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Monday, April 16, 2012  Award-Winning Filmmaker Ken Burns gave people at KACV a taste of the feast to come when he spoke about and showed clips from his newest documentary, which is scheduled to air on PBS this fall.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Aggressive efforts to prevent students from dropping out contributed to a modest 3.5 percentage point increase nationally in the high school graduation rate from 2001 to 2009, according to research presented Monday at the Grad Nation summit in Washington.

Friday, April 29, 2011  The Texas Senate moved forward on legislation that includes more than $4 billion in one-time revenue sources to help balance the budget.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  State Senator Robert Duncan, of District 28, will be holding some town hall meetings beginning next week.

Monday, August 16, 2010  ProNews 7 recently received an e-mail from a Pampa resident complaining of brown and red water coming out of the faucets in their home.

Thursday, May 20, 2010  The Oklahoma House has sustained Gov. Brad Henry's veto of legislation to allow concealed gun license holders to carry their weapons openly.

Thursday, February 18, 2010  Officials with Halliburton Co. say about 150 jobs at the Halliburton Technology Center in Duncan will be moved to Houston during the next two years.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010  Gov. Rick Perry lashed out Tuesday at a plan by President Barack Obama that would effectively let local Texas school districts circumvent the state's decision to not compete for millions in education reform dollars.

Thursday, November 19, 2009  The award winning producer and documentary film maker Dayton Duncan will be at the Amarillo College Concert Hall Theatre tonight at 7:30 to answer the communities questions regarding his new projects.