Texas Spur owners acquire Caprock Courier

SPUR – Paragraph Ranch LLC, a media company based in Spur, purchased The Caprock Courier, the weekly newspaper serving the region of Briscoe, Hall and Motley counties. 
The Courier absorbed the earlier Briscoe County News and the Motley County Tribune in 2016 under the editorship of Tori Minick.
“We are pleased and honored to continue the tradition of community coverage in West Texas with the Caprock Courier,” said Kay Ellington, CEO of Paragraph Ranch LLC and publisher of the Texas Spur. “The acquisition should enable us to bring the whole region together.”
Ellington, who brings four decades of experience with local newspapers and national media firms to the job, including the New York Times Group and Gannett Newspapers, has been publisher of The Texas Spur since 2018.
Barbara Brannon, who retired in 2019 as executive director of the Texas Plains Trail Region heritage tourism organization of the Texas Historical Commission and now serves as editor of the Texas Spur, will serve as associate publisher of the Caprock Courier.
Liz Adams, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from West Texas A&M University, was named managing editor. The Caprock Courier’s business and administration functions will be handled from the Spur office, while news will be covered locally in the paper’s market area.
“I’m eager to work with the Caprock communities and look forward to writing their stories,” Adams said.
The Caprock Courier may be read online at www.caprockcourier.com or purchased at outlets in Briscoe, Hall and Motley Counties and beyond, and may be reached at caprockcourer@gmail.com.