Quinn Minute - Christmas Trees

Christmas trees are like distant cousins. They come to your house, surround themselves with presents, and stay a month. Then they begin to shed and need somebody to drive them off.People often do strange things with cut trees.

States begin rolling out legislation on illegal immigration

With an estimated 11 million illegal aliens in the United, President-elect Donald Trump haspromised one of the largest deportations in US history and Republican governors and lawmakers in some states are already rolling out proposals that could help him carry out his pledge.

EPA bans TCE, PCE chemicals

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has banned two carcinogenic chemicals used in cleaning products and other common household.

Editor’s Message

Do not give pets to children or anyone else as a Christmas present. Just don’t do it.Pets are a big commitment that requires time, money and planning – assuming the owner is responsible and doesn’t chunk it outside and ignore it.Impulse pet buys are rarely a good idea.

Quinn Minute - Shopping thoughts for early-season buyers

If you’re like me, your mailbox is now bulging with holiday gift catalogs. Yesterday I even got a catalog showing other catalogs I could order.Many families consider the dog to be part of the family. “What do I buy Rover?” is a common question, especially if Rover is a cousin.

Amarillo schools face declining students

Amarillo (AISD) schools are facing tough times with 5,000 fewer students than eight years ago, with some schools operating at 50-percent capacity.

Experts to discuss farm policy, markets at symposium

The Texas Wheat Symposium, hosted by the Texas Wheat Producers Association (TWPA), will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Amarillo Civic Center’s Grand Plaza Room.The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 10:30 a.m.

Editor’s Message

When I was a kid, Christmas was magical. We always opened gifts on Christmas Eve and were removed from the living room at my grandparent’s home and taken outside on some mission to find Santa flying through the sky so “Santa gifts” could be arranged near the tree.

Thanksgiving 2024

When confronted with challenging times like ours, it is easy to lose heart, appreciation, gratefulness and admiration—in a word, thanksgiving—for the people and places we call home.Our University has been fortunate to have many distinguished leaders. One of those luminaries is President J. A.

Quinn Minute - What is the bellshaped curve?

There’s increasing emphasis for both private and public sectors to focus on higherscoring people in certain skills. For many skills and specialties, folks are selected by how well they do in comparison to others who took the test. The range of test scores can be put on a “bell-shaped curve.