Three lives: Living and Dying with COVID: Part 2
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“WHAT A YEAR this has been,” Doug Benge said, echoing what many of us have felt in 2020. But Doug isn’t just glad 2020 is over.
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Jan. 5 marks 40 years since the still unsolved murder of Tracey Waterfield Neilson
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OKLAHOMA CITY—It was 40 years ago today that 21-year-old newlywed Tracey Neilson was savagely murdered in her Moore, Oklahoma, apartment. Jan. 5, 1981 was Tracey’s birthday, and the OU student spent the morning running errands around Moore.
A Christmas Gift: First COVID-19 vaccines give at HCH
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Dr. William C. Isaacs was at the front of the line to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine administered at the Canadian Physicians Clinic on Thursday morning, Dec. 24.
City council reviews progress on 5-year-old comprehensive plan
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Canadian City Council members closed out 2020 with a review of the city’s guiding document, the comprehensive plan adopted in 2016.
As COVID-19 numbers rise again in Hemphill County, local health officials roll out vaccines
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Seventy-nine residents of Hemphill County tested positive for COVID-19 during the last 15 days, bringing the number of active cases to 78 on Jan. 6. In that same time frame, the Hemphill County Hospital laboratory also confirmed 47 new cases in out-ofcounty residents.
HCHD COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Update—Jan. 5
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On December 24, 2020, Hemphill County Hospital District (HCHD) began immediately administering our limited supply of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines, following the CDC Guidelines for Vaccine Distribution.
State Capital Highlights
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New year can’t yet shake focus from COVID-19 It’s a new year, but the news out of the capital continues to focus on COVID-19. Gov.
Hemphill County COVID-19 testing numbers
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The number of new COVID-positive tests performed by the Hemphill County Hospital lab department has continued to accumulate over the last seven days.
Tell me the story, one more time
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Jaquita Adcock shared this story about her grandfather, Delbert H. Harper, who was born on Christmas Day 1909. The story came from Lisa Brewer Williams, a granddaughter of Delbert’s only sister, Ruth.
County commissioners confront coronavirus issues
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COVID was the constant thread that ran throughout the Dec. 14 county commissioners’ meeting—fitting testimony to the virus’ gradual but certain impact on every element of this community’s life, in the year that cannot end soon enough.
