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WalMart and Sam’s Club ‘Fight Hunger. Spark Change.’ Campaign returns to Texas Panhandle

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AMARILLO — Everyone needs nutritious food to thrive, and in every community in America, people are working hard to provide for themselves and their families. Yet in 2022, 44 million people—1 in 7 individuals—faced food insecurity in the U.S.

Those are the highest numbers in a decade, underscoring the need for more charitable food assistance in the Texas Panhandle and beyond.

Feeding America

Card of Thanks

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FEBRUARY 27TH WAS A DAY no one could have predicted the tragedy that was going to take place. We sure did not expect to be one of the ones impacted, and especially did not expect to lose absolutely everything!

The Sanchez Family

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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Solar eclipse means big money to Texas

One economist is calling it “the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history,” according to the Texas Standard. The total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 is expected to draw up to a million visitors to the Lone Star State, especially in its narrow path of totality.

State Capital News

WT Students, Faculty Selected for Annual Exhibition at Amarillo Museum of Art

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CANYON, Texas — Works by more than 50 West Texas A&M University students and eight faculty members have been selected to hang in a prestigious annual exhibition at Amarillo Museum of Art.

The Amarillo College / West Texas A&M University Student/Faculty Exhibition will open April 5 and be on view through April 21. An opening reception will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 5 at the museum, 2200 S. Van Buren St. in Amarillo.

AMOA exhibition

Texas wildlife feel the impact of state’s largest wildfire

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Humans and domestic animals weren’t the only residents facing danger and displacement as flames roared across the Panhandle. Wildlife populations were also affected by the recent historic wildfires.

While wildlife were impacted by recent Panhandle wildfires, AgriLife Extension experts are focused on ecosystem recovery and wildlife resiliency. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)

 A stand of blackened, scorched trees against a blue sky, burned in the Smokehouse Creek Wildfire

Chaos Reigns in WT Theatre’s Farcical ‘Rumors,’ April 4 to 14

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CANYON, Texas — Though it’s set in an era of pastel colors and big shoulder pads, there’s nothing dated about the humor in the season-ending play from West Texas A&M University Theatre.

 

Student actors will stage Neil Simon’s farce “Rumors” at 7:30 p.m. April 4 to 6 and 11 to 13, plus 2:30 p.m. April 14, in the Branding Iron Theatre in the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex on WT’s Canyon campus.

Photo: Claire Gans (Rylee Bass, right) has a secret too good not to spill to Chris Gorman (Riley Harbour, left) in West Texas A&M University Theatre’s “Rumors,” on stage April 4 to 14.

Canadian ISD calls for $20M bond election this Saturday

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STATEMENT

  • The Canadian Independent School District has called for a $20 million Bond Issue Election to be held this Saturday, May 4, 2024. 

OBJECTIVE OF THE BONDS

  • To adequately fund existing expenses in such a way that less local revenue is sent away to the State in Recapture and more is kept for Canadian ISD students.

WHAT SPECIFIC ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE 2024 BOND PROPOSAL

    An Explanation of the School Bond Issue
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