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On Tuesday, Oct. 26, state Rep. Ken King will tour a segment of House District 88 to discuss the 87th regular legislative session as well as the special sessions that followed. His intinerary is as follows:

Since last Thursday, Canadian ISD has confirmed five new positive cases of COVID-19. As of Tuesday, Oct. 12, the school is reporting four active cases, out of 34 total cases that have been reported since August 16, with 30 of those having returned to campus after the required quarantine period. At Hemphill County Hospital, twenty-two positive test results have been reported in the last 14 days, from Sept. 29 to Oct. 12. There are now ten active cases in Hemphill County, based on COVID-19 tests performed by the HCH Laboratory Department. There are no in-patients with COVID-19 hospitalized here, at this point.

AUSTIN—Starting on Monday, Oct. 25, Texans with phone numbers in the 254, 361, 409, 806, 830, 915, and 940 area codes must dial 10-digits (area code + telephone number) for all local calls.

Texas voters will determine the fate of eight proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot. The proposed amendments were approved by at least two-thirds of the members of both the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives.

Philip Klein, the private investigator hired by Thomas Brown’s family following his disappearance just before Thanksgiving 2016, has called a press conference/town hall meeting to be held at Jones Pavilion at 6 pm on Wednesday, Oct. 20. According to a recent Facebook post by Moms for Tom, Klein will conduct a narrative of the case with a timeline and photos from their investigation. Following the presentation, he will open the floor to questions from the media and from the public. His office has asked that questions be written down and submitted beforehand, but added that nothing will be off-limits. “We want to assure all of you that this is not a chance to bash anyone, any law enforcement, or any government body,” Klein’s statement said. “This is a chance to present…what we know, when we knew it, and how we obtained it. It is our hope that there will be a strong turnout by the citizens of Canadian in order to listen to the leaders of the team of PSB investigators who were involved in the case.”

AMARILLO—Xcel Energy’s Texas customers are receiving notices in the mail outlining the company’s regulatory filing and plans to invest in grid modernization, including information on advanced metering technology that will enable more efficient outage restoration and pave the way for new products and services that will allow customers to have more data to manage their energy usage and keep their bills low.