Nazareth Stock Show
English Class 1 Kannon Farris - 1st Place Chandler Hoelting - 2nd Place Class 2 Harper Johnson - 1st Place Hubb Paulsen - 2nd Place Champion English: Kannon Farris - Class 1 Reserve English: Harper Johnson - Class 2 Exotic Class 3 Kaylin Acker - 1st Place Kannon Farris - 2nd Place Hadlee Hoelting -...
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Kaylin Acker and the Grand Champion Steer at the Nazareth Stock Show.
nazareth Livestock show winners
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford
Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford
Jim Steiert
For more than a century, human communities on the Southern Plains have lived by extracting large amounts of water from local landscapes, particularly through high intensity irrigation. The paradigm, long proven baseless, that the supply of underground water is limitless dies hard.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
WINTER IS HERE
WINTER IS HERE
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Although the winter storm has moved out of the region, lingering ice, snow and sustained below- freezing temperatures continue to create hazardous travel conditions, resulting in ongoing challenges for healthcare systems and the local blood supply.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
HART HOOPS
HART HOOPS
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Dimmitt’s JH Boys 7th won the Friona Tournament Championship and the 8th won Consolation earlier in January.
DIMMITT POWERLIFTING
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
Rural Roads Are the Backbone of Rural Texas — and They Deserve Austin’s Attention
Rural Roads Are the Backbone of Rural Texas — and They Deserve Austin’s Attention
By Suzanne Bellsnyder, Texas Rural Reporter
If you live in rural Texas, it will come as no surprise that county roads across the state are failing. You feel it every time you dodge a pothole, ease past slowmoving farm equipment, or watch a school bus crawl down a road that hasn’t seen real maintenance in years.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Jeff Blackmon
LAUGHS OF THE WEEK
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Compiled off the Internet by Jeff Blackmon, Publisher of the Hereford BRANDEnjoy the following bloopers from church bulletins ...Mrs. Johnson will be entering the hospital this week for testes. The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning to join the choir.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
LIBRARY LINES ... BY GAYE REILY
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If stories about cowboys (not the professional football team) and the American West intrigue you, it would behoove you to check out the book sale here at Rhoads Memorial Library.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026