TheTexasA&MAgriLife Extension Service office in Jack County will host a Walk Across Texas. kickoff event from 7 to 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30 at the Jack County Health Fair being held at Bible Baptist Youth Building.
The Oncor Cares Foundation is contributing $10,000 to the Jacksboro Vision Group Foundation to help provide elementary students with reading materials.
An update on the Long Term Recovery Committee’s work was given to the Jacksboro Lions Club last Wednesday, Sept. 14. Chairman Joel Hood said the committee’s work is moving into another phase. Committee members have gone from the training and getting organized phase into one where the true work really begins.
Jacksboro Chamber Spotlights for September
Bailey Pippin lived 14 years, 11 months and three days before being called to Heaven. In his cousin Dillon Orr’s eyes, “he completed his purpose on Earth earlier than the rest of us.”
Jacksboro Chamber of Commerce officials are trying a new way to get information out about the community.
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First Responder Memorial unveiled Sunday afternoon
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Jacksboro ISD board members approved the 2022-23 budget and tax rate during a special called meeting Wednesday, Aug. 31.
The $13,259,158 budget is balanced, according to Business Manager Christy Thomas. She said few changes were made from the preliminary budget submitted to the board earlier in the month.
There some instructional aides added to the next fiscal year budget along with the purchase of some athletic uniforms. Some were able to be paid out of the 21-22 budget, but some will not arrive until the next fiscal year.
