Archive - 2013
February 1st
The Scholarship Drive for Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 is in full swing and there are funds available for you.
Frank Phillips College has scholarship funds for qualified applicants to attend FPC in Borger, Perryton, Dalhart, Hereford, or Dumas. The General Scholarship Application is located on the Frank Phillips College website at www.fpctx.edu Just click on the scholarship tab, complete the application and submit it online. It is that easy, but don’t miss the deadline of April 15th.
By
Tara Richelle Hopkins, Reporter
The Hutchinson County Historical Museum will celebrate “The boom, the bust and ten years of dust” with a look back at the first twenty years of Borger. 
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On March 10, 2013, at 2 p.m. the museum is presenting a lecture program given by Krissy Scotten, NOAA Warning Coordination meteorologist, who will share current and projected environmental changes and current dust bowl conditions.
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For more on this story, pick up a copy of the Friday edition of the Borger News-Herald, on newsstands today.
By
Michelle Berry, Managing Editor
Jan. 29, 2013
Wilson & Main - field interview
Lindsey & Hedgecoke - field interview
Moody & Sterling - field interview
Carpenter & Harrington - field interview
Lister in alley - suspicious activity
1000 block of Coble - field interview
3rd & McGee - motorist assist
200 block of Bryan - followup
1200 block of Lindsey - assist agency
200 block of Butadieno - welfare check
1400 block of West Wilson - warrant service
800 block of Latimer - disturbance
1200 block of Thompson - harassment
Ivan D. Nance Sr., 88 of Stinnett died Tuesday Jan. 29, in Amarillo.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Friday at First Baptist Church in Borger with Bill Burkholder officiating.
Burial will be at Stinnett Cemetery under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Betty Ann “Betty” Henderson, age 81, died January 28, 2013.
Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, February 1, 2013 at Cox Funeral Home Benton Chapel with Pastor Dwight Kirksey officiating.
January 31st
By
Mikala Reiswig, Sports Editor
From Athletic Director, Leslie Young: On Tuesday, February 5th, we're having "Bulldogs Back Snack Pack Night" and we are asking any Bulldog fans that will be coming out that night to cheer on the Bulldogs in any of their activities to bring a jar of peanut butter or a box of pop tarts and donate to "Snack Pack for Kids."
The Snack Pack program helps provide food on the weekends for those students who may not have any. Tuesday night we have basketball at the Tex Hanna gym, soccer at the soccer field behind Tex Hanna, softball out at Agnes Howell and baseball at Huber Park.
1-30-13 Whitney Hampton was transported from Wichita county on felony warrant #10,854 for the offense of Probation Violation – possession of controlled substance PG1 <1G
Borger, TX, Jan. 31, 2013 - After opening its door a year ago, Golden Plains Community Hospital has been awarded the Excellence-Merit Award from the Central Texas Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC).
This past week the Owner, Architect, and Contractor were presented with a Cast Bronze Eagle in commemoration of the award.
For more information on this story, see the Thursday, Jan. 31 edition of the Borger News-Herald.
By
Brian James, Meteorologist for KVII
It will be a relative quiet end to the work and school week with temperatures topping out close to 60° this afternoon. The sky will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy with just a few high, thin clouds drifting by. The wind will blow from the south-southwest at 15 to 25 mph most of the day before shifting to the northeast late this afternoon.
Charlene Mabel Blackburn, age 77, of Allen, Texas, passed away January 27, 2013, in Richardson, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Allen, Texas. To convey condolences or to sign an online registry, please visit www.tjmfuneral.com.
