updated Fri. April 26, 2024
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KTXS
March 19, 2018
Wildfire season is here and it can have some serious affects on your health, according to Registered Respatort Therapist, Susan McQuade. "Smoke affects the lungs by causing irritation in the lining of the lungs. It increases mucus, causing the lungs to be a little bit twitchy and the muscles around the lung will contract.
Chron.com
March 19, 2018
A new video from the Texas A&M Forest Service shows how fire fighting is not for the faint of heart. The video was captured in Hartley County, in the Texas' Panhandle, and showed the fire, which started Thursday, being contained to 15,682 acres, Texas A&M tweeted. The fire initially included Moore,Ãâà...
MyHighPlains
March 17, 2018
AMARILLO, TX - The Texas A&M Forest Service along with the National Weather Service expect critical wildfire danger across the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle on Sunday. Those risks are also expected in Eastern New Mexico. Below is a full statement released by the Texas A&M Forest Service:.
KXAN.com
March 16, 2018
FOLLETT, Texas (KXAN) - The Texas A&M Forest Service is reporting 182 homes are threatened in a fire near Follett, Texas - a few miles from the northeast corner of the Texas Panhandle. KXAN sister station MyHighPlains.com reports a call for help from the Forest Service went out at 3:57 p.m. Friday.
mySanAntonio.com
March 14, 2018
BUSHLAND, Texas (AP) — If the ruse of his grandmother driving him from their home in Hereford to Bushland to see the school for a possible transfer seemed a little sketchy to 11-year-old Marcus Escobedo, it sure seemed fishy when he was directed to take a hard right down a hallway to the junior highÃâà...
KFDA
March 13, 2018
CANADIAN, TX (KFDA) -. At the Mendota Ranch, Jason Abraham and Dr. Gregg Veneklassen have been helping out the Panhandle with their cloned animals for more than a decade. One thing most people don't know is cloning is not just taking one animal and creating another. It's a very systematicÃâà...
Amarillo.com
March 9, 2018
The High Plains and South Plains area of Texas remain dry with extreme drought conditions. “Its really dry right now in the High Plains,” said Phillip Truitt, public information officer for the West Texas A&M Forest Services, adding the Amarillo area hasn't received much rainfall within the last few months.
MyHighPlains
March 8, 2018
AMARILLO - Pins and needles, that is what farmers and ranchers in the Texas Panhandle are sitting on. With last year's tragic wildfires fresh on everyone's mind, folks continue to rebuild but they remain cautious because this year's threats for wildfires are even worse. "It was kind of the wind of winds," saidÃâà...
Amarillo.com
March 6, 2018
I will miss the brisket tacos. However, I could not eat them again with a clear conscience. Leal, either intentionally or acting as a pawn of “Empower Texans,” has imported Washington-style politics to west Texas. While I have met Leal, I do not know him well. But I have seen the hateful and demonstrablyÃâà...
KFDA
March 5, 2018
AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) -. The intake of refugees in the Panhandle is at a record low. There are two agencies in the Panhandle that bring refugees into the area. One of them is Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle that takes in refugees from countries like Iraq, Iran, Somalia, and Burma. Get the latestÃâà...
Amarillo.com
March 4, 2018
Seliger has talked about the issues during his campaign and stayed positive, unlike his local opponent who has resorted to malicious and false advertising, with backing from downstate organizations with no regard to the Texas Panhandle. Nor do we want to lose this Senate seat to someone from theÃâà...
Amarillo.com
March 3, 2018
I am very proud of state Sen. Kel Seliger for everything he has done for Texas Senate District 31 and for the state of Texas. Sen. Seliger has voted with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on 28 out of 30 votes. How can Seliger possibly be called a liberal? He is a conservative, and one of the highest ranking senators in theÃâà...
Amarillo.com
March 3, 2018
Seliger has talked about the issues during his campaign and stayed positive, unlike his local opponent who has resorted to malicious and false advertising, with backing from downstate organizations with no regard to the Texas Panhandle. Nor do we want to lose this Senate seat to someone from theÃâà...
LubbockOnline.com
February 23, 2018
Schools at Hereford Independent School District and Pampa Independent School District went on lockdown Friday after separate reports of threats. Hereford ISD received a report from a parent about a threat made on Snapchat, the district said in a Facebook post. The district announced a lockdown for all schools shortlyÃâà...
HPPR
February 22, 2018
Voting in the Texas primary elections is underway, and the Texas Panhandle is already seeing remarkably heavy turnout. In fact, as The Amarillo Globe-News reports, Potter and Randall Counties are seeing more primary voters than in either the 2016 or 2014 primary elections. Potter County ElectionsÃâà...
Amarillo.com
February 21, 2018
The opening lines of Texas Tech University's unofficial anthem “Red Raider Coming At You” are surprisingly appropriate. Not only do they describe the Masked Rider, whom the song is about: they also fit the song itself. “Red Raider Coming At You” has a storied past. It's a story of a thriving team ofÃâà...
MyHighPlains
February 20, 2018
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) released their latest surveillance report on the Flu in Texas. The last week reported is for February 4, 2018, through February 10, 2018. DSHS reported that the flu activity has increased in the Amarillo Health Service Region (Health Service Region 1).
KFDA
February 19, 2018
AMARILLO, TX (KFDA) -. The 2018 Fundraiser for the Texas Panhandle Chapter of the Safari Club is this Saturday, and there's still a chance to purchase your tickets. The fundraiser and banquet will include a dinner of Prime Rib and all the "fixins", a cash bar and a raffle. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. for happyÃâà...
ReporterNews.com
February 16, 2018
COMO – A rusted, padlocked gate marks the entry to a once modern and bustling dairy barn. The facility in the heart of Northeast Texas dairy country that once collected milk from hundreds of Holstein cows, is now a depository for knickknacks, scrap wood and metal, tools and idle equipment. SurroundingÃâà...
Amarillo.com
February 11, 2018
The Texas Panhandle will also be well-represented in the Class 5A symphonic all-state band. Palo Duro's Kerry Kilpatrick (bass clarinet) will represent the Dons. Dumas' Cristian Ramirez (clarinet) and Meghan Brooks (bassoon) give the region three woodwinds. Randall's Rayvn Denning (French horn) andÃâà...
Amarillo.com
February 7, 2018
Friday's high in Amarillo is forecast to be 50, according to the NWS, but only in the upper 30s for the Oklahoma Panhandle. Saturday's highs in Amarillo are forecast to be warmer than the northeast Texas Panhandle, where temperatures are expected to only reach the 20s. The average high temperature thisÃâà...
MyHighPlains
December 31, 1999
St. Mary's Cathedral hosted the 19th annual Salt and Pepper Luncheon today. The annual luncheon is sponsored by Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle and benefits the agency's Catholic Charities Hunger Project, according to CCTXP Executive Director Jeff Gulde. State Representative Four PriceÃâà...
MyHighPlains
December 31, 1999
The Texas Panhandle Poison Center (TPPC) and the TTUHSC School of Pharmacy will conduct Amarillo's Spring 2018 Medication Cleanout using a drive-through, drop-off format this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Signs will be posted. People shouldÃâà...
KBTX
December 31, 1999
Fire departments from across the state have provided firefighters and fire engines that have been stationed throughout the Texas Panhandle and West Texas for response to wildfires that have burned near 52,000 acres this year. The engines — brush trucks specifically designed to battle wildfires — areÃâà...
