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Body COLLEGE STATION, Texas—As Texans make plans to celebrate the Fourth of July, Texas A&M Forest Service encourages everyone to be careful with any outdoor activity that may cause a spark.

Body The July 4th celebration in Canadian this year will be a little strung out across the calendar because of the way the 4th occurs---on a Tuesday.

Body The Texas Rangers have made an identification in a 22-year-old case of a previously unidentified woman in Gray County in the Northern Texas Panhandle.

Body Conservation urged as searing heat wave sweeps state Texas’ power grid reported record electricity use early last week.

Body The Canadian Church of Christ’s traditional GO! Weekend—now in its eighth year of community-wide clean-up projects here—is packing up the shovels and work gloves and heading up US 83 this year to help the tornado-stricken town of Perryton. The date that was set for Canadian’s GO!

Body Misdemeanor Arrests •Ramiro Vitela Rocha, Jr., 44, Amarillo; resisting arrest, search or transport; 6/20/23; RCSO Felony Arrests •Matthew Scott Sanders, 36, Canadian; warrant for possession of a controlled substance, PG 1; HCSO

Body Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after spring planting should make an appointment with the Hemphill County Farm Service Agency (FSA) before the applicable deadline.

Body CISD administrators are shuffling the deck this summer as they address a number of staff changes. School board trustees have already approved the hiring of eight new teachers—several of them familiar to this community—and shifted six staff members to fill vacancies.

Body Following last week’s EF3 tornado that has caused extensive damage in Perryton, both KXDJ Radio’s Chris Samples and https://highplainsobserverperryton.com/ continue to provide frequent and detailed updates regarding the needs of that devastated community.