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City utility line relocation on US 60 begins Monday

6 years ago By News Staff

City of Canadian officials and staff held a pre-construction meeting with Project Engineer Adolfo Garcia of Brandt Engineers, and representatives of Amarillo Utility Contractors last Thursday afternoon to prepare for the start of municipal utility line relocation on US 60/83 in the city limits.

Making Plans Looking over the US 60 Utility Relocation Project plans at City Hall Thursday afternoon were (l-r) Adolfo Garcia, P.E., Brandt Engineers; Tommy Wyatt, public works director; Abel Lucero, water and wastewater superintendent; and Amarillo Utility Contractors representatives Monte Taylor, president, and Keith MacGregor, project manager. Also present for the meeting were City Manager Joe Jarosek and Mayor Terrill Bartlett.

CISD officials report four students, one staffer test positive for coronavirus in first week of school

6 years ago By News Staff

Canadian ISD Superintendent Lynn Pulliam advised on Friday, Aug. 28, that the school district had received its first lab confirmation that a student at Canadian Elementary School had tested positive for COVID-19.

HCH board proposes ‘no new tax,’ reviews $19.7 million budget

6 years ago By News Staff

In their meeting Wednesday, Sept. 1, the Hemphill County Hospital Board unanimously approved the tax rate proposal of 0.613007, the effective tax rate for fiscal year 2021. The ETR represents an I&S rate of 0.086088 and an M&O rate of 0.526919.

State Rep. Ken King launches tour of District 88 here Sept. 16

6 years ago By News Staff

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, State Rep.

Hospital reports COVID-positives at Nursing Home

6 years ago By News Staff

Following two consecutive weeks of testing, the Edward Abraham Nursing Home is now reporting 10 positive cases of COVID-19—which includes six residents and four staff members. Fifty-five tests conducted at the nursing home on staff and residents were negative.

School board debate over extracurricular policy to exclude at-home students ends in failed vote

6 years ago By News Staff

Following school board debate over extracurricular participation for at-home students, vote to exclude fails Two days before the official start of the 2020-21 school year, the Canadian ISD board of trustees was still deadlocked in the debate over whether or not those students who opt for virtual...

Nurse Molly Kerrigan and her new assistant Marisol Meraz have the daunting task of monitoring the day-to-day health of students and staff at Canadian ISD in the age of coronavirus.

Texas League of Women Voters challenges Trump census order

6 years ago By News Staff

AUSTIN—The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Texas, California, and Florida, filed an amicus brief in New York Immigrant Coalition v. Trump, a case which challenges President Trump’s executive order to block undocumented individuals from being counted in...