Nolan County News

Stanley Ford in Sweetwater held a food and clothing drive on Saturday just in time for the holiday season.

Answer the call of duty by becoming a volunteer for the Support and Medical Alert Response Team , a local chapter of the Medical Reserve Corps that is housed in the Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District.

Using testimonials, estimated emissions data and economic projections, Tenaska company officials explained to an invite-only crowd of about 45 people how the company's proposed coal-burning power plant in Nolan County could affect Abilene.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 58, low 31. North northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

The Nolan County Commissioners recently released a proclamation declaring the month of November as "Home Care and Hospice Month" in Nolan County.

Out with the old, in with the new. The County Clerk's office will be receiving some upgrades that will assist them in the service that they provide.

The Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department has scheduled a "special clinic" on Tuesday, Nov.

Nolan County 4-H students and adults had a carry out day at Wal-Mart. The 4-H members greeted customers at the door with a smile and a 4-H Clover sticker.

The Big Country became a little bit wetter Tuesday. On a day when 28 local-option elections were being held around the state, voters strongly passed pro-alcohol measures on area ballots: n Nolan County, sale of all alcohol countywide: 1,227 for , 467 against .

A mayor in West Texas believes the way his city and the surrounding area approached economic development a ' resulting in ongoing revitalization a ' could be a model for all of rural America.

The Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department has scheduled a "special clinic" on Monday, Nov.

Loretta Kingston smiled as her 2-year-old son, Cody, moved down the hallway of the Sweetwater-Nolan County Health Department.

Fire safety will be one less thing to worry about at the Nolan County Coliseum and Annex.

Two brothers were indicted on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges on Wednesday in 32nd Judicial District Court in Nolan County.

A sampling of stimulus awards from Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program.

Several opponents of a proposed coal-fired power plant were approved this morning to participate in upcoming proceedings to determine whether the plant gets a state air quality permit.

Well No. 3. Field: Wildcat. Location: Three miles west of Putnam, in Section 18 of the D&DAL/W.H. Williams survey.

Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital is getting ready to install state-of-the-art equipment, when it comes to mammograms.

Texas Texas Comptroller Susan Combs was quoted recently in The Wall Street Journal as saying the wind power industry in Texas has created only 500 to 800 jobs and that finding a "green" job in Texas would like finding a unicorn.

Nolan County Commissioners and employees had a hanging of the wreath ceremony in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Day and Month on Thursday, Oct.