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Shelley E. Huguley Auxin training now available online in Spanish. Last date for producers to view a one-hour Zoom training is May 14, 2021. The final date to attend the one-hour Zoom auxin training quickly approaching. An online Spanish version of the training required to meet federal and state guidelines for the use of dicamba and 2,4-D is now available by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. “Over the past years, I have received requests for a Spanish versi...

  The Battle of San Jacinto, Prints and Photographs Collection, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The Battle of San Jacinto lasted less than twenty minutes, but it sealed the fate of three republics. Mexico would never regain the lost territory, in spite of sporadic incursions during the 1840s. The United States would go on to acquire not only the Republic of Texas in 1845 but Mexican lands to the west after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo...

Deadline approaching for SBA loans due to drought AGN Media Small, nonfarm businesses in 20 Texas counties and neighboring counties in New Mexico have until March 16 to apply for a Small Business Administration federal disaster loan for economic injury, according to Tanya N. Garfield, director of the U.S. SBAs Disaster Field Operations Center-West. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the following primary counties that began ...

Dairy Demand For Wheatlage Increasing Amid Drought Conditions Compensation to farmers a growing concern An increasing demand for wheatlage contracts by dairies for ensilage is causing a dilemma for High Plains producers. Drought conditions in the southwest Panhandle are creating a potential forage deficit in the region, and this is driving up the demand and price for forage silage, said Jourdan Bell, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist, Amarillo. This could mean fewer produce...

A fire threatens structures in Southeast Amarillo in the 58th and Grand area

United Supermarkets Gives United Way Half A Million Dollars The United Supermarket family announced a donation of $500,000 for United Way chapters across its areas of operation including $57,459 for the United Way of Amarillo & Canyon. These funds are typically raised as part of the annual Jacky Pierce Charity Classic; however, due to COVID-19, the annual charity tournament went “golf-less.,” according to a release from United. Since its kick off in 1991, the tournament has raised more than...

TxDOT seeking mobility services input The Texas Department of Transportation is seeking public input regarding the agencys efforts to enhance local mobility services for seniors and individuals with disabilities. TxDOT officials indicated a virtual public workshop is slated for Jan. 12 at 10 a.m. as a means of connecting organizations providing transportation services with their most vulnerable customer populations.  Officials noted TxDOTs Amarillo District is soliciting feedback from reside...

Donald Trump. Caricature by DonkeyHotey / Creative Commons. By Steve Russell | Those of us who consider history to be recreational reading started in on Donald John Trump before he had resided at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for a year. Without the deep dive of a PhD dissertation, we seem to have a bias toward post WWII presidencies — or so it would appear from the conversations that have sadly become less frequent with the pandemic raging. Even history buffs find it easier to know the wrinkles ...

Assistance to help pay rent could be available for all of Texas by next month An eviction program could soon be available to all of Texas. (Source: KFDA) By Allisa Miller | December 11, 2020 at 9:16 PM CST - Updated December 11 at 9:21 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - For those struggling to pay rent due to the impacts of COVID-19, help could soon be on the way. The Texas Eviction Diversion Program helps those struggling by paying up to six months of rent. The program currently is only in Pot...