The Sweetwater Nolan County Health Department will be closed on Friday, July 4th for Independence Day. The water lab will be ...

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Sweetwater, Texas sits like a friendly oasis in West Texas, where neighbors still wave from porches and remember your name – a refreshing throwback to a time when community wasn’t just a buzzword but ...

Sweetwater is a city of about 10,000 surrounded by scrubby Mesquite plains and massive wind farms. It’s 40 miles west of Abilene, more than 200 miles west of Dallas, and part of Texas’ Central ...

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Sweetwater to host 67th annual Rattlesnake RoundupThough the event is a way to control the rattlesnake population, it’s also a hub for research. Venom collected from the snakes is used for ...

SWEETWATER, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Data center company IREN is expanding its presence in Sweetwater with the development of a second site, expected to create a 2-gigawatt data center hub that could ...

SWEETWATER, Texas — As winter starts to turn into spring, the town of Sweetwater gets ready to host the 2025 Sweetwater Jaycees Rattlesnake Roundup. The annual event takes place the second ...

SWEETWATER, Texas (BCH Sports) – The Sweetwater football and athletic programs need a new leader. Russell Lucas announced his retirement on Wednesday. Lucas led the Mustangs for four seasons and ...

History is repeating. Modern-day ghost towns are popping up around Texas, communities that still exist, but have lost most of their population and are on the path toward vanishing if they lose any ...

The population has moved up and down over the years. Sweetwater now has 10,550 residents. The Mustang Bowl is seen Monday, March 4, 2024 in Sweetwater, Texas.

Sweetwater, Texas, population 10,000, has held its rattlesnake roundup annually since 1958, when hunters extracted more than 3,000 pounds of western diamondbacks from their hideaways in the nearby ...