With a week remaining in the filing period, contested races for at least the school board and one hospital board position have been determined, while all the city council incumbents have filed, according to election officials.
As the omicron virus variant case numbers trend downward locally, influenza is taking over the forefront, according to a local healthcare professional.
As it stands now after about a week into the filing period, it appears there will be contested races with the school and hospital board elections in May.
A resolution approved Thursday by the city council will provide incentives for developing single family residential developments in Andrews to help promote local economic development and stimulate business and commercial activity.
The city council took a “proactive step” Thursday in approving an ordinance that creates licensing and regulatory processes for game rooms and amusement redemption machines.
Local public healthcare officials estimated that the omicron virus variant would peak near the end of January and case numbers would begin heading the opposite direction of the upward trend they’ve been on most of this month.
