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Body In an update to city council members Monday evening, Canadian/Hemphill County Economic Development Council President Heath Mitchell reported that $35,000 in emergency grant funding has already been sent to local businesses impacted by the COVID-19 shutdown.

Body For Voters in Canadian ISD Polls will be open on election day from 7 am to 7 pm at the Canadian High School Foyer, 621 S. 5th St., in Canadian.

Body AUSTIN—Texas state parks will begin reopening for day-use only on April 20 as part of a broader effort to begin reopening the state of Texas. Per Gov.

Body PAMPA—April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and CASA of the High Plains is raising awareness of the need for more dedicated members of the community to step up and become CASA volunteers, and help break the cycle of abuse and neglect, through supporting children and...

Body Hemphill County/District Clerk Lisa Johnson is reminding voters, ages 65 and older, that they are eligible to vote by mail. All they need do is check the box for Annual Application which applies to all of the elections in the calendar year for which they are qualified to vote.

Body The Texas unemployment rate currently sits at 47 percent for the month of March, and is expected to rise further during the month of April. Since March 21, 32 people have filed for unemployment in Hemphill County, up 59 percent from 2019.

Body It was a tumultous evening Tuesday for many Hemphill County residents, who got the first whiff of the storms the National Weather Service had been promising just before 6 pm when the storm clouds began to appear and a light rain started to fall.

Body AUSTIN—The Texas Department of Public Safety is seeking information and asking for the public’s help in solving the 1985 cold case homicide of Dorothy Estep.

Body In the two weeks since it established funds to help local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian/Hemphill County Economic Development Council has already delivered $31,000 in emergency business grants to qualifying local businesses that provide jobs to Canadian...