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Lubbock County Commissioners propose slight increase to elected officials' salaries
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLubbock County Commissioners have directed the County Auditor to plan for a 2 percent increase to...
Caprock Chronicles: The bull that became BBQ: The true story of Texas Tech’s first mascot
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEditor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, he can be reached at...
Bridges Texas History column: Lubbock brothers played key parts in Civil War, politics
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo orphaned brothers headed west in search of adventure and a new life. The story is common in the...
Deaf Smith County votes to modernize alcohol regulations by allowing restaurant sales
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHEREFORD — Final but unofficial results from Deaf Smith County indicate proponents of a local...
The national debate over books has come to West Texas. And librarians are stuck in the middle.
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWest Texas residents are organizing over their love — or concern — for books. Meanwhile, from...
Why this South Texas county closed half its early voting sites for 2024
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Kiva Hut Community Center in Taft, Texas on Jan 26, 2024. The community center has been the...
Caprock Chronicles: Murders at the Gaines Hotel: Part Two: Investigations and Tragedy
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEditor's Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Texas Tech University Librarian Emeritus, Jack...
This week's business news includes NWTHS administrator, city staff designation, ag event
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoNorthwest Texas Healthcare System announces associate administrator Northwest Texas Healthcare...
Grumet: What's driving Texas Senate's push to end countywide voting sites? Fear, not facts
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSen. Bob Hall kept emphasizing the need to “trade security of the elections for convenience.” When...
Caprock Chronicles: Campbellism on the South Plains
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe earliest history of Lubbock County, and Lubbock itself, would be very different without the Add-Ran Male and Female College in Thorp Spring, Texas. Near Granbury, it was a thriving small town e…
