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The planned move-in to the new Mesa View Senior Living facility was delayed from the first of this week, and at Tuesday’s meeting of the Hemphill County Hospital Board, Administrator Christy Francis said if the move doesn’t take place by the first of next week, it will have to wait until the new...

The number of new COVID cases diagnosed nationwide topped 230,000 this week, and on Wednesday, a new single-day record of 3,400 deaths attributed to the virus was recorded. But in Hemphill County, the new case count has dropped in the last two weeks.

In a major procedural step on Monday—five weeks after the general election on Nov. 3—the Electoral College affirmed Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over President Donald Trump, denying the incumbent a second term in office.

Twenty-eight local small businesses received some very welcome season’s greetings this week, in the form of checks delivered by the Canadian-Hemphill County EDC, on behalf of the City of Canadian, Hemphill County Hospital, and Canadian Independent School District.

The holiday season entered full swing in town last weekend with the official Christmas in Canadian celebration, hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Celebrations across town created scenes so idyllic, they could have been from a nostalgic Christmas card.

The second wave of COVID-19 cases in Hemphill County is proving to be not only the largest of 2020, but the most persistent, as well. The number of new COVID-positive tests performed by the Hemphill County Hospital Laboratory Department has continued to rise over the last seven days.

Explore full-page map online at https:// datawrapper.dwcdn.net/sQnOK/7/ The number of people from rural counties who died from COVID-19-related causes in a one-week period topped 3,000 for the first time last week, marking the fifth consecutive week of a record-setting number of fatalities.

The entire board of the Canadian/Hemphill County Economic Development Council was present for Monday’s commissioners court meeting.