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DMC Weekly Edition
DMC Weekly Edition is the audio edition of the Double Mountain Chronicle, created for Paid subscribers who want to listen to the week’s articles, local updates, community stories, columns, and editorials wherever they are.
Formerly home to The ShortCut, our quick weekly news podcast, this feed is becoming a broader audio home for Premium Chronicle content. The ShortCut will still appear from time to time with fast, need-to-know local updates, but DMC Weekly Edition will now carry the weekly paper in audio form.
Listeners will also find special features, including local Veterans stories and upcoming content like Grounds for Discussion as time allows.
Local news. Real stories. Straight from the pages of the Double Mountain Chronicle.
DMC Weekly Edition
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In Stonewall County, all eyes were on the upcoming May election—until there wasn’t one. With no challengers stepping up for city council, school board, or hospital district seats, officials will likely cancel their elections in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, in Rotan, voters will head to the polls to decide on two key measures: a $7.5 million bond for school renovations and teacher housing, and two propositions from the Economic Development Corporation aimed at expanding funding for local projects.
Financial updates were also front and center at last week’s Stonewall Memorial Hospital District meeting, where leaders reported three consecutive months of positive growth.
And finally, in this week’s editorial, Editor Jeff Hurt asks an important question: Are we avoiding elections out of confidence in our leaders—or simply a lack of interest in stepping up?