Commissioners approve backhoe purchase, hear about BESS facility

After considerable discussion and short negotiation— with County Judge Don Thompson absent due to a recent arm injury— Knox County commissioners approved the purchase of a used backhoe from Warren Cat in Wichita Falls. The final agreed-upon purchase price was $81,000 on a machine that had been on lease to the city of Wichita Falls. Of the two being considered, this one purc...

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