Opinion

Body I’D MAKE A WAGER that most of us live our whole lives without ever actually seeing first-hand how the sausage is made on a typical election night in America. It’s likely I never would have, had I not found myself thrust into the position of knocking out news for The Record.

Body WHAT IF, DURING A NATIONAL emergency, thousands of American citizens—never accused of any crime—were locked up in rudimentary camps in isolated, rural areas behind barbed-wire fences with guard towers equipped with searchlights and jeeps patrolling the perimeter, manned by...

Body SUNDAY IS THE 80th birthday of Mitch McConnell, Kentucky’s most accomplished politician save Henry Clay.

Body CLARIFICATION: In our report, two weeks ago, on the apportionment of the Canadian Apartment complex demolition costs among Hemphill County’s five taxing entities, we were unable to confirm whether a motion to approve the expense before Hemphill County Hospital District board of...

Body EARLY VOTING BEGAN on Monday, which was also Valentine’s Day and the anniversary of the 2021 polar vortex that caused blackouts that killed more than 200 Texans and possibly as many as 700. Voters have a lot of things to consider when they go vote this year.

Body Mail-in ballot applications rejected at high rate Mail-in ballot applications for the March 1 primary are being rejected by almost 40 percent—largely because of a missing ID number, which is now required after a new voting bill passed the Legislature last year.

Body THE FALLOUT OVER THE Republican National Committee’s statement censuring Representatives Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) for “participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse” continues to rain down on the...

Body The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Postal Service Reform Act, HR 3076, by a vote of 342 to 92, sending a landmark postal bill to the Senate for consideration.

Body I have been in Canadian for three years, almost down to the day. It seems like yesterday, I was unpacking my things in preparation for my new role of NRCS district conservationist for Hemphill County.

Body WE HAVE APPARENTLY already named the storm: Winter Storm Landon. I’m a little bit disappointed. Landon hardly seems a fierce enough name for a weather system that has been foretold in such dire and urgent terms for the last few days.