Articles from the July 1, 2020 edition
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Letter to the Editor, I believe that Haxtun is a community built on love, so it troubles me that there's a Confederate flag in the window of a store on main street. Change is happening all over the country and I think it should happen here, too. The...
Hail storm causes damage
A FRIDAY night thunderstorm producing hail up to two inches in diameter passed through Fleming and the surrounding area causing damage to structures, vehicles and crops. At left, Fleming resident...
Dr. Ben Stephenson appointed to chief of staff following resignation from Dr. Breck McCarty
Doctor Ben Stephenson is the new Chief of Staff at the Haxtun Hospital District. His appointment came early last week following a resignation of Doctor Breck McCarty from her duties as both a physician with the District and Chief of Staff. Dr. Breck...
PC Sheriff's Office investigates dead body found in abandoned building
Phillips County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a body with a gun in an abandoned building earlier this week, according to Sheriff Thom Elliott. Deputies discovered a mummified, unidentified deceased white male at an abandoned f...
Legslative session closes; 67 bills introduced in final 3 weeks
The 2020 legislature session that ended on June 15 was unlike any other and not in a good way. In the session’s final three weeks, 67 bills were introduced in the House and 20 in the Senate. The House’s list included 42 bills tied to the 2020-21 bud...
Under the Wire
When I was eight years old, the favorite game neighbor kids, my sister and I use to play was “Cowboys and Indians.” Because I had black hair and mostly because I was younger than everyone except my...
Fearless Faith
Set aside grandstanding, bickering, politicizing and anger. Send them packing in short order along with impatience, intolerance, ungratefulness and wont. Unguarded emotions and irritable...
85 years ago - July 3, 1935
13 years ago July 3, 1935 The Haxtun Harvest New Haven - Yards and pastures are beautiful with patches here and there of the wild red geranium. The flower has never been seen before in such...
Helen Haskins
Helen Potter Haskins passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020 at 2:12 p.m. at Acadia General Hospital in Crowley, La. at the age of 86. Helen (Potter) Haskins was born in Fleming on Feb. 17, 1934 into a...
