City’s sales tax payment is up over 13% in May

The City of Perryton saw another upswing in its sales tax payment in May. The city’s payment of $309,971 was up over 13% from last May. For the year, its total payments of $1.37 million are almost 28.5% higher than 2021. A check of area cities saw all of them also notched an increase for the month.

Early voting starts Monday for runoff

Early voting begins this Monday, May 16, for the May 24 runoff election to decide party nominees in several statewide races. The early voting period runs just one week for the election, May 16-20. Early voting will be at the Ochiltree County Courthouse, first floor, south office, from 8 a.m.-5 p.

OGH still reporting no new cases

COVID-19 cases are still very low in Ochiltree County. Ochiltree General Hospital reported no new cases of the virus this week. According to Chief Nursing Officer Jyme Kinnard, RN, OGH completed 27 total COVID-19 tests in the last seven days, with no positive cases.