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The state’s Infectious Disease Dashboard is updated on Wednesdays, and cases rose from two last week to five. -
With sites often selling out in hours, months in advance, Campsite Ranger gives campers an edge -
Jamaal Howard's lawyers had sought a last-minute stay citing the inmate’s mental fitness, but their bid was denied by a state and federal court. -
State tax receipts in initial 3 months top estimate by $147 million -
The Democrat, off the trail with the flu, quickly accepted the president’s call to “immediately report to a Debate Stage” with Ken Paxton.
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Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to hear two works of local resonance that were recently commissioned and premiered by the Amarillo Symphony! -
Fall is a good time to handle a few maintenance items in your garden, but it's also a good time to make some notes on what grew well and what didn't, and the more things you track in those notes can also make a difference. Learn more in this week's episode! -
Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia CommonsHello, my name is Cheryl Berzanskis and I live in Amarillo. I'm a southern girl transplanted to the plains where I learned to love the big sky, the mighty wind, and dramatic weather in all its forms. -
Paul Klee, 1919. Public Domain via WikiArtHi, I’m Quraysh Ali Lansana, a poet, author and professor in Tulsa, Oklahoma, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m delighted to explore a poem by one of my close friends and favorite Oklahoma poets, Claire Maracle.
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The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood, the site of his 2009 mass shooting. That would be the first public execution in the U.S. since the 1930s.
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