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County awards Amarillo firm bid to build new radio tower

5 years ago By News Staff

Body Hemphill County commissioners awarded the contract for construction of a new emergency radio communication tower here to Amarillo’s CommTech LLC, for the low bid of $107,373.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders wows attendees at Tuesday’s AgriLife Beef Conference here

5 years ago By News Staff

Body Former Trump administration press secretary and current Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered Tuesday’s keynote address to a packed house at the 2021 Texas A&M AgriLife Hemphill County Beef Conference at the Jones Pavilion.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaking at the Beef Cattle Conference

Joe Van Zandt and Steve Rader are named 2020 and 2021 Ranchers of the Year

5 years ago By News Staff

Body Joe Van Zandt was named 2020 Rancher of the Year, and Steve Rader was awarded 2021 Rancher of the Year on Tuesday evening as the pandemic-postponed Texas A&M AgriLife Hemphill County Beef Conference celebrated their agricultural careers and contributions to their communities.

Wheeler County’s Joe Van Zandt and Hemphill County’s Steve Rader were the Ranchers of the Year honorees for 2020 and 2021, and were recognized during this week’s Texas A&M AgriLife Beef Conference Tuesday evening.

Council reverses action on apartment complex, goes up for bid again on Tuesday, May 4

5 years ago By News Staff

Body Without discussion last Monday evening, Canadian’s City Council members voted unanimously—upon the advice of counsel— to rescind action taken during their March 18 meeting striking the Canadian Apartment complex property from the tax rolls and forgiving the back taxes owed by...

NEWS BRIEFS

5 years ago By News Staff

Body Walk-in vaccine clinics scheduled Thursday and Saturday The Hemphill County Hospital has scheduled two walk-in vaccine clinics this week—one to be held this evening, Thursday, April 29, from 5-7 pm, and the other, a Vote + Vaccine Saturday, to accommodate local voters heading to...

Suspects identified in Lake Marvin cabin fire

5 years ago By News Staff

Body ALBUQUERQUE, NM—On Jan. 30, a fire was reported at the Lake Marvin recreation area of the Black Kettle Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest and National Grasslands. The fire destroyed the structure known as Cabin No. 2.

Contested school, hospital board races will be decided Saturday

5 years ago By News Staff

Body The consolidated polling place in the CHS foyer will open at 7 am on Saturday for voters casting ballots in races for seats on the Hemphill County Hospital and Canadian ISD boards.

The Birds

5 years ago By Kim B. McKinney

Body THE TREES WERE ALIVE, Tuesday afternoon, as a raucous flock of yellow-headed blackbirds in the midst of migration startled residents in the relatively quiet neighborhood of Santa Fe Avenue.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Breakthrough’s John A. Smith to keynote April 27-28 Beef Cattle Conference

5 years ago By News Staff

Body The Hemphill County’s Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is hosting the fourth beef cattle conference on April 27-28. This year’s theme, “Restoring the Roots,” was originally scheduled for April 2020 but subsequently canceled due to COVID-19.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders and John A. Smith

School trustees explore expansion of CTE programs

5 years ago By News Staff

Body School trustees last Tuesday explored ways to expand the district’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, and to offer students course content that not only meets rigorous academic standards but also prepares them for further education and careers in commonly practiced...

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