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Ordinance enables spending plan for city’s federal COVID relief funds

An ordinance approved Thursday launched the city’s spending plan with over $1.6 million in federal COVID relief funds it received last month.

Man accused of trying to break into girlfriend’s house is arrested following vehicle pursuit

An Andrews man who attempted to evade police in his vehicle on Sept. 5 was eventually apprehended in an alley in the southwest part of town and is facing several charges, according to police.

Markets Ignore Spending

I, for one, won’t support a $3.5 Trillions bill, or anywhere near that without greater clarity..

County’s active cases quickly jump to over 200

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Andrews County appears to have experienced a spike in new COVID cases over the past few days, according to the health department’s numbers.

City receives top bond rating for certificates of obligation

The city recently learned it was assigned the top financial rating in its plan to attain certificates of obligation to assist funding an upcoming water production project from the city’s Florey wellfield.

Crashes cause moderate damage

A two-vehicle crash the afternoon of Aug. 17 in northeast Andrews resulted in moderate damage but no injuries, according to police.

GRASS FIRE

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The Andrews Volunteer Fire Department battled a grassfire Tuesday afternoon in NE Andrews County. Linda Drake/ACN

County’s active virus cases exceed 100 for first time since February

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The latest spike in COVID-19 cases pushed Andrews County to an active case level it hasn’t experienced since February.

Board approves sale of $5 million in bonds to bank

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The school board last week approved a Negotiated Sale of $5 million in authorized bonds from its most recent successful election series to a local bank.

School officials said the funds will pay for a culinary lab at the high school and other new renovations.

The district had several options with the sale of bonds, but the administrative recommendation— with which the board went—was a Negotiated Sale to the National Bank of Andrews.

Council approves second bid with water production project

The second of four bid proposals involving the city’s approximate $9.5-million water production project from the city’s Florey wellfield was approved Thursday and came in under budget.