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The Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District (HCUWCD) will conduct a public hearing at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, May 25, to hear comments, to answer questions, and to provide additional information on the Desired Future Condition (DFC) of the Ogallala Aquifer within the boundaries of this county, as proposed by Groundwater Management Area (GMA) 1.

The Canadian Community Blood Drive will be held on Thursday, May 13, from 12-6 pm at City Hall. A photo ID is required of all donors. Masks will also be required at the blood drive. Donors must be at least 17 years old, with exceptions for 16-year-old donors who have a signed parental consent form. To save time, complete your questions online (day of drive only) using Donor Express at www.thegiftoflife.org. To make an appointment, please go to yourbloodinstitute.org or call 806.331.8833, or toll free 1.877.574.8800. For more information, go to www.thegiftoflife.org. Remember: Blood is needed every day.

‘Constitutional carry’ bill close to becoming law It is a near certainty that Texans will be allowed to carry handguns without a license in the near future as House Bill 1927 passed both chambers and heads to a conference committee to hash out amendments added in the Senate version. Gov.

For the second time in just over two months, representatives of each of Hemphill County’s five taxing entities met on the courthouse steps for a sheriff’s sale of the Canadian Apartments. For the second time, no buyers appeared.

Familiar faces will return to the Hemphill County Hospital Board and the Canadian ISD board of trustees with the addition of one new face on the hospital board following Saturday’s election. Cody Culwell was the top vote-getter in both contested races with 48 percent of votes cast for one of two open slots on Canadian ISD’s school board.

The Republican-led effort to allow Texans to carry handguns without any kind of license cleared what is likely its biggest remaining hurdle in the Capitol on Wednesday, when the Texas Senate moved in a nail-biter vote to bring the measure to the floor and then gave it approval.

Taking up acquisitions of property and equipment for the district, the Hemphill County Hospital Board approved two sets of purchases in its April 20 meeting. CEO Christy Francis first provided a list of expenses that will be funded through the remainder of the $3.5 million CARES Act Provider Relief Fund.

Hemphill County commissioners awarded the contract for construction of a new emergency radio communication tower here to Amarillo’s CommTech LLC, for the low bid of $107,373. Eight bids were received—ranging as high as $170,325—from companies in locations ranging from Florida to Indiana, and from Kentucky to Iowa.