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The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued this year’s first rabid animal report in Public Region 1. It is also the first rabies case in Hemphill County in 2022.

An upper-level storm system brought an arctic air mass and moisture to the Panhandles last Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 2-4. Flurries started Tuesday overnight into Wednesday morning with a narrow band of moderate snowfall setting up Wednesday morning from Vega to Pampa. The band slowly shifted northward and expanded in area through the day.

PTCI this week announced a new push to help build awareness about the Affordable Connectivity Program, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program. The new long-term benefit will help to lower the cost of broadband service for eligible households struggling to afford internet service.

Voting restrictions enacted by Texas lawmakers recently are causing problems for both voters and for local election officials. Hundreds of applications are being rejected around the state, the Texas Tribune reported last week, because voters appear not to know the new rules, and election workers who are still deciphering the procedures are encountering a lack of help and information from the Texas secretary of state’s office.

In addition to local elections for city council, and hospital, school, and water district boards, voters on May 7 will decide the fate of two statewide ballot measures—both related to ad valorem taxes.