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While the weekend weather forecast is calling for near- or above-record temperatures for Amarillo and the surrounding areas, according to the National Weather Service, an October heat wave isn’t all that uncommon.
Saturday’s forecast from NWS calls for a high of around 91 degrees, Sunday for 94, and Monday for 91.
“We’re getting warmer air gusts and have a ridge building over us,” one NWS forecaster said Friday.
“That’s keeping us clear of a lot of cloud cover and allows things to heat up more easily.”

Jarrett T. Jackson
Modern Woodman of America
A Modern Woodmen of America representative, Jackson completed a five-day training program at Modern Woodmen’s home office in Rock Island, Ill. The program aims to help families plan for life financially.
Mary Garcia
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Garcia, who attended Caprock High School and Amarillo College before coming to the chamber in 2001, in enjoying a career milestone with her recent promotion to Business Development Coordinator.

Northwest Texas Healthcare
and BSA Health System
Hospitals use new heart stent
Doctors at Northwest Texas Healthcare System are now using a dissolving heart stent, which opens arteries before gradually fading into two small metallic markers. The Absorb vascular scaffold expands clogged arteries, allowing blood to flow freely, then slowly disappears over three years. It is the first FDA-approved dissolving heart stent.
Miracle Ear Foundation
Cross-Texas bike ride promotes hearing

In the pizza-crazy Amarillo area, it seems a new pizza place opens up every week. In the coming months, Papa Murphy’s hopes to add five more to the menu.
The Vancouver, Washington-based company, known for its “Take ‘N’ Bake” pizzas that are assembled at the counter, currently has four stores in the vicinity, and has another five on its drawing boards.
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He’s done it again, although few people in Amarillo are surprised.
Jason Crespin has made the short list of five finalists left the “Live with Kelly” co-host contest.
The show’s website revealed the people remaining in the competition just before 9 a.m. today.
When the Globe-News attempted to reach Crespin by text this morning, there was no reply until 9:06 a.m. when he wrote: “Sorry I was watching it from FaceTime with a past student in NYC and had phone on do not disturb lol.”
His first emotional reaction: “This is crazy!!!!”

If you’re going to be driving in certain parts of Amarillo next week, you may want to avoid several streets that are part of the city’s annual micro-surfacing project.
And if your street is one being repaired then beware: Your car might be towed.
Starting Tuesday, Oct. 18, portions of some roads will be closed for up to eight hours per day, with repairs taking place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Amarillo College recognized Shanna Peeples as its distinguished alumna of 2015 during a Thursday celebration at its Washington Street Campus.
Peeples, who graduated from AC with an associates degree in 1995, was named the 2015 National Teacher of the Year. In that role she met President Barack Obama at the White House and traveled the globe as an ambassador for education.
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Three men have been indicted for the charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting after New Mexican authorities discovered 24.5 pounds of the drug in a Nissan Frontier on the back of a tracker trailer in Albuquerque, court documents filed between Oct. 11 and 13 show.
The accused are listed as Francisco Javier Gutierrez-Alvaraez, Octavio Cabrera-Mayorquin and Guillermo Urenda-Bustos.

The Texas AirHogs will not play in Amarillo in 2017 because of “deplorable” field conditions at Potter County Memorial Stadium, American Association baseball independent league Commissioner Miles Wolff said Thursday.
Wolff told the Amarillo Globe-News the Airhogs will play all their games in Grand Prairie, a suburb of Dallas, next season.
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APD and AECC arrest suspect in Head Start bomb threats
By Ron Balaskovitz
ron.balaskovitz@amarillo.com
The Amarillo Police Department and Amarillo Emergency Communications Center identified and arrested a suspect Thursday morning in connection to the bomb threats made Wednesday morning to a pair of Head Start buildings in Amarillo.
Alejandro Isidro Montes, 22, was arrested at 10:30 a.m. Thursday following an investigation that linked the calls back to his residence in the 1500 block of S. Cleveland Street.