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Chamber Sets Date for Christmas in the Park; Lighted Christmas Parade

The Big Lake Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center will host Christmas in the Park and its Lighted Christmas Parade on Wednesday, December 2, at Reagan County North Park. The event is scheduled from 5:30 p.m

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Reagan County Boys Finish 12th at State Cross Country Meet
The Reagan County varsity boys cross country team finished 12th as a team at the State 2A Cross Country Meet on Friday, November 6. The meet was held at Old Settler’s Park in Round Rock
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

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Obituaries
Leticia Anahyi Estrada February 25, 2001 – October 30, 2026
Leticia Anahyi Estrada
With heavy hearts and loving memories, we announce the passing of Leticia Anahyi Estrada, affectionately known as “Cocos,” who passed away on October 30, 2026, in Big Lake, Texas, at the age of …
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 …

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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
There are towns in Litchfield County that buyers discover and then quietly tell their friends about. Sharon, Connecticut tends to work that way. People arrive for a specific reason, a school, a lake, …
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 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. …
Small Town, #1 in New York: The Livingston County Team Leading Real’s Small-Team Rankings
Statewide production rankings in New York real estate are usually a metropolitan story. The volume sits where the prices sit, and the teams at the top of the leaderboards tend to work the downstate …
The Capital Region’s Housing Market Doesn’t Take the Winter Off
The housing market across the Washington Capital Region stays active through winter because it runs on a year-round cycle rather than the sharp seasonal swings seen in many parts of the country. A …
What Florida’s Tightening Audit Rules Mean for Self-Managed HOA Boards
Florida has quietly raised the bar on HOA financial accountability, and many self-managed boards are not yet operating at the level the state now requires. The change is specific: associations above …
Investing With Purpose Marks First Serve Day at Redwood Hollow Ahead of National Apartment Prayer Walk Day
Care coordinators will join churches nationwide on Nov. 7 in praying over apartment communities, and the public is welcome to take part. SMYRNA, Tenn. (Oct. 29, 2026) – Investing With Purpose™, a …
124 Hudson Street, New York City – A Tribeca Loft a Designer Made for Herself
Interior designer Sharon Rembaum rebuilt this 2,100-square-foot condominium down to the joists as her own home. Tribeca has no shortage of handsome renovated lofts. Sellers and developers, though, …
Aircraft That Land in 150 Feet Could Redraw the Map for Aviation Infrastructure
Most aviation planning starts from a simple assumption: aircraft need airports, and airports need hundreds of acres. A demonstration flight in downtown Manhattan this month challenged that assumption …
On Conesus Lake, the Price Tag Is the Easy Part
Recreational waterfront is bought on the strength of a view and owned on the strength of a budget. The gap between those two things is where most buyer regret on a small lake originates – not in …
When Rent Caps Pass, the First Thing to Disappear Is Reinvestment
Rent control is back in front of voters this election season, with caps tied to inflation appearing on ballots alongside housing bonds and supply reforms. Most of the debate focuses on what renters …
Maryland Families Selling Inherited Homes Are Weighing Net Proceeds, Not Headline Offers
When Maryland families decide to sell an inherited house, the first numbers they usually see are a cash offer from a buyer and a possible list price from an agent. Setting those two figures side by …
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