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The school district’s most recent virus report revealed the largest number of new cases of any week this school year, according to state statistics.

Two separate races are being staged with the present school board election.

After a couple months of consideration and a community survey regarding the issue, chickens inside the city limits won’t be allowed.

The prospect re-surfaced when a citizen approached the city council during a meeting last summer.

Council members have since looked into it, while the city even provided a survey that revealed slight support among participants that comprised about 10 percent of the city’s households.

An ordinance amendment appeared before the council Thursday, but it failed for lack of a second after a motion from longtime council member Pam Brownlee.

The hospital board on Thursday accepted the resignation of Precinct 2 Board Member Nancy Crow, who is moving from Andrews to be closer to family.

Crow served in the position for a couple of years after it was vacated by Ron Huckabay and provided a nursing perspective to the board, according to Permian Regional Medical Center CEO Donny Booth.

“She was previously a nurse and had worked for PRMC in labor and delivery for quite some time,” Booth said. “She retired and when the position became available she felt interested in serving.