🌱 What Clarendon’s 9% sales tax jump means for city services

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• What Clarendon’s 9% sales tax jump means for city services

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny; windy, cooler, with a high of 59 and low of 33 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 73, low: 57.
• Saturday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 77 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cities receive final sales taxes for '25 (clarendonlive.com) — Clarendon will close 2025 with sales tax revenues more than 9 percent higher than last year, giving the city extra financial breathing room heading into 2026. Neighboring Howardwick and Hedley saw mixed monthly results but overall annual gains, while new county assistance districts are boosting law-enforcement funding in Donley County.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• The Farmer & Adele: Buffalo Grass Music Hall - Panhandle, TX
  Buffalo Grass Music Hall , 123 Main St , Panhandle
  7:00 pm
• Boys Ranch Boys Varsity Basketball @ Miami
  Miami ISD , 800 Warrior Way , Miami
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Varsity GBB @ Highland Park @ 630pm
  Wellington ISD Wellington, TX 79095
• Varsity Boys BB @ Vernon @ 330pm
  Wellington ISD Wellington, TX 79095
• JV Boys BB @ Vernon @ 2pm
  Wellington ISD Wellington, TX 79095
• JV GBB @ Highland Park @ 5pm
  Wellington ISD Wellington, TX 79095
• Shane Rogers
  Hotel Turkey , 201 3rd St , Turkey
  4:00 pm
• Pampa Lady Harvesters vs West Plains
  Pampa High School , 111 E Harvester Ave , Pampa
  4:30 pm
• Lady Cyclones Basketball vs Quanah
  Memphis High School , 1501 High St , Memphis
  5:00 pm
• Spur Girls Varsity Basketball @ Childress
  Childress High School , 800 Ave J NW , Childress
  6:00 pm
• Quanah Girls JV Basketball @ Memphis
  Memphis High School , 1501 High St , Memphis
  6:15 pm
• Spearman Boys Varsity Basketball @ Wheeler
  Wheeler High School Gymnasium , 101-113 S Alan L Bean Blvd , Wheeler
  6:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sonic Drive-In posted a job opening for Crew Member in Clarendon. Apply here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pampa

• Kayla Michelle Green (thepampanews.com)
• City of Pampa gives notice of Bird Flu in the region (myhighplains.com)
• Don Alton Davis (thepampanews.com)

Amarillo

• Amarillo High girls basketball off to a hot start under new senior leaders (myhighplains.com)
• Amarillo Fire reflects on 2025 progress, pursues ISO Class 1 rating (myhighplains.com)
• ‘Just a step above the streets': Amarillo shelter managing health needs for unhoused (newschannel10.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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