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Main St. collision

5 years ago By News Staff

On Friday, Oct. 16, a 2015 Buick Encore traveling south on Third Street, entered the intersection at Main. The driver failed to yield the right-of-way to an eastbound Ford pickup, driven by a city of Canadian employee. The Buick broadsided the pickup.

Jackalope Fire in Roberts Co. burns 11,520 acres

5 years ago By News Staff

Firefighters from several area fire departments were dispatched Sunday afternoon to provide mutual aid to a wildfire in Roberts County, which, at last report burned 11,520 acres of land, threatened 10 structures and two ranch compounds, and temporarily closed FM 283.

Fire in Roberts County, taken from entrance to Isaacs Ranch by Robin Mitchell as the sun set.

Early voting in Texas is underway

5 years ago By News Staff

WHEN: Early voting began Tuesday, Oct. 13, and runs through Friday, Oct.

An analysis of the top races in 2020 election

5 years ago By News Staff

Just 19 days remain until absentee, early, and in-person Election Day ballots will be tallied in one of the most contentious U.S. elections since 1876.

August to August, rural jobs are down by 4.3 percent

5 years ago By News Staff

EDITOR’S NOTE: The loss of oilfield jobs and related businesses—combined with the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns—began to take a dramatic toll on Hemphill County in August. Canadian saw its job count drop from 1,884 in August 2019, to 1,721 in August 2020—a decline of 8.7 percent, or 163 jobs.

Weekly COVID-19 Report

5 years ago By News Staff

Hemphill County Hospital District reported 33 new positive COVID-19 tests in this county in the last seven days, from October 8-14, and seven positives in out-of-county residents. These numbers include the results of COVID-19 testing performed by HCH’s Laboratory Department.

Tralee Crisis Center offers legal help to family violence survivors

5 years ago By News Staff

Tralee Crisis Center, a nonprofit victim services agency based in Pampa but serving Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Roberts, and Wheeler counties, recently received a grant from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to provide funding for legal services for...

2020 City Council Candidate Q&A

6 years ago By News Staff

The following questions were submitted by The Canadian Record to each City Council candidate, with an invitation to respond. They are published here as a public service by this newspaperto help each voter cast an informed ballot in the Nov. 3 General Election.

Hemphill County coronavirus case count reaches 100 on Wednesday, with sixteen new positives in last week

6 years ago By News Staff

Hemphill County reached a new milestone this week. The hospital district reported on Wednesday that the number of positive coronavirus tests in this county had reached 100. Of those cases, over a quarter were deemed active cases at midweek, with 74 recovered, 1 still pending, and 774 negatives.

More than half of rural counties in COVID red-zone

6 years ago By News Staff

The number of new COVID-19 infections remained steady last week in rural America, but troubling levels of new infections placed an additional 68 rural counties on the White House red-zone list—an indication indicating that authorities in those counties need to do more to control the spread of the...

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