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“What a fun puzzle this has been,” Superintendent Lynn Pulliam said, as his trustees—who obviously knew better—began to navigate the real landmines tucked about ankle-deep in last Tuesday evening’s school board agenda.

After learning last week that two Abraham Home employees had tested COVID-positive, the Hemphill County Hospital District is reporting this week that a total of five coronavirus tests of staff and residents at the nursing home have now been confirmed positive.

Hemphill County Commissioners met in regular session on Aug. 10, voting on a proposed $0.4433/$100 valuation tax rate for 2020 in support of the 2020-21 fiscal year budget. The proposed rate will raise $2,011,185 less revenue from property taxes from the previous year, a 28.65 percent decrease.

Families of the Edward Abraham Nursing Home were notified this week that two staff members had tested positive for COVID-19.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) released a report today showing nursing homes in the U.S. have experienced an alarming spike in new COVID cases due to community spread among the general population.

It is hard to know yet how dramatically changed the medical world will be by the coronavirus pandemic. But the fact that it has changed is undeniable.

Justin and Bryn Rader are both fifth-generation ranchers who grew up on family ranches in the Texas Panhandle near the 100th Meridian. Both are graduates of area universities.

About 70 people attended the public hearing held last Thursday evening to review and comment on Canadian ISD’s Safe Return to School plan.