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County’s disaster declaration is extended

It has been four months and more than 200 virus cases later since the county’s first disaster declaration was issued on March 20 by Andrews County Judge Charlie Falcon.

Produce box distribution will occur Saturday outside church

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A federal program geared toward making good use of farm produce that otherwise might have been wasted will make its second round in Andrews this weekend at a local church organization facility.

New coffee shop stages grand opening

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A grand opening for Andrews’ newly opened fresh roasted coffee shop took place Friday with a good turnout, according to the owners.

State to provide another mobile onsite civilian testing operation in Andrews

The virus climate has vastly changed since the state’s first onsite civilian testing station that occurred in late April when 21 local residents had tested positive.

City’s sales tax rebate check is up due to one-time payment from Exxon

After a month in which sales tax substantially declined—as anticipated due to the economic conditions that worsened with the virus pandemic—the city was perhaps expecting low numbers again in July.

Those approved for rent restricted units had to fall under a specified income level.

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Affordable housing projects in Andrews have been few and far between in the last 25 years.

Happy 90th Birthday!

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Wednesday was a milestone day for Permian Residential Care Center resident Martha Jean Patterson. Patterson, a longtime Andrews resident, celebrated her 90th birthday on July 15. She was born in 1930 and later moved to Andrews in 1955. In Andrews, Patterson worked at Baker’s Shoe Store for 25 years, was a faithful churchgoer and volunteered with the local Food Pantry. Patterson raised four daughters, including Glenda Ivy, Charlene Pollet, Martha Jenkins and Lou Ella Goff. She has nine grandchildren, 26 greatgrandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Fire department experiences busy Fourth

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It was a busy Fourth of July weekend for the local volunteer fire department.

There were numerous fires caused by fireworks.

There were others un-related to fireworks.

In all, the fire department responded to 18 fires from Friday through Sunday, according to Andrews County Fire Marshal Mike Cook.

“It was a pretty busy weekend,” Cook noted. “I think we wound up, all together, with 18 calls we responded to. Not all were fireworks related—we had some grassfires in the oilfield not related to fireworks.”

WCS has the safest nuclear waste site in the country

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This year marks my 20th anniversary with Waste Control Specialists. When I started with WCS in May 2000, it was still a startup company.

We took in our first shipment in 1997; the majority of all our shipments were hazardous materials for disposal. We had just one landfill and could store and treat hazardous and low level radioactive waste, but not dispose of LLRW. I was born and raised in the Texas panhandle in Amarillo, so I came to this job with the pride in our state that most Texans can relate to.

Five residents recover from virus, county reaches 90 confirmed cases

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There was a mixed bag of results with Thursday’s virus report from the health department.