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Potter County Judge Nancy Tanner speaks about the need for the mental health hospital in the Texas Panhandle, and other priorities for 2024.

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The Texas Panhandle is expected to receive help to combat the massive spike in suicides after lawmakers allocate funds for mental health care access.

AMARILLO — Three times a week, Potter County Judge Nancy Tanner holds hearings for people to determine whether they should be placed in a mental health hospital.

The region that includes Amarillo, a Panhandle city of more than 200,000 people, and surrounding towns has long been a mental health care desert. Officials hope a new $159 million hospital can help reduce a massive spike in suicide attempts.

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A controlled burn in Calaveras Big Trees State Park has badly damaged a pair of giant sequoias named 'the Orphans,' outraging community members.

Judge Nancy Tanner said she has had to send patients 200 miles south.

Judge Nancy Tanner said she has had to send patients 200 miles south.

Judge Nancy Tanner said she has had to send patients 200 miles south.