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Top Sweetwater news stories

2021-06-12

(SWEETWATER, TX) Here are today’s top stories from the Sweetwater area.

Pulled from contributors around the region, here’s a glimpse of what’s going on nearby. For more stories from the Sweetwater area, click here.

Senator Perry Holds Area Town Hall

Senator Charles Perry held a lunchtime Town Hall on Tuesday to a capacity community crowd. The “brown bag” Town Hall in which attendees were encouraged to bring their lunches brought out many Sweetwater residents with an interest in hearing the Sweetwater-raised Senator speak. Perry, having just come from the Georgia-Pacific... Read more

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Georgia-Pacific to Invest $200K in Sweetwater ISD Career Technology Program

(SWEETWATER) – Sweetwater students entering the manufacturing workforce in 2022 will benefit from a new partnership between the school system and Georgia-Pacific. Today the local gypsum manufacturer is announcing that it is investing two hundred thousand dollars into the school’s career and technical education (CTE) program in hopes of giving students the foundational knowledge and skills needed to be successful in the workforce. Read more

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Georgia Pacific Holds Ground-Breaking

Georgia Pacific held a ground-breaking ceremony on their new $300 million facility in Sweetwater. It will add 120 jobs to the area. Left to Right: Will Hatfield, Sweetwater Gypsum complex manager; Whitley may, Nolan County Judge; Stan Lambert, Texas house representative; David Neal, vice president gypsum operations; Brent Paugh, president of Gypsum; senator Charles Perry, Texas; Peter Mayer, Sweetwater East plant manager; Dr. Drew Howard, Sweetwater ISD Superintendent, and Ken Becker, SEED MDD Executive Director. Read more

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