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Amarillo News

Amarillo news covers city government, Potter County, schools, business and public safety in the Texas Panhandle's Yellow City. Reporting reaches neighborhoods and surrounding counties.


Business

Openings & Closings

Soncy Medical Center Reopens After Flood Renovations

The Amarillo facility held a grand reopening after repairs following the August 2025 flooding, with healthcare tenants moving into renovated suites.


Health

Live Poll

Would a cash incentive make you more likely to get a preventative health screening?

Men’s Health

Amarillo Will Host Free Prostate Cancer Screening Event

The Harrington Cancer Survivorship Center will offer health screenings for local men on October 15, 2026.

Amarillo Will Host Free Prostate Cancer Screening Event

Lifestyle

Live Poll

Do you think closing a local college campus hurts students in your community?

Higher Education

Wayland Baptist Closes Amarillo Campus After 50 Years

The university has stopped new enrollment at its Amarillo location and will shift remaining instruction primarily online.

Wayland Baptist Closes Amarillo Campus After 50 Years

Entertainment

Classical

Local Bands Advance to UIL State Marching Finals

Eight Texas Panhandle high school marching bands earned spots in the finals of the 2026 UIL Area Marching Band Contest.

Local Bands Advance to UIL State Marching Finals

Crime

Accidents

Fire Crews Put Out Storage Building Fire

Amarillo firefighters extinguished a blaze at a single-story storage building in the early morning hours with no injuries reported.

Fire Crews Put Out Storage Building Fire

The beat takes in Amarillo city hall and the Potter County commissioners court, Amarillo ISD, Canyon ISD and River Road ISD, and the agricultural and energy employers that define the local economy. From North Heights and Barrio to San Jacinto, Eastridge and Wolflin, neighborhood coverage runs across the city and extends into Randall County, Carson County and Armstrong County where a story crosses the line. The Panhandle's cattle feeding and beef processing industries give Amarillo an outsized role in the national meat supply chain, making commodity markets and agricultural policy recurring economic subjects. Water availability from the Ogallala Aquifer and the long-term sustainability of irrigation-dependent agriculture are the structural concerns that underlie the region's most consequential planning debates.


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