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The response to last week’s devastating wildfires has been swift, and has once again revealed the overwhelming generosity and kindness of this community and county, and of the residents, organizations and business owners who are always ready to lend a hand.

DALLAS—The Texas Lyceum’s annual poll, published on April 1, finds a majority of Texans saying that they spend too much on housing and that the cost of living for necessities in the area where they live is either “poor” or “terrible.” Concerns about costs come as the state grapples with ongoing economic troubles stemming from the continued fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, ongoing inflationary concerns, and rising energy prices exacerbated by Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

The wildfires that had terrorized area residents for the last two days were still burning late Wednesday evening, as weary firefighters responded to the seemingly unending reports of flare-ups and outbreaks—most in the southern third of Hemphill County.

The Canadian Record was presented the General Excellence Award during the 2021 Better Newspaper Contest last weekend, at the culmination of the Panhandle Press Association’s 112th Annual Convention, held in Hereford.

Former Army Ranger Keni Thomas headlines the second day of the 2022 Hemphill County/Texas A&M AgriLife Beef Conference, scheduled for April 26-27 at Jones Pavilion in Canadian. Thomas was a member of the 3rd Ranger Battalion that captured criminal warlord Mohamed Farrar Aidid in a dangerous and deadly mission that was later immortalized in the book and movie, Black Hawk Down.