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Grass Fire on U.S. 277 N

The Sonora Volunteer Fire Department and Schleicher County Volunteer Fire Department are responding to a grass fire on U.S. 277 N between Sonora and Eldorado. KIMBERLEY MEYER | THE DEVIL'S RIVER NEWS

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Sonora Outlaw Rodeo and Sutton County Days Tradition Ride On

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 2:21 PM

For almost half a century, the Sonora Outlaw Rodeo has been teaming up with top competitors while the annual Sutton County Days celebration has provided a variety of traditional West Texas fun.

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School Board Readies for 2019-2020 School Year

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 2:19 PM

Sonora ISD School Board Trustees assembled Monday evening, August 12, to take care of some usual back-to-school business.

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Hospital Administrator Says Helipad is “Not at Risk”

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 2:12 PM

Despite a delay to the start of their meeting due to a lack of board members, the Sutton County Hospital District Board of Directors handled a number of business items as well as heard updates and presentations from the CEO, CFO and Radiology Director Monday evening, August 12, during their regular meeting.

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Business as Usual for County Commissioners

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 2:10 PM

It was business as usual Monday, August 12, for Sutton County Commissioners after spending weeks working on budget matters.

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City Council Moves Forward on Grant Application and Policy to Pay Employee Overtime Wages

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 2:08 PM

Ahead of another budget workshop, members of the City of Sonora City Council took action on two resolutions regarding city employee overtime compensation and the municipal pool during a special meeting Tuesday, August 6.

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Registered Heifers

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:42 PM

In the 1970s I was ranching on about 75 sections of leased land in the Big Bend section of West Texas. This land was the Chihuahuan desert and not cow country, but predators had stopped the sheep and goat ranching west of the Pecos. The predators I speak of were coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, eagles, all of which ate meat.

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Regulate Fake Meat the Same as Beef

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:38 PM

Imitation is defined as a thing intended to simulate or copy something else. It has many synonyms: fake, forgery, reproduction, and impersonation, to name a few.

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A Wide Swing Through East Texas

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:36 PM

Usually on an interview trip I’m gone about 3 days. This time I took an entire week and it proved worthwhile. I came home with 30 interviews and they were all stellar.

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Still Time To Treat Mesquite

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:19 PM

The mesquite tree is one of the toughest, most invasive species of brush.

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Sutton County Leads in the Number of Confirmed Cases of Anthrax this Year, According to TAHC

Wednesday, August 7, 2019 1:50 PM

Sutton County is leading in the number of confirmed cases of anthrax in animals compared to surrounding counties typically affected by seasonal anthrax outbreaks.

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Recent Obituaries

Louis Paul Balas

Louis Paul Balas, 71, of Fredericksburg, Texas, passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, July 20, 2019, surrounded by his family.

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Joyce Marie Ridgeway

Joyce Marie Ridgeway, devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend, was called peacefully by her Lord and Savior to her eternal home on Friday, July 19, 2019, after a hard-fought battle of dementia.

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Doris Jane Campbell Hull

Our Mother, Doris Jane Campbell Hull was reunited with our Daddy, Rayford, on June 19, 2019.

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