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Large rainstorm blasts county

News Staff
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
An intense thunderstorm blew through Ochiltree County on Monday, bringing furious downpours and plenty of rain to most of the county. KEYE Radio’s official rainfall total for Monday was 1.20 inches.

Wheatheart Rodeo set this weekend

News Staff
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
The Perryton Rodeo Association will host the 23rd Annual Wheatheart Rodeo on Friday, Aug. 20, and Saturday, Aug. 21. Each performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Ochiltree County arena. Mutton bustin’ for children under age 7 and under 50 pounds will be at 7 p.m.

Active COVID-19 cases drop in county

News Staff
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases in Ochiltree County have fallen slightly since last week. According to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services, Ochiltree County’s estimated active cases of COVID-19 have fallen to 21, down from 23 last Thursday afternoon.
PARADE PREPARATIONS

PARADE PREPARATIONS

PARADE PREPARATIONS

News Staff
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
The Wheatheart of the Nation Celebration parade is scheduled for this Saturday, Aug. 21, beginning at 10 a.m. on Main Street, and local organizations and businesses are hard at work building their floats for the parade.

Thank You

News Staff
Friday, August 13, 2021
We would like to thank you for your continued loyalty and business with us. It has been an absolute pleasure serving our hometown for the last 25 years. Words cannot express how much we have enjoyed it.

Local Briefs

News Staff
Friday, August 13, 2021
Yearbooks to be distributed The Perryton High School yearbook staff will be distributing the 2021 yearbooks to buyers during high school registration on Aug. 16-17. Extra copies will be available for $75 while available. They will also be pre-selling the 2022 yearbooks for $55.

Pedestrian, bicyclist deaths continue to climb

News Staff
Friday, August 13, 2021
Despite a decrease in traffic crashes in 2020, Texas saw a dramatic rise in the number of people killed walking and biking on our roadways. Last year, 731 people died in pedestrian-related crashes, an increase of 9% from 2019.
PANHANDLE DUSTER — This dust storm which moved into Perryton on Sunday, April 14, 1935, was one of the worst recorded during the “Dirty Thirties.” This storm continued for about 12 hours, turning day into night. It was one of many such storms which swept through the Perryton area during this decade of depression and crop failure.

PANHANDLE DUSTER — This dust storm which moved into Perryton on Sunday, April 14, 1935, was one of the worst recorded during the “Dirty Thirties.” This storm continued for about 12 hours, turning day into night. It was one of many such storms which swept through the Perryton area during this decade of depression and crop failure.

The Decade of the Thirties

News Staff
Friday, August 13, 2021
The stock market continued to crash, the Depression began across the United States. In Perryton, the decade began with lots of optimism, but as drought combined with depression to put prices on the skids, it became a matter of survival out on the wind swept, dusty plains.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON — Saturday used to a be a busy day in Perryton and here is a Saturday afternoon crowd jamming the streets in 1931. Sometimes there was a parking problem, even in those days.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON — Saturday used to a be a busy day in Perryton and here is a Saturday afternoon crowd jamming the streets in 1931. Sometimes there was a parking problem, even in those days.

Thirties brought dismal Dust Bowl Days

News Staff
Friday, August 13, 2021
The decade of the 1930s was one that will long be remembered by those who lived through it, and the most vivid memory of all is that of dust storms and depression. The decade didn’t start out so gloomy. There was a bumper wheat crop in 1929, and money was plentiful in the Perryton area.
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