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In its April 28 meeting, the Hemphill County Hospital board introduced two new vendors for outsourcing financial services and heard the district’s annual audit report.

With the traditional Memorial Day opening of the city swimming pool now unlikely to happen, council members discussed a growing number of obstacles to the facility opening at all this summer, but refused to pull the plug...yet.

City Street Superintendent Wesley Wallace erected a new stop sign at the corner of Washita and First Streets Tuesday morning next to Lowe’s Grocery Store. The sign was installed after the city had received several complaints about motorists entering the intersection without slowing or stopping, and causing a safety hazard. On April 20, the City Council authorized an ordinance implementing the stop sign.

The Texas Education Agency on May 5 announced graduation guidance for the class of 2020. Under the guidelines, ceremonies may take place as early as May 15 as the state continues the reopening of services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Spring branding is one of the most picturesque rituals in agriculture. Months-old calves and their mamas are rounded up pasture by pasture. The calves are separated, roped by their back legs, and dragged to waiting cowboys and cowgirls who work as a coordinated team to vaccinate, ear-tag, castrate the bulls, and brand the young bovines with an identifying registered mark of their owner’s ranch.

Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day was established in 1868 to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers. Today, it has evolved into an observance that honors those who have served and died in all of America’s wars.

Each resident and staffer at all Texas nursing homes will be tested for the novel coronavirus, a spokesman for Gov. Greg Abbott told The Texas Tribune this week.

With the dual threats of the coronavirus outbreak and the spring storm season, Canadian ISD Superintendent Lynn Pulliam announced changes to the district’s storm-shelter procedures and policies.