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Last week provided a continuance of the saga regarding funding for an 11-airplane hangar out at the Hamilton Municipal Airport. The ebb and flow of debate over the past several months has spun into another century-old argument over how to fund an overhaul of the town’s aging infrastructure, including water lines, sewer lines and deteriorating streets. A new topic has now emerged and has become entangled in the ever growing web.

Hamilton ISD announced classes would be cancelled April 8, in preparation for the total solar eclipse.

As farmers and ranchers in the Panhandle reel from a devastating fire that swept through the Panhandle last week, locals are traveling north to render aid.

According to the Texas A&M Forest Service as of Monday afternoon, fires burned more than 1 million acres in the Texas Panhandle. Officials predict fire environment conditions will moderate through mid-week, reducing the threat for new large wildfires that are highly resistant to control.