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Body The Texas unemployment rate currently sits at 47 percent for the month of March, and is expected to rise further during the month of April. Since March 21, 32 people have filed for unemployment in Hemphill County, up 59 percent from 2019.

Body It was a tumultous evening Tuesday for many Hemphill County residents, who got the first whiff of the storms the National Weather Service had been promising just before 6 pm when the storm clouds began to appear and a light rain started to fall.

Body AUSTIN—The Texas Department of Public Safety is seeking information and asking for the public’s help in solving the 1985 cold case homicide of Dorothy Estep.

Body In the two weeks since it established funds to help local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian/Hemphill County Economic Development Council has already delivered $31,000 in emergency business grants to qualifying local businesses that provide jobs to Canadian...

Body HCH announced its second positive COVID-19 test Wednesday afternoon, but noted that it was for a non-resident of Hemphill County. That report brought to two the number of individuals who have received positive test results from the HCH lab, to date.

Body To anyone who hasn’t traveled along Hackberry Trail recently, it may seem as if the new Mesa View Senior Living construction project located on the south edge of town simply emerged from the soil overnight.

Body Between the oil- and gas-industry bust, and the business closings forced by the COV- ID-19 pandemic, local taxing entities are already sharpening their knives for fiscal year 2021, and preparing to trim the fat.

Body For Voters in Higgins and Canadian ISDs

Body Despite an executive order issued last week by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and absent any response to requests for further guidance, local school officials seemed determined this week to continue with a special May 2 vote on the proposed consolidation of Canadian and Higgins ISDs.