Articles by Sherri Pote/SWREC

2023 ended up on rainfall and December was colder than average.  That’s according to weather statistics compiled at the Southwest Research and Extension Center which serves as Hope’s official weather station. December rainfall was 6.33 […]

The Hope High School Bobcats took second place in a recent basketball tournament in Texas! In their first round of the championship bracket at the 13th Annual Paris Holiday Basketball Tournament (December 28-30), the Bobcats […]

We almost let the holidays slip by without sharing this picture of the great light display on Sammy Circle in Hope.  We have really enjoyed these folks’ light displays the past several years.  Thanks to […]

The Hope City Board met in the City Hall Boardroom on Tuesday (1-2) for their first meeting  of 2024.   After a call to order, invocation, pledge, and a review of the minutes there was a […]

Justin Lollis and JW Hurt caught and harvested a nice 302lb sow hog in Bodcaw during the last week of 2023.  Kudos for taking out another feral hog!

On Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 at about 10:15am, officers from the Hope Police Department, Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office and the 8th North Task Force, executed a search warrant in the 300 block of North Louisiana […]

Congratulations to Ernie Cox who retired recently after 17 years of taking care of the weapons museum at Historic Washington State Park.  According to Josh Williams of the park, Cox did valuable research on over […]

The Hope Kiwanis Club heard a short, impromptu program at their first meeting of 2024 from Mayor Don Still.  Mayor Still talked about the public hearing set for that evening’s city board meeting in which […]

Hope First Assembly closed out 2023 with good food , games and lots of fun and fellowship on New Years Eve . Happy 2024 from HFA!

WHO: LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS, FAITH LEADERS, COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS WHAT: Beloved Community 2.0: Unite, Serve, Transform Dr. King was a man of God & a social justice activist. Programming continues his dream of peace and […]