Hemphill County News

DEER LAKE An executive with Black Spruce Exploration says his company has nothing to hide concerning proposals to utilize fracking for test wells that could be drilled on the west coast later this year.

The assets acquired from Chesapeake, the partnership said, include the 200-MMcf/d Buffalo Creek gas processing plant in 22 miles of gas gathering pipeline in Hemphill County, Texas, as well as 30 miles of right of way associated with planned construction of a high-pressure trunk line.

On July 4, 1888, a bunch of cowhands from rival ranches duked it out in the streets of Canadian, Texas, to see how long they could stay in the saddle.

Residents of sparsely populated rural counties could soon renew their driver's licenses or official ID cards at their local courthouse, instead of doing it at a far-away Texas Department of Public Safety office.

The area groundwater districts and the oil and gas industry are pressing the state legislature to influence what bills may get through related to water drilling permits.