The Lakeside City council approved an ordinance amending charges relating to having a water meter sent off for testing or having the meter’s data meter log done by city staff during its meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

The Archer City Angel Tree program is giving members of the community a chance to help a child in need to have a better Christmas. The Archer City Angel Tree led by the Salvation Army has gone to a virtual format for picking an angel from over 100 angels currently set to receive a gift.

The cities of Holliday, Megargel, Scotland and Windthorst saw an increase in sales tax rebates in November than they did in the same time frame in 2023. Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for November, 1.1 percent more than in November 2023.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court was made aware of the retirement of County Attorney David Levy during its meeting on Monday, Nov. 25.

With volleyball season finally coming to an end, Archer City, Holliday, and Windthorst all kicked off their varsity girls’ basketball season these last two weeks. Archer City 36 Holliday 33 The Archer City Lady Cats opened their season with a home-game against the Holliday Lady Eagles on Monday, Nov.

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The Archer Public Library is excited to announce an update to the e-book services provided through the E-Read Texas Program at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Starting October 1st, we will transition from the e-book platform SimplyE to the new e-book platform Boundless. This change will not affect Libby. Boundless offers many new features, including reading achievement badges, larger checkout limits, and social sharing features. With Boundless and Libby, library patrons can check out e-books and audiobooks for free, enabling them to enjoy the library on the go, adjust the font size of their favorite books with a touch, or listen to books while multitasking. Come by the library if you'd like help setting up or using Boundless or Libby; we're always happy to help! ************** Pip is about to head to college, but she is still haunted by the way her last investigation ended. She’s used to online death threats in the wake of her viral true-crime podcast, but she can’t help noticing an anonymous person who keeps asking her: Who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears?

The 4-H Food Challenge is a team event. The Food Challenge is a “highly charged” foods experience. Modeled after such competitions as Iron Chef and Chopped, teams of 4-H members create a dish using only pre-assigned ingredients. From these ingredients, 4-H members must identify, prepare and the present information related to the serving size, nutritional value, and cost of the dish.