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Body After 24 years of service, Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Lovvorn completed his distinguished military career as the Navy senior enlisted leader at the French Creek Marine Centered Medical Home. His official retirement date is June 10.

Body The High Plains Food Bank is partnering with the Starlight Ranch Event Center in Amarillo to present a series of six tribute concerts, beginning tomorrow night, May 28, with Rock and Roll Over—The Ultimate Tribute to KISS.

Body Congressman Jackson to speak at Panhandle War Memorial Monday A Memorial Day Ceremony will be held at 11 am on Monday, May 31, at the Texas Panhandle War Memorial in Amarillo. U.S.

Body For the second time in the last month, a group of citizens led by Sheriff Brent Clapp appeared in Commissioners Court, last Monday, May 10, to request that Hemphill County Commissioners designate this a Second Amendment Safe Haven County.

Body AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he would send cities, counties, transit systems, and special-purpose taxing districts $1.06 billion in local sales tax allocations for May—28.4 percent more than in May 2020 and 21.9 percent more than in May 2019.

Body AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding families and businesses that they can save on the purchase of certain water- and energy-efficient products during the state’s water-efficient products and ENERGY STAR® sales tax holidays.

Body Over half of eligible Texans vaccinated More than 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Texas as of last week, fully covering more than half of eligible Texans 12 and older. Gov.

Body Opening arguments were presented before a jury in Hemphill County’s 31st District Courtroom last Tuesday, May 4, in a lawsuit filed against North Plains Electric Cooperative in relation to the March 6, 2017 wildfire that burned approximately 320,000 acres of grassland in...

Body Two adults, two children, and one infant were transported to Hemphill County Hospital following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of US 60 E and Mendota Road (CR 5) late Thursday afternoon, May 6.