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Caprock Chronicles: Anglin, other Lubbock firefighters, learned CPR in 1963 John McCullough Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a retired Librarian from Texas Tech. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. This week’s article is written by John McCullough, author and aviation historian of Lubbock, who holds a master’s degree in history from Texas Tech. Horace Anglin is a retired fire chief with the Lubbock Fire Department. Around 1963, he and other fire...

Grab your hiking boots — a popular state park is reopening this weekend. Government Canyon State Natural Area announced on Twitter Tuesday it will reopen Friday for day-use and camping. On Feb. 16, the state park closed to the public due to winter storm conditions and utility issues. "We appreciate your patience and support while we recovered from last weeks winter weather the past few days," the state park tweeted. Reservations for a day-pass typically fill up fast, so grab them while you ca...

The wife of a ranch hand on the Tahoka Lake Ranch brought the purple aster to light. A garden club member in Lubbock sent the seeds back East. As you read this, I am on vacation. Yet I did not forget the statewide readership of the Think, Texas newsletter and column. In my absence, allow me to offer a March 28, 2020, column by Christina Stephens, a frequent contributor to the Caprock Chronicles, a historical series edited by Jack Becker, a librarian at Texas Tech University. It was originally p...

Chuck Lanehart Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article about the lawsuit which brought racial diversity to the Lubbock City Council is the first of a two-part series by frequent contributor Chuck Lanehart, Lubbock attorney and historian. When Gene Gaines’ wife died in the 1970s, he was told she must be buried in the segregated Black/Mexican-American sect...

Amarillo’s severe weather concerns families for loved ones with dementia Amarillo’s severe weather concerns families for loved ones with dementia By Ryan Cross | February 17, 2021 at 6:06 PM CST - Updated February 17 at 7:22 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Severe weather in Amarillo concerns families about their loved ones with dementia. For many people living with dementia, it can be common for them to wander. “They wander because they’re lost and they don’t know whe...

Chuck Lanehart Editors Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, a recently retired Texas Tech Librarian, but he can still be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. This weeks article is by frequent contributor to this column, Chuck Lanehart, Lubbock attorney and historian. During the 1970s, police raided local theaters regularly, confiscated “dirty movies” and arrested owners and managers for displaying obscenity. The raids were front-page news and led to high-profile criminal trials. L...

Changes are on the way, though for most of the KCBD viewing area it will be gradual. Ive been mentioning I expect the coldest weather of the season, at least so far, to move into the viewing area this week.

Chuck Lanehart Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article about Snyder’s legendary white buffalo is by frequent contributor Chuck Lanehart, Lubbock attorney and historian. Before hide hunters began to penetrate the Great Plains in 1871, 60 million bison – known as buffalo – were thought to occupy the American West. Within a period of 18 years, just 500 ...

• May 28: Tascosa District officials state that the North Heights Alternative School graduation ceremony is scheduled for 5 p.m. May 25 or the morning of May 29. If there is inclement weather, make-up days at the stadium will be May 29-30.  David Bishop, assistant superintendent of high schools for the district, said while the district had set dates with the Amarillo Civic Center Complex for indoor ceremonies, civic center officials could not guarantee the ceremony, with it still being clo...

UPDATE: February 9, 2021 The Brazos County Health District confirmed three more residents have died of COVID-19. All three patients were hospitalized in their 60s and included one man and two women. We have now lost 184 Brazos County residents to the COVID-19 pandemic. The health district reported there are 40 new known cases of COVID-19 in the county and the total number of active cases are at 1,358. As of February 7, 41 Brazos County residents are hospitalized with COVID-19 and the total ICU ...