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Early primary voting starts on Valentine’s Day

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AUSTIN—Early voting in the March 1 primary begins on Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 25. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Feb. 18.

We got lucky

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About a half an hour before sunrise Sunday, the City of Spur posted on its Facebook page that a main water valve on West Harris Street was leaking, and that the city’s water had to be shut down.

Two proposed amendments on May ballot

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AUSTIN—Voters who go to the polls for municipal and school board elections on May 7 will also be asked to decide on two proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.

Planting political signs? Keep them in bloom with proper placement

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During campaign season, the landscape blooms with a special kind of flower – the political sign. Unlike wildflowers that are welcome anywhere, putting campaign signs on public lands is illegal. Before you plant that sign, learn the law and help keep Texas beautiful. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) only regulates campaign signs under chapter 393 of the Texas Transportation Code.

Kent commission revises schedule for solar; allots nursing home $17,500 in wind funds for '22

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Convening four times from December 2021 through January 2022, Kent County commissioners dealt with agendas of regular business but also approved extensions of timetables for solar energy projects for which it had previously granted tax abatements.

Changing the “Groundhog Day” phenom in elections

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The first official Groundhog Day celebration took place on February 2, 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. It was the brainchild of local newspaper editor Clymer Freas, who sold a group of businessmen and groundhog hunters—known collectively as the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club—on the idea.

2022 Community Calendar

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Who’s running for what, when and where

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Twenty-three local candidates are running for county office in the March 1 Dickens and Kent County primaries.

Spur City Council keeps existing hotel/motel funds procedures

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In the regular monthly meeting of the Spur city council Jan. 18, 2022, alderpersons voted to continue existing procedures for disbursement and tracking of hotel/motel tax funds, after further review following discussion in the December council meeting.

Registration form shortage as deadline nears

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AUSTIN—Less than a week remains before the Jan. 31 deadline to register to vote in the March 1 primary. While Secretary of State John Scott publicly assured Texas voters that “every single eligible Texas voter will be able to register to vote if they have not done so already,” the League of Women Voters on Friday threatened to sue his office if the nonpartisan group isn’t provided with additional voter registration forms.