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Vernon Lions hosts Bowie in District action Friday
Daniel Walker Vernon Record The Lions face Bowie this week, after a productive bye week. Vernon coach Kevin Sherrill said the bye week came at a good time, halfway through the district slate, with the Lions at 2-1 and sitting in 2nd place with three games to play. “We got some guys healthy, hopefully we…
Read MoreQuail season starts on Saturday, Oct. 26
From Texas Parks & Wildlife Quail hunting season in Texas kicks off Oct. 26, and the annual Texas Parks and Wildlife Department roadside survey indicates an upward trend in population numbers. Improved habitat and scattered but timely rainfall provided a boost for bobwhite and scaled quail. “This is good news for quail and for many…
Read MoreCollege Fair planned for Region 9
Region 9 Education Service Center will host a College Fair on Monday, October 21, 2024, from 6:00 – 7:30 PM. All 9th-12th grade students in school districts served by Region 9 ESC are encouraged to attend along with their parents. Region 9 ESC is located at 301 Loop 11, Wichita Falls, Texas. The College Fair…
Read MoreEarly voting begins Oct. 21
Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election, which includes Vernon ISD and Northside ISD trustees’ elections, begins Oct. 21 at the Wilbarger County Auditorium. Early voting takes place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,Oct. 21 through Oct. 25; 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, and noon to 6 p.m.…
Read MoreSenator Perry plans town hall on Oct. 31
State Senator Charles Perry is tentatively planning to hold a town hall meeting on Thursday, Oct. 31 in Vernon, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Wilbarger General Hospital’s board room.
Read MoreVernon is Prepping for Bacon City, USA festivities
Volunteers were out in force last weekend to touch up the city’s two block long bacon strip ahead of the Bacon City, USA, festivities scheduled for Oct. 19, in downtown Vernon. This year marks the third annual Bacon City, USA Festival, which will take place on Saturday, October 19, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.…
Read MoreWilbarger workforce earns $69M in first quarter of 2024
Wilbarger County’s workforce of 5,957 employees earned total wages of $69,127,273 and an average weekly wage of $893 during the first quarter of 2024, according to a Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages report released by the Texas Workforce Commission. Of those 5,957 employees in Wilbarger County, 168 worked in natural resources and mining, 119…
Read MoreTexas Tech announces opening of new 3 Rivers Ranch astronomy facility
The opening ceremony for the new Texas Tech astronomy facility at 3 Rivers Ranch was held Thursday, October 3 in Foard County. The 3 Rivers Ranch is situated along Ranch Road 654, which bisects the ranch, dividing it into two tracts: one containing approximately 1,500 acres and the other containing roughly 4,500 acres located about…
Read MoreCounty to consider IT agreement, meal grant in Friday meeting
The Wilbarger County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, in the county commissioner courtroom at the Wilbarger County Courthouse. Agenda items for this meeting include approval and payment of bills, consider for approval an agreement for information technology products and services with Avenu Enterprises Solutions, LLC, and consider approval of a…
Read MoreMonarchs are migrating: Join the Texas Pollinator BioBlitz to report sightings
The annual Monarch butterfly fall migration, with the butterflies spotted in Vernon backyards, see attached photo. As part of that migration, Texans are invited to see and document pollinators buzzing into action Oct. 11-27 during the . This annual event celebrates the bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, hummingbirds, nectar-feeding bats and other animals that…
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