C-19 cases still on rise in county

The county has received notification that businesses, offces and other facilities must return to maximum 50 percent occupancy levels in Trauma Service Area B (Lubbock region) due to a rise in COVID-19. The notification was received by Judge Carroll Gerber from John Hellerstedt, M.D.

Cold front pounds Panhandle

As the first serious cold front rolled into the Texas Panhandle and Castro County, roads became hazardous and freezing weather, sleet, freezing rain and some snow consumed the area, causing some school delays and closures on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Medicare Open Enrollment prime time for fraud

Open enrollment for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans started Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7, and fraud abounds when dealing with agents and companies set on selling people a plan they don’t need.

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As we approach November 2020, remember that Daylight Savings Time (DST) ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1. This means we set our clocks BACK one hour (and reclaim the hour of sleep lost when DST began!

Pet Talk

Cancer prevention is often framed through healthy lifestyle choices and frequent screenings. However, in special cases where the disease can be caused by a virus, scientists have developed vaccines that can be instrumental to reducing cancer risk, as in the case of feline lymphoma. Dr.

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