The Canadian Wildcat basketball team finished the non-district portion of the schedule last Friday with a matchup at Borger before a bye Tuesday night, as they get set to open district play Friday night.

The pandemic cast a long shadow over 2021—whether it was the lead story, or the underlying one. Its effect has been so pervasive, and has so effectively disrupted our lives, that it is sometimes difficult to remember just how long we have been living with this viral beast.

Getting an accurate count of active cases in Hemphill County is an act of futility. With Canadian ISD conducting its own testing, and with the lag time in DSHS reporting active cases, the only consistent data HCH can report derives from the tests they perform in their lab.

Panhandle PBS invites our community to join a free, online Indie Lens pop-up screening of the film Missing in Brooks County on Thursday, Jan. 13, at 7 pm. Visit panhandlePBS.org/presents to RSVP and take part in this online viewing experience as part of the Panhandle PBS Presents series.