Borger News

Our boisterous national conversation about health care in America has been partisan, negative and focused on many things other than what we need to do to encourage people to take better care of themselves and use our finite health care resources more wisely.

A Fritch woman died Thursday after running a stop sign at a Fritch Highway intersection in Hutchinson County, according to the Department of Public Safety.

Borger police are still looking for 25-year-old Joshua Cunningham. They say on Saturday he shot one man in the face and assaulted three others.

On Saturday, Borger Police were called to the corner of 11th and Jim Hall Street on a report A of gunshots fired.

An alternative high school for six rural Panhandle districts will shutter its doors at the end of the school year, its governing schools have decided.

Pauline was born April 21, 1927 in Lela , Texas to David Marvin and Lottie Bell Simpson.

Asbestos illegally dumped at two Texas Panhandle sites has been cleaned up by the land owners, according to federal environmental officials.

Two-time World Championship Ranch Rodeo Top Hand Award-winner Hegan Lamb and his horse, Smurf, prepare for the Working Ranch Cowboys Association rodeo at the Civic Center.

A Pampa man who stopped to help get cattle off the highway was hit by a car and killed.

Department of Public Safety authorities said a man was struck by a car and killed while helping move cattle off a Carson County roadway Sunday.

The Borger Economic Development Cooperation approved a deal to provide a $72,000 package to Fritch company Blue Creek Mercantile.

Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:12 p.m. Read more: Local , Economy , Business , Community , Borger , Borger Edc , Blue Creek Mercantile , Texas Panhandle , Fritch , Ammunition T he Borger Economic Development Cooperation approved a deal to provide a $72,000 package to Fritch company Blue Creek Mercantile.

Cameron Owens, RB, Coronado, 5-8, 151, Sr.: Rushed for 86 yards and two second-half touchdowns in a 21-20 win over Monterey.

He was a beloved son, brother, father, friend and a very talented guitarist with the heavy metal band A Darker Shade of Grey.

A homeowner in Borger awoke to a blaze in the front of his home late Sunday morning.

Thursday's Game CITY CLASS 5A District 2-5A Amarillo at Lubbock High Friday's Games CITY CLASS 5A District 2-5A Monterey at Coronado CLASS 4A District 4-4A District 1-3A Estacado at Borger Cooper at Levelland District 3-2A Denver City at Roosevelt AREA CLASS 5A District 2-5A Odessa at Midland Lee San Angelo Central at Tascosa Midland at Odessa ...

Justin Johnson, front, Panhandle Fire Protection, gets ready to solder a copper line for a sensor line for a fire pump at the new Palmer Medical Center in Friona Thursday, October 22, 2009.

The owner of an Amarillo-area business was indicted Tuesday on federal charges claiming the improper disposal of asbestos in a residential area on the outskirts of Canyon and at a commercial property in Borger.

Amarillo High at Odessa High , 7:30 p.m.: District 2-5A showdown. Can Amarillo High's stingy defense get the job done against Odessa's big-play offense? Midland High at Tascosa , 7:30 p.m.: Tascosa must find its enthusiasm and emotion back and a way to outscore coach Craig Yenzer and his dangerous Bulldogs.

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