Amarillo CPA Mark Kile delivered the district’s 2020-21 financial audit during their Jan. 13 meeting, pronouncing Canadian ISD in good shape financially.

Candidate filing began last Wednesday, Jan. 19, for candidates seeking a place on the ballot in the May 7 city council, and hospital, school, and water district board elections.

This month, the Texas’ COVID-19 positivity rate—the percentage of tests with positive results—soared to its highest peak yet amid the onset of the highly transmissible omicron variant. With the most recent surge in cases came a renewed reliance on testing.

Canadian barrel racer Tamara Reinhardt and her homebred mare, Yessir Imareddie, smoked the competition at last weekend’s PRCA championship rodeo in Park City, Kansas. Reinhardt claimed first place in the barrels with a time of 13.64 seconds and a $979 payout.