Windthorst 4-H on flag duty

The Archer Public Library will be closed Tuesday, December 23rd through Friday December 26th, and Thursday, January 1st. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ************** 1928, Paris A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word about who is really is.

The Archer City ISD school board approved Michael Wolf as a secondary teacher and baseball coach during its board meeting on Thursday, Dec. 18.

A Joy filled Christmas to all. The day has arrived when we celebrate that our Savior was born in Bethlehem, Judea during the reign of Augustus Caesar. He came to rescue us from sin, death and all evil, and to fulfill all Old Testament prophesy. We ourselves are born to live but He came to suffer and die, “for us and for our salvation.” We Christians believe He came to pay the ransom for our sins and to open for us the Gates of Paradise that we might enter in and have eternal life. He, the Eternal Word came to give us life eternal. This, His very own life He gives as spiritual food to nourish and transform us. given through both His written Word (Sacred Scripture/ Bible) and Sacrament, the latter for Orthodox and Catholic Christians is believed by faith to be - His actual Risen glorified human body, and Divinity - unto resurrection of our bodies from the dead.

The Archer County Commissioner’s Court approved the county’s property and casualty insurance for 2026 during its meeting on Monday, Dec. 22.

The Scotland– Windthorst Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2676 and Auxiliary proudly recognized the outstanding winners of this year’s patriotic Voice of Democracy (VOD) audio- essay and Patriot’s Pen (PP) essay contests at an awards ceremony held Monday, December 8, at the Windthorst Knights of Columbus Hall.

As 2025 comes to an end, the Archer County News looks back at some of the top stories from throughout the year. This week, we look back at some of the top stories from January through June.

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Nearly every Archer County city saw a decrease in sales tax revenue in November than they did in November of 2024. However, nearly every Archer County city remains tax revenue remains higher than the previous year.

Joy sometimes finds us in those times we least believe it possible, even Unbelievable Joy can find us there. In Luke 1:1-10 scripture, we have Zechariah, the Priest of Abijah Temple, who is married to Elizabeth, a descendant of Aaron. Talk about role models! These two were God-fearing, righteous, and lived strictly by the Jewish law. Their Practices were all in honor of God. Zechariah and Elizabeth were getting along in years. Now, for a little context in Zechariah’s time, there were thousands of priests. From birth, every descendant of Aaron was acknowledged as a priest. Zechariah was part of the Abijah division of priests. There were so many priests that they took shifts. About twice a year, they would have a one-week shift.