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The state of Texas has doubled its hospitalizations in the last 30 days, case numbers have almost tripled, the good news is deaths, while climbing, are not climbing at the same rate as cases and hospitalizations. Hopefully, that means treatments are working, hospital stays are shorter and most people either have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic. There are tons of free vaccine opportunities all ov

Thank goodness we did not see an explosion of cases here in the Ark-La-Tex after the July 4th weekend as many feared. The numbers in the Bowie, Cass, and Miller County areas have increased some for sure but nothing near the panic levels the media and Feds want you to think. Again, hospitalizations are up just a bit in our zone F in Texas, increasing from around 3% to 4.43%. Remember the threshold

The numbers in the Bowie, Cass, and Miller County areas went down a little overall after that spike we saw last week, hospitalizations are up just a bit in our zone F in Texas. The real question will be what numbers come from the July 4th holiday weekend. We will find that out next week. The Texas side has done pretty well on vaccinations, Arkansas has finally surpassed the 1 Million mark for vacc

New News! Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an Executive Order Tuesday afternoon removing mask mandates for Texans from all government and schools in the state. For the complete story, click here. Individuals 12 years old and older are now eligible to receive the vaccines. Vaccines are pretty easy to find right now but if you're still looking, CHRISTUS St. Michael now offers vaccines with the Spir

New News! The CDC issued new guidance yesterday saying individuals who are fully vaccinated no longer must wear a mask indoors or outdoors. We have been doing that for a while already here in the Ark-La-Tex but it's nice to see them catch up. As a friendly reminder though, a private business or property owner does have the legal authority to require you to wear a mask in their store, restaurant, e