Plainview Herald3d
Hale County Commissioners approve airport's EDA grant application
Hale County Auditor Melinda Silvas said the court previously earmarked $50,000 for sealing cracks in the airport's runways.
Savannah Morning News6d
'Very positive thing for our community': DABC sees need, opportunity for new airport
The airport is expected to generate significant tax revenue for the county without putting a strain on schools, fire services, or law enforcement. While a timeline for construction is yet to be ...
NBC News6d
In West Texas' measles outbreak, families forgo conventional medicine along with vaccines
But nearly every day, dozens of pickup trucks from all over Gaines County fill the parking lot, squeezing into any available space. Inside the building — a “barndominium” in West Texas ...
Dallas Morning News5d
Texas measles cases rise to 223, but no new counties included in outbreak
The outbreak began in Gaines County, near the New Mexico border. The reported cases have not spread outside of West Texas and the Panhandle, according to Tuesday’s report. The state’s case ...
Austin American-Statesman2d
No, a vaccine campaign did not cause the Gaines County, Texas, measles case spike
Statement: A measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, was caused by “a public health initiative” to “distribute free measles vaccines.” More than 140 people in Texas have contracted ...
KTRE5d
LEDC hangar to get temporary office at Angelina County Airport
ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - On the far-left side of the Angelina County Airport now sits the Lufkin Economic Development Corporation Hangar. Before Tuesday, the hangar work looked complete ...
Los Angeles Times5d
Measles at LAX: L.A. County resident had highly contagious disease when arriving at airport
Last month, an infected infant returning home to Orange County arrived at the airport on a Korean Air flight in Terminal B. Health officials listed the following locations the infected person ...
Carlsbad Current-Argus6d
Measles outbreak spreads to Eddy County
Health officials believe the outbreak started Feb. 9 with infections spreading from West Texas after originating in Gaines County and reaching to several other Texas counties. As of Monday, Lea and ...
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal5d
Texas measles outbreak in the South Plains region surpasses 200 cases. Here's what we know.
On Tuesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported 223 cases across the state since the virus was first reported in Gaines County. As of March 11, local and state officials have ...
Forbes5d
Measles Outbreak: Cases In Texas Surpass 220 As No New Deaths Reported
Lea County is home to all 30 of New Mexico’s confirmed measles cases, and is about 47 miles from Gaines County, Texas, where the majority of Texas’ measles cases have been detected.
The Atlantic6d
His Daughter Was America’s First Measles Death in a Decade
In Gaines County, where Seminole is located, the measles-vaccination rate among kindergartners is just 82 percent, well short of the estimated 95 percent threshold for maintaining herd immunity.