Nolan County News

During the regular monthly meeting of the Nolan County Hospital District's Board of Directors held on Monday, May 21, 2012 at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital, three unopposed board members were sworn in to continue their service.

Area artists Brandon Bohall and Joah Henry teamed up to bring Sweetwater a musical event for Memorial Day weekend.

Two issues regarding voting were approved by the Nolan County Commissioners during their meeting held on Tuesday morning, May 29, 2012 at the Nolan County Courthouse.

Taylor Electric Cooperative has returned power to nearly 1,400 customers in Jones and Taylor counties in the last hour who had been without power for more than 15 hours.

A flag raising ceremony was held at the Nolan County Courthouse on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012, to honor those who have fallen in the line of duty.

FM 2833 reconstruction in Taylor County: Crews will continue to work on the east side of the road.

This Saturday, May 26, 2012, 21 WASP from all over the United States will be returning to Avenger Field in Sweetwater for Homecoming 2012.

Sweetwater Enterprise for Economic Development recently hosted a manufacturing group.

Rodney Foster, Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce President, served as master of ceremonies at the annual membership appreciation luncheon held on Friday, May 18, 2012, at Texas State Technical College.

The Big Country Biggest Winner contest awards ceremony took place on Thursday evening, May 17, 2012, at Newman Park.

FM 2833 reconstruction in Taylor County: Crews will continue to work on the east side of the road.

The unemployment rate in Abilene during April dipped to 5.4 percent, lower than March and almost a full percentage point below the same month last year, but for the second month in a row, the labor force - the number of people working or looking for jobs - decreased compared with the same month last year.

Madison Black, Devyn Davis, Daniel Davis, Anelda Bradshaw, Howard Bradshaw, Amy Pritchard, Betty Davis, Truman Davis, Randy Wilks & Teresa Zarate The Nolan County Cruisers hosted their second car show benefitting the West Texas Children's Advocacy Center on Saturday, May 12, 2012, at the Nolan County Courthouse.

A worker with GE Wind Services was involved in an industrial accident on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at the Trent-Mesa Wind Farm, located east of Sweetwater and off of Adrian Road at County Road 131.

Early voting will be held from Tuesday, May 14 to Friday, May 25 at the County Clerk's Office from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nolan County Clerk Pat McGowan wants to remind Republican voters in Nolan, Blackwell, Maryneal and Roscoe that they will be able to cast their ballot in their respective cities on Election Day instead of traveling to Sweetwater to ... (more)

Thirty Nolan County high school and home schooled spring graduates will be honored by the awarding of $1,000 scholarships at a reception hosted by the Nolan County Foundation at the Sweetwater Country Club beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, according to Jerry Riggs, NCF President.

Steps were made toward the Nolan County Courthouse remediation and the county's jail and office complex during the Nolan County Commissioners' meeting on Monday morning, May 14, 2012 at the Courthouse.

Joy Lewis/Reporter-News Sandra Spears gives a tour of the WASP museum to Snyder Junior High School students on Friday in Sweetwater.

Water and fire fighting go hand in hand. So it's not unusual that a water reclamation project under way in Buffalo Gap will also benefit local firefighters.

Local employees of the Texas Department of Transportation were recently honored for their years of service to the agency.