Panhandle News

The American Red Cross Panhandle Area chapter in Amarillo is honoring its volunteers and employees at a special chapter awards event tonight.

A rail line in the Texas Panhandle has reopened after storms packing winds strong enough to form a tornado overturned more than 40 BNSF Railway cars.

Jodi Thomas of Amarillo, who will receive the A. C. Greene Literary Award at the West Texas Book Festival in September, now has six novels in her Harmony series.

Lubbock Power & Light is updating customers of the current situation regarding outages due to tonight's weather event.

There's a good chance more thunderstorms will sweep through the Texas Panhandle on Monday night and Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Amarillo said.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center received a substantial gift to retain and recruit young doctors to the Amarillo area.

After a long wait of anticipation, the Amarillo Color Run did not disappoint. AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Around twelve thousand participants, who were all smiles, completed the 5K this morning.

Women shopping at United Supermarket Saturday received more than just your typical groceries and toiletries.

By CATHY MOUNCE cathym@ntin.net Register Staff Writer Despite the helpful torrents of rainfall received in Cooke County lately, many areas in Texas are still classified as being in drought status.

Rain may return to the Texas Panhandle this weekend, with a 20 percent chance for scattered thunderstorms Friday evening in Amarillo after 5 p.m., meteorologist said Justin Jackson, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.

Here's a snippet of local reaction to Gov. Perry's signage of a bill today legalizing drug testing for unemployment applicants.

A loan officer at a credit union in the Texas Panhandle has been sentenced to three years in prison for faking documents and stealing about $442,000.

Ben and Jerry's is officially out of ideas. The company kicked off a campaign recently to market flavors based on cities across the country.

A new committee with some familiar faces registered with the city of Amarillo on Tuesday as the first step in trying to put together enough signatures to force an election on the city's ban on using hand-held cellphones and other devices while driving.

Many years have passed since Donald Sharp left the Texas Panhandle, but those who knew him growing up in Stinnett agreed on one thing: he loved to fly.

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo's Breast Center For Excellence will conduct breast cancer education and outreach events throughout the Texas Panhandle this month.

Texas Tech hurdler and Canyon High School graduate Katie Grimes won the 7th annual Dick Bynum Award Tuesday afternoon.

They're the only Humane Society in the 26 counties of the Panhandle to have a certified Cruelty Investigator on-site.

A two-seater plane possibly low on fuel has crashed in the Texas Panhandle in an accident that killed the pilot and left the passenger hurt.

Small plane crash in Texas Panhandle, pilot killed Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press.