Firefighters battle windblown blaze at Vaca Corrales
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Canadian firefighters responded Monday afternoon to a fire that started near the grain elevator at Vaca Corrales, about 10 miles south of Canadian on US 60/83.
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Canadian EDC welcomes new business owners, discusses future use of apartment property
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New Canadian residents and new business owners Marjorie Miller and Richard Loch visited here last week with Canadian/Hemphill County Economic Development Council board members.
County marks historic shift in leadership Monday morning
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It was all business at the courthouse Monday morning, as commissioners efficiently chipped away at a loaded agenda, adopting an updated burn ban, approving $5,000 in funding for repairs to the baseball/softball complex, accepting bids for the annual sealcoating project, and...
Beto O’Rourke brings ‘People of Texas’ campaign’ to Canadian Saturday
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AMARILLO—Beto O’Rourke will continue his statewide People of Texas Campaign (https://betoorourke.com/people-of-texas/) on Saturday with a return to Canadian, Dalhart, and Amarillo for public events.
Donations are needed to assist families with medical expenses
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Spencer and Lacy Hanes An account has been set up at Canadian InterBank for the benefit of Spencer and Lacy Hanes, whose fourth baby was born in Amarillo last Monday and flown that night to a hospital in Dallas/Fort Worth, where he underwent surgery at Cook Children’s Medical...
Area landowners learn timely preparedness lessons as March 6, 2017 wildfire anniversary approaches
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An early-morning fire last Sunday in rural Hemphill County destroyed a hay barn and the livestock that were inside, sheltering from below-freezing temperatures.
There shall be light
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City of Canadian crews shed new light this week on the Sunset Park basketball court, installing Goalrilla LED Basektball Hoop lights to provide illumination for nighttime sports fans. The new wired-in lighting was completed by an electrician Wednesday morning.
Congress passes long-awaited postal reform
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The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, HR 3076, cleared the U.S. Senate today, sending legislation to President Biden that would give the U.S. Postal Service relief from a 16-year-old requirement to pre-fund decades into the future.
Local petition calls for election to legalize alcoholic beverage sales here
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A petition is circulating in Canadian calling for a local option liquor election. At last report, petition organizer Shila Wyatt was about 30 signatures short of the 282 needed to get the issue on the ballot in the Nov. 8 election.
Community Blood Drive will be held here next Thursday
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The Coffee Memorial Blood Center will host its next Canadian Community Blood Drive here on Thursday, March 17, from 12 noon to 6 pm, in the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall. A photo ID is required of all donors, who must be at least 17 years old to donate.
