High-end electrical users could strain grid
The growth of industrial-scale users of power could strain the Texas power grid, ERCOT’s chief announced last week. The Dallas Morning News reported Pablo Vegas, the agency’s CEO, said bitcoin miners and artificial intelligence data centers going in across the state, as well as industrial growth in the Permian Basin, could create the need for a massive buildup of power transmission lines in the future.
Myrna Ellen Smith Jenkins, age 87, of Darrouzett, Texas, passed away at Mesa View Senior Living in Canadian, on April 17, 2024. Cremation and arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Canadian.
Ada Leen Whitener, 82 of Amarillo stepped into the arms of Jesus on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Amarillo. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Monday, April 29, 2024, at the Carmichael-Whatley Canadian Chapel in Canadian. Interment will follow in the Eller Flatt Prairie Dell Cemetery in the Gem Community with Rev. Hal Carpenter officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Canadian.
On Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Hemphill County’s 31st District Court, Canadian resident Jared Fernando Barrera was convicted of four first-degree felony counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault, and of one Class A misdemeanor charge of Indecent Assault.
Barrera, 20, was arrested and taken into custody by Hemphill County Sheriff’s officials on April 25, 2023.
