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Jack County Judge Keith Umphress has a sign on his door saying “It’s Budget Time”.

A Construction Manager At Risk has been chosen to oversee construction of both the Jacksboro Elementary School and Jacksboro High School gyms.

Everything in the natural world serves a purpose. That purpose might not always be easy to identify but everything from a lowly earthworm to a giraffe fits into a unique slot in the big scheme of things. Take the mesquite tree for instance, to many ranchers it’s just a needless plant that sucks water from the soil and quickly covers land that could be used for grazing cattle. But the tree also has long served many useful purposes for man.

The city of Jacksboro and the city of Bryson will both see an increase in sales tax returns this month from the same period a year prior. These allocations are based on sales made in May by businesses that report tax monthly.

Three groups of Jacksboro FCCLA students won national titles at the competition held last month at the Convention Center in San Diego, Calif.

Jacksboro city officials will be paying for a skid steer if the money can be found in the budget, not with tornado donations.