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Booker News

Local news for Booker, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Feb 28, 2008 | The Hansford County Reporter-Statesma... | Posted by The Hansford County Reporter-Statesman/STPNS

North Plains Electric Offers Free Trip to Washington, DC for Area Teenagers

The Board of Directors of North Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc. has authorized the sponsorship of a speech contest among students attending school in the Cooperative's service area. Two winners of the Government-in-Action Youth Tour contest will be awarded an exciting all-expense-paid trip to Washington, DC, June 12-20, 2008.

This contest is open to any boy or girl, age 15-19, who attends school (either public, private or home taught) in the North Plains Electric Cooperative service area. Students must be either a sophomore, junior or senior in high school. Schools considered to be in NPEC's service area include Booker, Canadian, Darrouzett, Follett, Gruver, Higgins, Perryton and Spearman. Read more

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Feb 22, 2008 | El Paso Times

CBP officers seize over 800 pounds of marijuana

Customs and Border Protection officers made 10 drug busts at area ports of entry Wednesday, seizing 833 pounds of marijuana and 20.8 pounds of cocaine, and detained several suspected smugglers, including a ... via El Paso Times

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Jan 19, 2008 | Amarillo.com

Woman's body found

“We feel pretty comfortable and confident that it does appear to be a homicide”

The death of an Amarillo woman whose body was found behind an east Amarillo bar Friday morning marked the city's first homicide investigation of the year. via Amarillo.com

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Jan 5, 2008 | MyHighPlains.com

Beaver Man Dies In Wreck

A Beaver Man was killed yesterday, after he lost control of his pickup truck. It happened around five in the morning, two miles northwest of Booker. via MyHighPlains.com

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Dec 12, 2007 | KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

Texas Panhandle towns lose power from icy conditions

“These are likely weather related, but we don't have confirmation”

Five towns in the far northeastern corner of the Panhandle lost power for about eight hours Tuesday after icy conditions downed the main line serving the communities, an Xcel Energy official said. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

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Sep 10, 2007 | Amarillo.com

Man injured when truck rolls over

“I'm not sure exactly how all that happened, but the truck he was driving rolled over”

A Perryton man was seriously injured Saturday when the tractor-trailer he was driving rolled over and pinned him to the ground. via Amarillo.com

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Aug 6, 2007 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Real Estate Transactions

DNA Services of America opened an Arlington office for testing paternity, family relationships and other identifications. via Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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Booker, Texas is located in Lipscomb County. Zip codes in Booker include 79005.