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Gov. Abbott announces end of statewide mask mandate, reopening of businesses at full capacity

5 years ago By News Staff

Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated Texas Independence Day by announcing that Texans will no longer be required to wear face masks in public, and all businesses can re-open at full capacity starting next week. The governor chose a crowded restaurant in Lubbock as the venue for his announcement, and spoke to a mostly maskless and cheering audience, according a report in the Dallas Morning News.

On cusp of spring, Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle residents warned of fire danger, thunderstorm risk

5 years ago By News Staff

Today (Thursday) is expected to bring critical fire danger to the southwestern Texas Panhandle with elevated danger elsewhere in the western half of the Panhandles. Amarillo’s National Weather Service meteorologists reported yesterday that they were highly confident that elevated to critical fire danger would develop in the western Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles this afternoon. Winds out of the southwest, ranging from 20-30 mph, with gusts up to 40 mph, are anticipated.

The Deep Dive with Everett Cook

5 years ago By Laurie Ezzell Brown

Everett Cook was 2 years old when he first visited the ocean. His mother has a photo of him dipping his toe in the water.

Everett free-diving with friend Harrison (wearing scuba gear) in the Bahamas

What a difference a week makes—temperature tailspin eases

5 years ago By Robin L. Mitchell

Two hundred seventy-five hours—11 1/2 days—from Monday, Feb. 8 at 1:30 am until Friday, Feb. 19 at 1:15 pm, the mercury stubbornly refused to budge above the freezing mark. Arctic air blanketed a large part of North America as two storms interacted, producing record-shattering low temperatures, wind-chill readings not seen in a generation, and snow.

Brittany and Marty Rash worked day and night for two weeks to save 22 of these poor snow-caked baby calves during the winter storm siege. Warming them and bottles full of colostrum with round-the-clock care made the difference between life and death.

Southwest Power Pool, Xcel Energy, and regional co-ops resume normal operations

5 years ago By News Staff

AMARILLO—The Southwest Power Pool moved to normal operating status at 10 pm Saturday, signaling the end of a power emergency across its 14-state footprint that includes Xcel Energy’s Texas and New Mexico service area along with regional electric cooperatives and municipal utilities.

Canadian Apartments to be offered at March 2 Sheriff’s Sale

5 years ago By News Staff

Canadian Apartments to be offered at March 2 Sheriff’s Sale The Canadian Apartment complex, located at 203 Birch St., will be offered for sale on the steps of Hemphill County Courthouse next Tuesday, March 2. A default judgment was issued against the property following the failure of the owners, Galen and Barbara Lusk, to pay all taxes, penalties, and interest owed against the property.

Xcel customers are protected from extreme billing spikes

5 years ago By News Staff

AMARILLO—Winter Storm Uri made electricity more expensive to produce because of shortages in natural gas used to fuel area power plants, but Xcel Energy customers in Texas and New Mexico will be protected from the extreme billing spikes that are making news in other parts of Texas.

Hemphill County COVID test positives remain low as hospital vaccine distribution continues

5 years ago By News Staff

New positive tests for the coronavirus continued to dramatically decline in Hemphill County this week. On Wednesday, the Hemphill County Hospital District lab announced zero new positive cases of COVID-19 among in-county residents over the last seven days. Only one case remains active among Hemphill county residents, according to this latest report.

CISD Superintendent discusses winter weather, career and technology programs, in Wednesday board meeting

5 years ago By News Staff

Canadian ISD board members met last Wednesday in the midst of an epic winter storm that closed school here for two days and caused a power grid blackout that shut down some parts of Texas for most of the week.

State Capital Highlights

5 years ago By Gary Borders

Millions of Texans dealing with water supply issues Warmer temperatures over the weekend and continuing this week melted most of the snow from the state’s roadways and roofs. But Texans are still dealing with broken pipes that flooded homes and businesses, damaged municipal water systems, and continued power outages in scattered areas, mainly in East and Central Texas.At the height of the power crisis, more than 4 million Texans were without electrical service—a number that shrank to less than 32,000 as of Sunday, according to the PowerOutage.

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