The City of Sweetwater has announced an auction scheduled for July 20 through the 24th.
Items can be viewed on the René Bates Auctioneers site.
The auction house lists the location as the City of Sweetwater Armory, 1501 Elm.
The city message indicates it will be online.
There are phone numbers on both sites to obtain more information.
Vehicles and equipment will be up for bid at 10 a.m. on the 20th.
There are some unique and profitable jobs out there this month. Jump fast to snap these up before they close.
An auction for following tax foreclosed properties will be held July 7, 10 a.m., at the Nolan County Courthouse in Sweetwater, Texas.
A good way to keep up with what's going on is to have a current newspaper subscription. For those who enjoy the tactile feeling of a paper and turning pages to see what's next, you'll get the bonus of also having a digital copy, which is handy for quick referencing.
Here is information for obtaining your weekly papers around this little area of Texas:
Double Mountain Chronicle - news for Fisher and Stonewall Counties (Rotan, Roby, Sylvester, Aspermont)
114 E Sammy Baugh Ave, Rotan, TX 79546, 325-735-2562
$88 yearly for in-county and surrounding counties subscription
$94 yearly for other Texas residents
$100 yearly for out of state
Sweetwater Reporter - Nolan County news (Sweetwater, Roscoe, Blackwell)
112 West Third Street, Sweetwater, TX 79556, 325-236-6677
$125 yearly for in-county subscription
$135 yearly for out-of-county, out-of-state
The Snyder News - Scurry County news (Snyder, Hermleigh, Ira)
3201 College Avenue, Snyder, TX 79549, 325-573-5486
$105 yearly for in-county subscription
$135 yearly for out-of-county, out-of-state
All of these subscriptions include print and digital versions of the newspapers.
Visit the websites for other options.
Yet another tax sale for Nolan County, to be held June 2, 2 p.m., at the courthouse, 100 East 3rd, Sweetwater, Texas.
The properties up for auction are listed below. All are in Sweetwater, unless otherwise noted:
Nolan County will conduct their sale on May 5, 10 a.m., at the courthouse. The following are the properties up for auction:
This and other tax sales are listed on the Perdue Brandon website.
There will also be a foreclosure sale on the same day, at 1 p.m., at the courthouse. The property to be sold is 217 County Road 217. Details can be found on the Nolan County Clerk page.
The courthouse address is 100 East Third in Sweetwater, Texas.
The Fisher County annual Whitley May auction will be held next weekend, April 11, at the Rotan rodeo grounds. It will start around 9 a.m. Saturday morning.
The Nolan County Appraisal District has done an excellent job on posting and listing for the March 3 sheriff's sale. Not only have they made the list available online, there are addresses for each property. The information can be found on the Nolan CAD site.
Here are the properties up for auction:
The Fisher County Commissioners showed surprise when a citizen speaking at the monthly meeting expressed concern about new construction by IREN on FM 540, about 3 miles north of where it junctions with SH 92. The court appeared not to be aware of the project.
This is the Sweetwater 2 project, set just to the west of Hamlin, within the Fisher County bounds.
KTAB TV in Abilene reported on the project March 10, 2025. Specific site information was not given, other than it was to be located 28 miles from the Sweetwater 1 project.
Sweetwater 1 is located on FM 611 in Fisher County.
Both sites are in Fisher County. The city of Sweetwater is in Nolan County.
The commissioners' meeting can be viewed on the Fisher County Courthouse Texas YouTube channel.
The KTAB article can be viewed on Big Country Home Page.
At 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, parcel 32152 will be sold by auction at the Fisher County Courthouse.
The county owned property consists of 1.36 acres and a 2,040 square foot building. It's appraised at $46,320 by the appraisal district.
It is located just off FM 57, on the north-east side of Longworth.
There is no minimum bid.
Update:
The Longworth Community Center property was sold to Alexandria Rivas of Roby for $23,500.
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I hashed over IREN changing from bitcoin mining to artificial intelligence. Sometimes it's called crypto mining, which doesn't seem like a word interchangeable with bitcoin mining, but I don't know what either one is, so potato, potahto. I also don't know what AI cloud is, but it's not important to my point. If this helps IREN to pay off their debt earlier, I would think that's good for the county. I'm not going to hurt my mind by thinking about it more deeply at this time.
IREN's Sweetwater 1 site is out on FM 611 in Fisher County, by the old Claytonville gas plant. It seems like they're in a good position to change since it's still in the building phase. What do I know? Nothing.
I hit a benchmark in December. I've been writing on this here website for 20 years. I posted the first photo used on the blog, taken in 2005. It's of the Hobbs School, which was being used for a multi-county GED program at that time. It was sold in 2012 to the Gordon Family, who continue to own it.
