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Body Following school board debate over extracurricular participation for at-home students, vote to exclude fails Two days before the official start of the 2020-21 school year, the Canadian ISD board of trustees was still deadlocked in the debate over whether or not those students who...

Body Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau began following up with households nationwide that have not yet responded to the 2020 census.

Body Students across Texas returned to campuses last week as schools and universities scrambled to put into place new lesson plans that best accommodate a pandemic.

Body Having finally sealed a deal on the purchase of the former Digital Abstract building to house its offices, the water district is trying to prepare a budget for the next fiscal year in the face of a 23 percent decline in property values.

Body “What a fun puzzle this has been,” Superintendent Lynn Pulliam said, as his trustees—who obviously knew better—began to navigate the real landmines tucked about ankle-deep in last Tuesday evening’s school board agenda.

Body After learning last week that two Abraham Home employees had tested COVID-positive, the Hemphill County Hospital District is reporting this week that a total of five coronavirus tests of staff and residents at the nursing home have now been confirmed positive.

Body Hemphill County Commissioners met in regular session on Aug. 10, voting on a proposed $0.4433/$100 valuation tax rate for 2020 in support of the 2020-21 fiscal year budget. The proposed rate will raise $2,011,185 less revenue from property taxes from the previous year, a 28.

Body Families of the Edward Abraham Nursing Home were notified this week that two staff members had tested positive for COVID-19.