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The Amarillo Tri-State Exposition Executive Board of Directors has announced it will be modifying and canceling part of the 2020 Tri-State Fair & Rodeo, scheduled Sept. 18-26, due to COVID-19. The board decided to move forward with youth market livestock shows, equine shows as well as its bantam show and agriculture mechanics show. Every other event, with the exception of the PRCA Rodeo, has been canceled, according to a fair news release. “We, as a board, would like nothing more than to feel that the thing to do is to h...
AMARILLO — City of Amarillo officials, as well as local medical professionals, spoke about the possibility of the Amarillo City Council extending the city’s disaster declaration order during its meeting Tuesday. According to state health officials, there were 488 active cases of the virus in Potter and Randall counties on Monday. This was an increase of 82 cases from Sunday. Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson said she does not believe Amarillo is ready to reopen. “We are still seeing our numbers increase, and that makes it chall... Full story
When Nazareth's Ralph Albracht was first diagnosed with COVID-19 in March, he thought it was a death sentence. "I'm 78 years old and they were saying that the older you are, the less chance you have," he said. "That was the main thing and so, of course, I called my wife and I have 10 grandkids and one of the boys is a real computer expert. He put us on a chatroom, a Zoom chatroom, and, of course, we began to pray." After prayer with his family and the Nazareth community,...
Few political observers have compared the 42nd president of the United States with the 36th. But what former President Bill Clinton intoned last week at West Texas A&M University well might have brought back memories of the late President Lyndon Johnson. It is this, quite simply: Rigid ideology must not stop progress on behalf of the country. Clinton, speaking as part of WT's Distinguished Lecture Series, told a packed First United Bank Event Center that "we can do lots of stuff to grow the economy, but if we spend most of ou... Full story
F ew political observers have compared the 42nd president of the United States with the 36th. But what former President Bill Clinton intoned last week at West Texas A&M University well might have brought back memories of the late President Lyndon Johnson. It is this, quite simply: Rigid ideology must not stop progress on behalf of the country. Clinton, speaking as part of WT's Distinguished Lecture Series, told a packed First United Bank Event Center that "we can do lots of stuff to grow the economy, but if we spend most of...
