Community

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!

River Valley Pioneer Museum Director Tamera Julian decided a saddle exhibit would be the ticket for this year’s July 4th celebration.

Coffee Memorial Blood Center in Amarillo will host the Boots & Badges Canadian Community Blood Drive on Thursday, July 13, 1-6 pm, at the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall. Donors will receive a Boots & Badges t-shirt and one WOW Pass to Wonderland Amusement Park. Photo ID is required.

In conjunction with the release of his sixth studio album (the second from the independent record label Mexican Summer), Hayden Pedigo will perform in his native Amarillo.

This past evening, June 20, friends and relatives of Trae Francis gathered on Main Street behind Stitch where they staged a benefit for the 4-year-old’s medical expenses. Trae is the son of Travis and Tessa Francis of rural Lipscomb County and Canadian.

COLUMBIA FALLS, ME., and TULSA, OK., – June 21, 2023 – Today, national nonprofit

Sometimes, traditions become so routine it’s hard to remember how they began. This is true even in a community that cherishes long-standing traditions.

AMARILLO, Texas –– The internationally acclaimed "Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition” arrived in Amarillo June 9 and runs through July 23. It will be the inaugural exhibit at the newly renovated Sunset Center in Amarillo---now called Arts in the Sunset.

Child well-being in Texas is on the ropes, with a new study showing significant declines in third grade reading, eighth grade math proficiency and the number of young children attending preschool and Kindergarten.

CANYON, Texas — West Texas A&M University’s Bain-Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium will be thundering July 17 with the return of some of the country’s best drum and bugle corps.