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Jack County Hospital District board of directors adopted the Faith Community Health System annual budget for fiscal year 2025-2026, showing a net income of $377,929.

Total income before expenses was calculated at $60,490,269 while total operating and non-operating expenses was $60,112,340.

“This budget was a team effort,” FCH Chief Financial Officer Kim Lee said. “We had all of our managers and our executives meet and we went through all of their expenses and any changes that may have come about.”

After weeks of discussion, Jacksboro City Council decided Monday, Sept. 22 against deannexing property along the northeast side of Lake Jacksboro, saying they wanted to wait to see what happened with the property’s development before making a decision.

The council was first approached in August with a request from the property owner to deannex the property. Under Texas law, if the city could not provide utilities—in this case water and sewer—to the property, the owner had a right to disannexation. 

The Jacksboro Education Foundation prize patrol was on parade, handing out $3,300 in classroom mini grants to Jacksboro ISD teachers across four campuses—grants that will help teachers purchase supplies and supplemental education materials to help their students succeed.

Bryson FFA hosted the Oil Belt District Greenhand Camp Friday, Sept. 19 where 11 other FFA chapters in the district, including Perrin, brought their incoming members to develop leadership skills by learning how to effectively communicate with each other.

“Greenhands are coming in to learn what FFA is about and to learn how to talk to each other and listen to each other,” Bryson Ag teacher and FFA sponsor Jesse Laine said.

Change is coming to the Jacksboro Herald-Gazette, with the publishing date moving from Wednesday to Saturday starting at the beginning of October.

The change will be in effect with the first edition on the new date Saturday, Oct. 4. With the new publishing date will be a change to the advertising deadlines which will be in effect Wednesday, Oct. 1.  

The new advertising deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday for display boxed ads and classified liner ads. All public notices are due by 3 p.m. Wednesday for the Saturday edition.

Both Bryson ISD and Perrin-Whitt CISD accepted quotes for two-way radio systems, allowing each school to have broader communication capabilities throughout their districts.

After meeting with the Jack County emergency management coordinator, Bryson and Perrin superintendents returned to their boards with quotes from Mobile Phone of Texas to purchase the radio systems, which would be mounted in buses with additional handheld radios across the campuses.

Take a trip through time as Jacksboro enters into homecoming week, starting Monday, Sept. 22 with a bonfire at the lake and ending with the 150th anniversary celebration of the founding of the city Friday night through Saturday, Sept. 26-27.

The celebration begins with the annual Jacksboro ISD bonfire, lighting up the night starting at 7:30 p.m. at Jacksboro Lake. Through the week the school will have themed dress up days to get school spirit going, with pajama day Monday, hat day Tuesday, twin day Wednesday and class color war Thursday. Students do not have school Friday.

City of Jacksboro is gearing up for the third annual airport fly-in and camp out, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27-28 at the Jacksboro Municipal Airport.

Pilots will begin flying into the airport Saturday morning, and while it’s not an air show, there will still be plenty of competitive events to keep pilots busy and the crowd entertained throughout the day. 

A short take-off and landing competition begins at 1 p.m. where pilots test skill and performance by seeing who can take off and land with the shortest combined distance.

Workforce Solutions of North Texas was guest speaker at Jacksboro Lions Club Wednesday, Sept. 10, sharing free benefits, programs and opportunities for both employers and job seekers in the local area.

Working with the Texas Workforce Commission, Workforce Solutions North Texas is led by a board of volunteers who set policies and oversee expenditures. They serve the counties of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Jack, Montague, Wichita, Wilbanger and Young, with offices in Wichita Falls, Bowie, Graham and Vernon.

High school students within the Region 9 area will have the opportunity to visit with representatives from universities and colleges at a college fair next week in Wichita Falls.

The fair will be hosted from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22 at the Region 9 Education Service Center located at 301 Loop 11 in Wichita Falls. All freshmen through senior students are encouraged to attend with their parents or guardians.