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Republican Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan today announced his endorsement of conservative state Rep. Ken King’s re-election campaign for House District 88.

CANADIAN—Hemphill County Extension Agent Andy Holloway this week announced that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be the lead keynote speaker for the 2022 Capital Farm Credit/Texas A&M AgriLife Beef Cattle Conference, which is scheduled for April 26-27 in Canadian.

During the financial reports delivered in the Oct. 19 Hemphill County Hospital District board meeting, Jennifer Cox, with Thomas & Thomas Financial Management Services, reported $5.6 million in cash for the district, as of Oct. 15. The amount included $837,944 in undedicated cash; $3.7 million in the tax account; $613,000 in CDs; and $503,000 in dedicated cash. The tax account figure represented $200,000 in year ‘22 tax payments.

The 2022 health insurance open enrollment season is here (Nov. 1-Dec. 15). So now is the time to think about changes to your health coverage. But before you do, make sure any plan you’re considering actually gives you the coverage you seek. Dishonest companies sometimes market medical discount plans or health plans with limited insurance benefits, as comprehensive health insurance. And sometimes they just lie about the “health plans” they offer.

Nov. 1 marks the anniversary the United States’ first intervention in the war between North and South Vietnam. The U.S. and other allies backed South Vietnam— assuming the role previously held by the French, who withdrew in 1955—while the Soviet Union, North Korea, and China backed the North. The war spanned Nov. 1, 1955, to April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital city, Saigon, was captured by the North. The last U.S. troops left Vietnam on March 29, 1973, the official end of this country’s involvement in the war.