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The Hemphill County AgriLife Extension Ag Committee has formulated plans to go forward with an in-person and virtual beef cattle conference this spring. This year’s Beef Cattle Conference will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, April 27-28, at the Jones Pavilion in Canadian.

Canadian firefighters responded around 5:45 pm, Saturday evening, to a report of a structure fire in an abandoned cabin near Lake Marvin. When they arrived on scene, the cabin was fully engulfed in flames. Five CVFD units responded and firefighters flooded the structure with water, but the damage was done. “Everything burned up that was out there,” said Canadian Fire Chief Scott Brewster.

Judge George Briant reported yesterday that restaurants in Hemphill County, along with most of the counties in Trauma Service Area A, were allowed 75 percent occupancy this week, an increase from the previously ordered 50 percent limit, as COVID hospitalizations dropped below the 15 percent threshold for seven consecutive days.

Hemphill County Hospital and Canadian Family Physicians are mounting a herculean administrative effort this week, providing 190 Moderna booster shots Wednesday and first shots tomorrow (Friday) to more than 300 waitlisted patients with COVID-19 vaccinations. First-shot recipients will be drawn from the Centers for Disease Control’s Phase 1a and 1b groups, including 60-70 hospital staff and teachers of first responders.