Tuesday, January 6th at 2 p.m. there will be a public auction at the north door of the Fisher County Courthouse, located at 112 North Concho in Roby, Texas. The following properties will be up for sale:
I searched hard for those Jonisue leases, but didn't come up with much. It's a mystery to me where they're listed on the Fisher CAD. On the Railroad Commission website, it looks like the wells were never developed, due to crowding, or the operators have changed. I'm not even 100% sure on the other lease numbers. I was just stabbing in the dark there. I didn't try very hard at all to find the Morris -B-.
For more information on the Cave and Wetsel leases, on the appraisal district site go to Search>Ohlhausen, choose any of them, then click on Notice of Appraisal>View.
Sources: Double Mountain Chronicle December 19, 2025 issue; Fisher CAD website; RRC website; Google earth
Four more potential candidates for Fisher County offices have filed "Appointment of a Campaign Treasurer by a Candidate" forms:
In other news, the commissioners court voted to decommission the jail.
"It's a money pit," said Precinct One Commissioner Gordon Pippin.
Precinct Four Commissioner Micah Evans did not vote for the closure.
The vote was taken during the monthly meeting on Monday.
Fisher County offices up for election:
Local offices with expiring seats:
There are no candidate filings for Fisher County on the Texas Secretary of State site.
Sources: Fisher County Election Page; Texas Secretary of State Candidate Page; Double Mountain Chronicle online archives; Roby CISD website; Rotan ISD website; Fisher County Hospital website
Joy Dennis, former Rotan City Council member, and administrative assistant and court coordinator for Fisher County Judge Ken Holt, has submitted an "Appointment of a Campaign Treasurer by a Candidate" form for the office of district clerk.
If this is carried forward, Dennis will be running against incumbent Gina Pasley, who is seeking another term.
Pasley has been Fisher County District Clerk since 2016.
Sources: Fisher County Texas Election Page; Fisher County District Clerk Page
The county owned Sylvester Community Center was sold to Norman Dozier of Abilene for $40,000 at the November 10 public auction. The minimum bid was set at $25,000 by the commissioners. There is no record online, at this time, of the sale of the Longworth Community Center.
The Fisher County Election page, on the county website, has a list of thirteen people who have submitted an "Appointment of a Campaign Treasurer by a Candidate" form, indicating interest in running for office.
Here are the names and offices sought:
Rotan City Councilwoman Joy Dennis resigned from the city council at the last meeting, held November 10. She stated her intention was to run for a county office, and did not want to create confusion by holding a county and a city role at the same time. Dennis did not indicate which county office she would be pursuing.
The primary election will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
Candidate filing deadline is December 8.
Sources: Local Government Solutions Online Records Search; Fisher County Texas Election Page; Double Mountain Chronicle Rotan City Council Meeting Video; Texas Secretary of State: Filing in the 2026 Republican or Democratic Primary Election
Whitley May Auctioneers have rescheduled the Sweetwater sale. It will now be held on November 11.
The Capitola Community Center, at the corner of FM 611 and FM 419, sold for $41,000 at a sheriff's sale this month.
The new owner is Casey Terry of Fisher County.
The unused property was owned by the county.
The Sylvester and Longworth Community Centers will be the next county properties to go to auction. Minimum bid is $25,000, each.
The sale is scheduled for November 10, 10 a.m., at the courthouse.
Whitley May Auctioneers will be holding the Sweetwater Equipment Consignment Auction next weekend, October 25.
It will be on the north side of I-20, take exit 240 to get there. The event begins around 9 a.m.
They have scheduled the annual Loraine auction for March 28, 2026, to be held at the old gin on Marchant Ave.
Be sure to bring your ag timber number or apply for one before the sale if you want purchases to be tax exempt.
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I hear people talk about faith a lot, usually in connection to religion. My greatest faith is a prolific belief in everyday things. The thing that gets me through life.
Everyday, I believe I will wake in the morning (although I know, in the back of my mind, that this will not always be true); the car will start; I'll make it to my destination; a paycheck will come; the sun will shine, even behind rain; grasshoppers will jump; clothes will dry on the line; the water heater will not explode; the propane tank will not be struck by lightning; on and on and on, little things that I have confidence in. I believe if I reach for a glass of water, my hand will close around it and I will lift it to my mouth.
Even though I don't adhere to being a Baptist, a Catholic, a Buddhist, I have faith. Without it, I truly would not be able to get up in the morning. I think it outweighs hope.
Most of these things are fallible, but I have faith that even when all my faculties have failed, the sun will still shine, even behind clouds; grasshoppers will jump; clothes will dry on the line.
I find comfort in these small beliefs.