TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION

At least 11 dead in state after winter storm At least 11 people have died in Texas, nearly half of them children, after Winter Storm Fern swept the state last week, the Texas Standard reported.

Financial Focus

If you’re a local business owner, you’re juggling many priorities: growing revenue, managing expenses, supporting your team and planning for your own future. What if one tool could help with all these goals?

TWC Recognizes Career and Technical Education Month

This February, the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is celebrating Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month by highlighting the value of CTE programs and the students who are preparing for highskill technical careers in more than 460 different fields across the state.

HISD HOOPS WRAP UP

Hereford swept Pampa on the road Friday, and one of the wins is something Hereford fans won’t forget.The Herd won with a buzzer-beating three from Senior Jayden Sosa by a score of 5857.Senior guard Tristen Smith had a team high 12 points.

HEREFORD WRESTLING

Regional Qualifiers:Valori Porter 1st Domonique Rodriguez 2nd Layla Ortiz 2nd Qaletre Garcia 3rd Fidel Ortiz 3rd Lyla Zambrano 3rd Sophia Ceballos 3rd Jimmy Garcia 4th Ben Stimson (alt)

Community Water Conference set for Feb. 24-25 in Hereford

For more than a century, human communities on the Southern Plains have lived by extracting large amounts of water from local landscapes, particularly through high intensity irrigation. The paradigm, long proven baseless, that the supply of underground water is limitless dies hard.

HERD TENNIS

Hereford High School’s Tennis Team had a successful day at the Ice Storm Invitational in Amarillo Jan. 30, leaving with some hardware and a good starting point for the spring season.

A FULL HOUSE

Deaf Smith County’s Chamber of Commerce held its annual banquet Saturday night at Hilltop Event Center. Top honorees included B.J. Gililland (Citizen of the Year), Brenda Fuentes (Hall of Fame) and Vanessa Nava (Employee of the Year).

May school, city elections open for filing

It’s something less than a stampede of filings so far in the City Officers Election upcoming May 2.Incumbent Place 6 at-large Commissioner Deven Black is the only candidate to have filed as of January 28, according to City Secretary Franchesca Jimenez.