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Sweetwater ISD is getting ready to have their annual Homecoming.

Highland Baptist Church is collecting items needed for the families that have been impacted by Hurricane Ida.

COVID-19 deaths and cases in the U.S. have climbed back to levels not seen since last winter, erasing months of progress and potentially bolstering President Joe Biden’s argument for his sweeping new vaccination requirements. 

The foreign minister in Afghanistan’s new Taliban-run Cabinet said Tuesday that the government remains committed to promises the Taliban made last year to not allow militants to use their territory to launch attacks on foreign countries. 

More welding torches are being used in the Welding Technology lab

SNAP is in need of volunteers to deliver meals.  Meals are ready for pick up at 10:30 and most routes only take 30 - 45 minutes.  There is a short paperwork process including a computerized criminal background check with the Department of Public Safety.  This is at no cost to the potential v…

The Nolan County Commissioners' Court will meet in regular session to discuss and enact upon County matters.

Americans solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, remembering the dead, invoking the heroes and taking stock of the aftermath of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil less than two weeks after the fraught end of the war in Afghanistan.

West Texas Fair & Rodeo kicks off this Thursday, September 9, with carnival Sneak-A-Peek night from 5-

SEED/MDD will meet to discuss economic matters regarding Nolan County.

The WASP Museum will start implementing the Winter Hours schedule starting this Sunday, September 12th. Sundays will be closed to the public during these cooler months. Regular Sunday hours will resume in March once announced. Come visit the Museum Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m..

The WTBRA’s Barrel Racing is back at the Nolan County Coliseum, Saturday and Sunday,  September 25 and 26. 

Roby High School will be holding their 37th Biennial Homecoming on September 10 and 11. The Schedule of Events is as follows:

The annual Nolan County Fair and Rodeo will be coming to town Saturday, October 2 at the Nolan County Coliseum.

The Nolan Volunteer Fire Department will hold a fund-raiser to help with their new fire truck.

The City of Sweetwater has announced that City Hall is closed due to increase in COVID cases in our area. 

The Boil Water Notice has been rescinded for Sweetwater.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing approximately $286 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of September as the state continues its response to the COVID-19 p…

The Sweetwater Lion’s Club will be holding a Blood Drive on Thursday, September 9 from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.  Give blood and help save a life. The Lion’s Club Building is located at 1510 Lamar Street in Sweetwater.

A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, for now stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state.

Guitarist Jimmy Page says he turned down a lot of “pretty miserable” pitches over the years to make a documentary about Led Zeppelin. But he finally bit when he received a deeply-researched proposal focusing almost exclusively on the music and chronicling the band’s birth in 1968 and its met…

President Joe Biden used his first meeting with a foreign leader since ending the war in Afghanistan to send the message Wednesday that the United States — unburdened of its “forever war” — is determined to become a more reliable ally to its friends, in this case Ukraine.

Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital will be at the Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department (SNCHD), located at 301 E. 12th, on Thursday, Sept. 16 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 to offer a free cholesterol check.

Hendrick Health has raised its COVID warning to Level 6: Emergency

The next “After Hours” will be hosted by the Mulberry Manor Bed and Breakfast on September 23 from 5:30-7: 30 p.m.. 

 The next Chamber Coffee will pour at Roscoe State Bank on Wednesday, September 8 at 10 a.m.

All DPS offices, including driver license, will be closed Monday, September 6 in observance of the Labor Day Holiday.  All offices will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, September 7. 

Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital is offering both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines today. This is being held at Rolling Plains in their ER classroom. No appointment is necessary. They will be accepting walk-ins 9:30 until 4 p.m. today. 

The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S…

Britain ended evacuation flights from Kabul airport on Saturday and began bringing troops home, even as the U.K.’s top military officer acknowledged “we haven’t been able to bring everybody out."

Weather forecasters warned residents along Louisiana’s coast to rush preparations Saturday in anticipation of an intensifying Hurricane Ida, which is expected to bring winds as high as 140 mph (225 kph) when it slams ashore on Sunday.

The Sweetwater Jaycee Roosters 12th Annual Fall Rally will be held September 24 through 26.

The Department of Defense has given the order: COVID-19 vaccinations are now mandatory for Dyess Airmen. 

Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden's promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it killed a member of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate with a drone strike in the group's eastern stronghold.

Republican efforts questioning the outcome of the 2020 presidential race have led to voting system breaches that election security experts say pose a heightened risk to future elections.

The Nolan County 4-H will be having a Sign-Up Party on Monday, August 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 on the First Financial Lawn.

The jury for the 32nd Judicial District Court called for Tuesday, August 31, 2021 has been cancelled.