Hemphill Co. grand jury returns three felony indictments
A Hemphill County grand jury returned three criminal indictments on Tuesday, Aug. 10.
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Rural vaccinations rise as COVID-19 infection rates grow
According to an Aug. 3 report in the Daily Yonder, by Tim Murphy and Tim Marema, 19 states—including several with rising rates of new COVID-19 infections—saw gains in the pace of rural vaccinations last week.
Hemphill County Hospital urges public to get vaccinated as COVID-19 cases rise and delta variant quickly spreads
No one has hit the panic button here yet, but local hospital officials and medical providers have some reason to be worried.
Man wanted for burglary, horse shooting is arrested in Oklahoma
A wanted man is behind bars this week following an 11-day-long investigation that garnered national media attention, according to Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Special Ranger Jay Foster.
National newspaper coalition seeks Court’s intervention in Aug. 29 postage rate increase
A coalition of organizations representing commercial and nonprofit users of the mail on Friday petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to issue a stay preventing the U.S. Postal Service from increasing postal rates on Aug. 29.
Moreno and Forrest collaborate in transcendent summer concert at Texas Crown Sunday afternoon
Alex Moreno and Paula Forrest presented a summer concert last Sunday, July 25, at the Texas Crown Performance Hall, to an appreciative audience. The two musicians each performed individually on the piano, and together, with Moreno on vibraphone or xylophone, and Forrest accompanying him on piano.
‘It’s not charity. It’s partnership.’
The final tally for this year’s 6th Annual GO!
The Record earns PPA General Excellence Award
The Canadian Record earned a stack of plaques and general excellence honors in the Panhandle Press Association’s 2020 Better Newspaper Contest awards ceremony, held last weekend in Amarillo.
HCH board nixes fencing request, reviews health survey
In their July 20 meeting, the Hemphill County Hospital Board rejected a request by Jocelyn Timmons to construct additional privacy fencing around the southwestern perimeter of the Mesa View Senior Living (MVSL) one-way circle drive.
City awaits final guidelines on use of American Rescue Plan funds, with eye on infrastructure improvements
In a brief meeting Monday evening, City Manager Joe Jarosek filled in council members on the most recent instruction received concerning the expenditure of about $588,000 in American Rescue Plan funding that the city of Canadian expects to receive.
