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Wright Elementary Honor Roll

Wright Elementary has named the second and third grade students making the honor roll for the sixth six weeks.Second Grade A Honor RollCamila Alvarado, Kroy Arellano, Genesis Banos Urbina, Amelia Becerril, Sophia Becerril, Jasper Blasingame, Audie Bridwell, Isabella Camacho, Londyn Campbell, Axel...

It’s mating season for tarantulas

It is time for male tarantulas to start looking for love, sometimes in all the wrong places, the San AntonioExpress-News reported. Texas is home to 14 species of the creature, the most common of which is the Texas brown tarantula.
Enthusiastic young fishing fans came out for the Children’s Fishing Tournament at Lake Fryer and Wolf Creek Park at the beginning of June. Pictured are, from left, the top winners in the category for kids ages 7-10, Carson Barkley (third place), Christian Shipley (second place), and Slade Savard (first place).

Enthusiastic young fishing fans came out for the Children’s Fishing Tournament at Lake Fryer and Wolf Creek Park at the beginning of June. Pictured are, from left, the top winners in the category for kids ages 7-10, Carson Barkley (third place), Christian Shipley (second place), and Slade Savard (first place).

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City’s sales tax payment up 9%

The City of Perryton had more good news in its latest sales tax allocation payment for June.The city’s payment of $231,838 was up nearly 9% from last June, and its year to date payments of $1.5 million were 2% higher than June 2023.It was a mixed bag for payments to area cities checked, with some...

Oil Patch Golf Tournament scheduled for July 12-14

The Perryton-Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 50th annual Oil Patch Golf Tournament on July 12-14 at the Perryton Golf Course to honor the oil and gas industry in the Perryton area.The Oil Patch tourney is an 18-hole scramble for four players, with great payouts and hole prizes.Team...
GRANT PRESENTATION FOR DOWNTOWN PERRYTON The City of Perryton received a $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The presentation was made Friday in down town Perryton by Jorge Ayala, regional director of the U.S. EDA from Austin. Pictured with him is Mayor Kerry Symons.

GRANT PRESENTATION FOR DOWNTOWN PERRYTON The City of Perryton received a $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The presentation was made Friday in down town Perryton by Jorge Ayala, regional director of the U.S. EDA from Austin. Pictured with him is Mayor Kerry Symons.

City receives $2.7 million grant from EDA

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Economic Development Administration formally announced the City of Perryton as the recipient of a $2.7 million grant from the EDA.The announcement was made by Jorge Ayala, regional director of the U.S. EDA fromAustin, in the 100 block of Main Street, which...
Local county residents are turning out for the Ochiltree County Farmers Market every Saturday for their pick of farm-fresh vegetables, homemade bread and pastries, and handmade crafts and quilts. The Farmers Market will be open in the Perryton National Bank parking lot from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through mid-September.

Local county residents are turning out for the Ochiltree County Farmers Market every Saturday for their pick of farm-fresh vegetables, homemade bread and pastries, and handmade crafts and quilts. The Farmers Market will be open in the Perryton National Bank parking lot from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through mid-September.

Local Briefs

Parkinson’s support group to meetThe Perryton Area Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will meet at noon on Friday, June 14, at New Hope Fellowship, 2821 S. Ash in Perryton. Lunch will be provided. Laurie McAfee, from the Area Agency on Aging in Amarillo, will give the program.
RIBBON-CUTTING HELD AT EL TROPICO— Members of the Perryton-Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce, along with friends, family, staff, and well-wishers were on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for El Tropico at 10 SW 4th in Perryton. The ice cream shop is owned by Rafael Estrada And Gerardo Delgado.

RIBBON-CUTTING HELD AT EL TROPICO— Members of the Perryton-Ochiltree Chamber of Commerce, along with friends, family, staff, and well-wishers were on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for El Tropico at 10 SW 4th in Perryton. The ice cream shop is owned by Rafael Estrada And Gerardo Delgado.