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Officials with the city of Amarillo announced Tuesday that the city has received one petition for a recount in Saturday's election. According to a news release, the recount petition was submitted to the city secretary's office Tuesday by candidate Claudette Smith for a recount in the Amarillo mayoral race.  According to previous reports by the Amarillo Globe-News, incumbent Ginger Nelson was the unofficial winner of Saturday's mayoral race, garnering 54% of the vote with 10,922 combined votes in Potter and Randall counties. Smith, who got the second most votes in the race, was reported as g...

Amarillo leaders announced recipients of BBB Excellence in Community Service Award . (Source: kauz) By Tamlyn Cochran | April 22, 2021 at 5:27 PM CDT - Updated April 22 at 5:27 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Several area City leaders and health experts has announced the recipients of the BBB Excellence in Community Service Award. The awards will be presented at BBB’s NEW BBB Big Blue Bash, on May 21. The Excellence in Community Service Award is given to individuals who have shown unfailing dedication to serving the community and who bring the core values set forth by the BBB to their e...

New Mexico Republican Party crosses state lines to host event in Amarillo VIDEO: New Mexico Republican Party crosses state lines to host event in Amarillo By Vania Patino | April 15, 2021 at 9:18 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 10:33 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - For the first time, the Republican Party of New Mexico will host their retreat outside state lines, and have chosen Amarillo as the destination. The retreat will take place May 14 through the 16 at the Embassy Duites downtown. The location change is due to the COVID-19 restrictions in place in New Mexico. New Mexico currently limits ...

City officials confirm presence of COVID-19 variants in Amarillo community During Wednesday’s COVID-19 news conference, medical professionals said they are encouraged by the recent COVID-19 trends in the community related to the number of active cases and hospitalizations.  “When we look at these numbers, we can see that our new cases remain low, our active cases remain low, our hospitalizations are clearly low (and) there’s plenty of vaccine available,” said Scott Milton, the city’s public health authority and an associate professor at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Ce...

Officials with the Texas Department of State Health Services announced Wednesday the categories for individuals who can be vaccinated throughout the state will be extended on Monday.  The announced Phase 1C vaccination category allows all individuals at least 50 years of age the chance to be vaccinated in the state. This phase joins educators, as well as those in the Phase 1A and 1B categories, including frontline workers and people 18 years of age and older who have at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness if they contract COVID-19.  The ci...