🌱 When Pampa’s qualifiers compete at the UIL state track meet

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• When Pampa’s qualifiers compete at the UIL state track meet

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• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 93 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Hot; breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 97, low: 64.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 64 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• See the qualifiers for Texas UIL State Track and Field championships (elpasotimes.com) — Pampa athletes Parker Webb and Avery Ferguson have earned spots at the 2026 UIL State Track & Field Championships, representing the community in discus and the 100-meter dash. The schedule lists when they and other Panhandle competitors will compete in Austin. Local fans can track event times to follow Pampa’s performances on the state stage.
   

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Thursday May 14

• Travis 4th Grade Field Day
  Pampa ISD Microsoft Teams Meeting
• Lamar 3rd Grade Talent Show
  Pampa ISD Pampa, TX 79065
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Friday May 15

• End of School Celebrations
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Wednesday May 13

• Herbarium Workshop
  Lake Meredith National Park P.O. Box 1460, Fritch, TX 79036
  10:30 am

Thursday May 14

• State Track - Austin
  PANHANDLE ISD Panhandle, TX 79068

Friday May 15

• UIL State Championships, @ UT
  PANHANDLE ISD Panhandle, TX 79068

Sunday May 17

• Baccalaureate at First Baptist
  PANHANDLE ISD Panhandle, TX 79068
  7:00 pm

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• AMARILLO TRAVEL INFORMATION CENTER PARKING LOT NOTICE
  The semi-truck parking lot will be closed today, Monday, May 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for routine maintenance. The car parking lot will be closed… (Nextdoor )

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🗞 Nearby News

Canadian

• Vote for the San Angelo Standard-Times Athlete of the Week from May 4-9, presented by City National Bank (elpasotimes.com)
• May 11 marks Texas' deadliest, strongest tornadoes — Waco and Lubbock (gosanangelo.com)

Clarendon

• Clarendon ISD hires Dr. Bryon May as superintendent, names Whitaker AD and football coach (abc7amarillo.com)
• US 287 bridge project in Clarendon ahead of schedule; lanes set to reopen in July (abc7amarillo.com)
• Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Texas Hotel (lodgingmagazine.com)

Amarillo

• Region 16 to host job fair for future educators Thursday in Amarillo (newschannel10.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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