Close Call

Mid-afternoon Tuesday, the Watonga Fire Department was called out to a fire at the former Holly-Tex Carpet Mill on Russworm Avenue. They arrived on scene to find a brush pile engulfed in flames.

Upcoming Events

10/31-Trick or Treat @ Watonga Lucky Star Convention Center 4-6pm -Trunk or Treat @ Huff-Lorang Park 6--7pm11/1-Watonga Eagles VS Hooker @ Home7 pm -Geary Bison VS Tipton, there @7pm11/2-Wild Game Feed Fay Community Center Feed: 5-7 pm Auctions: 7pm Come and Enjoy! ~By Dontaion~ For more info...

Blaine County Courthouse News

Civil CourtDiscover Bank vs Litisha D Edsall, Indebtedness Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC vs Bryan William Wickware, Foreclosure Pennymac Loan Services LLC vs Carley Jane Potts, Et Al, If Married, Occupants Of The Premises, Spouse Of Carly Jane Potts, Foreclosure Of MortgageMarriageKagan Joe...

Top Salesman Earns Jacket

Congratulations to Gunnar Burns on being the Top Salesperson for our fall meat sale for the Geary FFA. Mr. Steve Pritchard from T&D Meats presented Gunnar with a personalized jacket for being the top salesperson.

Ferguson Features

The new Blaine County jail is taking shape on the site of the old cheese factory in Watonga. We are reminded of a tragic murder which was to become of international importance that took place in Blaine County, 1898.

Why I Love Halloween

Ah, Halloween–a time that tries the souls of Martha Stewart wannabes such as me. This is the one time I ignore my inner couch potato and just go for it. When our children were small, we moved to South America; a land of continuous warm weather interrupted only by short bursts of rain.

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

EWSFor many years Sharon Gates has written the news from the Watonga Senior Center and she has done a fabulous job. The time has come for her to pass the torch so I have picked it up.

Today in History

October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 83 days remain until the end of the year.1604 – Kepler's Supernova is the most recent supernova to be observed within the Milky Way.1635 – Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after...