Public Meetings

Hospital Board to meet Monday The Ochiltree County Hospital District Board of Directors will meet on Monday, May 23, at 7 p.m. in the conference center at Ochiltree General Hospital.

HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS ACQUIRE CAR FOR OGH STAFF

HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS ACQUIRE CAR FOR OGH STAFF—Ochiltree General Hospital Hospice volunteers have acquired a car to be used by Home Health/Hospice staff at the hospital. OGH will provide maintenance and insurance for the vehicle.

Tips for camping with dogs

Spring presents a wonderful opportunity to spend time in the great outdoors with your pet. From long hikes to relaxing nights sitting around a campfire, there are many fun camping activities dogs enjoy being a part of.

WHO’S WHO AMONG PHS SENIORS

At the annual awards ceremony at Perryton High School on Wednesday morning, local scholarships were awarded to PHS seniors.

Perryton water park to open May 29

The Perryton Municipal Water Park will open for the summer on Sunday, May 29, from 2-6 p.m. The regular hours for the water park are Monday through Saturday from 1-7 p.m. On Sundays, the pool is open from 2-6 p.m. During the season, the price of admission for the pool will be $5 for those under...

County continues to show low COVID cases

Ochiltree County’s COVID-19 numbers are remaining very low. Ochiltree General Hospital reported no new cases this week. According to Chief Nursing Officer Jyme Kinnard, RN, OGH completed 26 total COVID-19 tests in the last seven days, with no positive cases.

Inmate dies in county jail

An inmate in the Ochiltree County Jail died on Thursday.

Thunderstorm brings rain, lots of noise to county

Ochiltree County residents were awakened Wednesday night by a very loud and flashy thunderstorm that poured a decent amount of precipitation into area rain gauges. KEYE Radio’s official rainfall total for the county was .83 of an inch of rain.

Filing payroll taxes electronically

Business owners can simplify things by filing payroll taxes electronically. E-file software performs calculations and populates forms and schedules using a stepby-step process. It will also alert the filer if they are missing information which reduces the chances of receiving an IRS notice.