A new emergency alert system is available for Archer County residents to receive notifications on severe weather, public health alerts and other emergency situations. Archer County Emergency Management Coordinator Shane Wright said the county recently switched its emergency alert system to Hyper Reach.

A new county commissioner Pct. 3 and the Republican and Democratic nominees for Texas Senate District 30 were selected during the primary runoff on Tuesday, May 28.

Archer County Sheriff Jack Curd provided an update to the commissioner’s court on deputy Randall Quick’s health following a car crash on Friday, May 24. According to a Texas Department of Public Safety release, a 2014 GMC Sierra was travelling southbound about eight miles north of Archer City on Hwy.