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Heat-related deaths in Texas likely undercounted

Heat-related deaths in Texas likely undercounted

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Heat-related deaths in Texas likely undercounted

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Body AUSTIN— As Texans endure the dog days of summer, experts say deaths related to heat in Texas and nationwide are likely undercounted, the Texas Standard reported.With climate change causing warmer days and nights, last year was the hottest on record in Texas.
Bare bear facts and bicycle tracks

Bare bear facts and bicycle tracks

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Bare bear facts and bicycle tracks

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body The 501 HANABA MUNN WELCHIf you haven’t heard about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the bear cub, you’re behinder than I am.If you’re thinking I invented a new word, so was I. But, except for spellcheck, we’ve all seen that saying “The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.
Making healthy granola

Making healthy granola

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Making healthy granola

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body Granola bars are supposed to be healthy, right? That’s not always the case. I remember in years past when a product hit the shelves that was marketed as a nutritious snack, resembling a granola bar, but it was covered in milk chocolate and studded with tiny, colorful candies.
Fall vegetables from seed

Fall vegetables from seed

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Fall vegetables from seed

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body From the garden ELLEN PEFFLEY Fall vegetables from seedIt is mid-August, with plenty of time to plant seed of fall vegetables. Plant fall vegetables when it is over 100 degrees? Yes!
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative observes 40th anniversary

Golden Spread Electric Cooperative observes 40th anniversary

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Golden Spread Electric Cooperative observes 40th anniversary

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body AMARILLO— Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc., celebrates its 40th anniversary this month with a look back at its storied legacy and optimism for the innovation that drives its future.
Pandemic relief funds for schools about to end

Pandemic relief funds for schools about to end

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Pandemic relief funds for schools about to end

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body AUSTIN— Texas public schools received more than $19 billion in pandemic relief funds over the last four years, but that pipeline of cash will largely end on Sept. 30, The Texas Tribune reported.

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2024 Community Calendar

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body Updates? Email us at fchb.editor@yahoo.comCOMMUNITY SERVICESFOOD BANKS— FLOYDADA— Spirt of Sharing (SOS), 925 Crockett St., Floydada, Mon. and Thurs.. 2–4:30 p.m. (806)983-5874.LOCKNEY— Lockney Salvation Army, 108 S. Main, Lockney.(806) 652-2488.LOCKNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 124 S.

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PUBLIC AND CIVIC MEETINGS COMING UP

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body FLOYD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ COURT Monday, Aug. 12, 8 a.m., County Courthouse, 100 Main St., Floydada.LOCKNEY CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, Aug. 20, 7 a.m., City Hall, 218 E. Locust St., Lockney.FLOYDADA CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m., City Hall, 114 W.
Oklahoma, green hills to Panhandle

Oklahoma, green hills to Panhandle

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Oklahoma, green hills to Panhandle

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Body BARBARA BRANNONROUTE 66 RAMBLE, PART 5: OKLAHOMAOklahoma, green hills to PanhandleOklahoma has more drivable miles of Route 66 than any other state. And “drivable,” as twenty-first-century roadies know, is all-important.
RAINBOW BRIDGE In Riverton, Kansas, the Marsh Arch bridge over Brush Creek is the only surviving bridge of this type on the entire length of Route 66. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | THE TEXAS SPUR

RAINBOW BRIDGE In Riverton, Kansas, the Marsh Arch bridge over Brush Creek is the only surviving bridge of this type on the entire length of Route 66. MORE PHOTOS, PAGE 8 | THE TEXAS SPUR

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Paragraphs & pixels

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Body E D I T O R I A L | spur@thetexasspur.com Paragraphs & pixelsBARBARA BRANNONROUTE 66 RAMBLE, PART 4: KANSASOf the eight states through which Route 66 once passed—and its historic remnants still do—Kansas claims the least, by far. But that 12.
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