Greenwood Ranger

08/10/2026

✏️📚 We hope everyone is having an awesome first day of school! We love seeing all the first-day photos. Drop yours in the comments, and we’ll include them in this week’s edition of the Ranger! 🗞️

08/07/2026

📰 Lots of MCUD news in this week’s edition of the Ranger.

🗳️ They are going back to voters for another bond election this November — this time for about half the amount voters rejected in 2025.

➡️ We interviewed MCUD general manager, Norman Ashton about the new bond proposal and what’s different this time.

➡️ We also talk with him about MCUD’s settlement with Park Water, new bulk water sales at its treatment facility on SCR 1140 and an opportunity for some homes along SCR 1110 to connect to the district’s water pipeline.

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08/05/2026

07/31/2026

Posted by Dena Floyd
Texas AgriLife Extension Agent
Winkler and Loving Counties

07/27/2026

Made a mistake yesterday. Here are the new rules for West Texas.

06/10/2026

For Sale in Stanton

06/03/2026

05/27/2026

🗳️MARQUEZ TO BE NEXT MIDLAND COUNTY JUDGE:

Unofficial results are in for the Midland County Judge runoff election.

Jay Marquez defeated Karen Hood in Tuesday’s runoff race.

According to unofficial totals, 6,771 votes were cast. Marquez received 3,808 votes, while Hood received 2,962.

Marquez, who raised his family in Greenwood and serves on the board of the GISD Education Foundation, will take his seat as Midland County Judge in January.

03/04/2026

🗳️ RESULTS: Midland County Republican Primary

📍 Precinct 2 Commissioner (includes Greenwood)

✅ Brian Carney — 51.44%

Joe Watters — 48.56%

The Midland County judge race is headed to a RUNOFF after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.

➡️ Jay Marquez — 34.07%

➡️ Karen Hood — 33.84%

Both will advance to the runoff election.

📊 Terry Johnson (incumbent) — 32.09%

⚖️ Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace

✅ Yadi Billeck — 52%

Rhonda Eggleston — 48%

*These are unofficial final results from Midland County Elections Office*

02/22/2026

🗳 EARLY VOTING REMINDER:

You can early vote TODAY (Sunday) from 1–7 p.m.

➡️ At the top of the ballot is the race for governor.

Greg Abbott has been is currently the longest-serving sitting governor in the U.S. If he wins this primary and the November general election, he would become the longest-serving governor in Texas history.

Several Republicans are challenging Abbott in this primary, but his biggest contender is Pete “Doc” Chambers.

📍Locally, Greenwood voters will help decide:

• The next Midland County judge
• County commissioner and justice of the peace for Precinct 2

➡️ There are also several statewide offices on the ballot including: lieutenant governor, attorney general, railroad commissioner (regulates oil & gas industry and utility companies), comptroller, land commissioner (manages state lands and veterans’ benefits) and ag commissioner.

➡️ Republican voters will also see 10 propositions covering a range of issues — from restrictions on selling groundwater to banning Sharia law in Texas and requiring Bible and prayer in schools. These propositions are non-binding— they serve as a voter survey to gauge where Republican voters stand on certain policy questions.

The democratic ballot has several propositions listed, as well.

You can view sample ballots for both parties here:

https://www.co.midland.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/11446/Republican-Party-Sample-Ballot

https://www.co.midland.tx.us/DocumentCenter/View/11445/Democratic-Party-Sample-Ballot