News

Body “We are in a bad, bad situation,” Dr. Tony Cook reported late yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, in a call to The Canadian Record.

Body Canadian/Hemphill County EDC President Remelle Farrar prefaced a funding request to the county commissioners Monday morning with what she later admitted sounded a lot like a sermon, though that wasn’t what she intended.

Body The Hemphill County Hospital Board conducted a budget workshop during a called session on Aug. 3, and heard from a concerned citizen during the public comment agenda item.

Body Texas A&M University Health Science Center (Texas A&M Health) has been selected by Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) – Immunization to administer the Texas Vaccine Outreach and Education Grant program.

Body A Hemphill County grand jury returned three criminal indictments on Tuesday, Aug. 10.

Body According to an Aug. 3 report in the Daily Yonder, by Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, 19 states—including several with rising rates of new COVID-19 infections—saw gains in the pace of rural vaccinations last week.

Body No one has hit the panic button here yet, but local hospital officials and medical providers have some reason to be worried.

Body A wanted man is behind bars this week following an 11-day-long investigation that garnered national media attention, according to Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Jay Foster.

Body A coalition of organizations representing commercial and nonprofit users of the mail on Friday petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to issue a stay preventing the U.S. Postal Service from increasing postal rates on Aug. 29.