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Thursday, May 09, 2013  Right now about a third of Amarillo College Students receive scholarships.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  Thursday evening, Los Barrios De Amarillo celebrated the accomplishments of local Hispanic high school graduates at the Amarillo Civic Center Grand Plaza.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Los Barrios de Amarillo hosted their 2013 Step Up to Success Conference for local middle school students.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  More New Mexicans will qualify for lottery-financed college scholarships under a measure heading to the Senate for consideration.

Friday, March 01, 2013  A gift totaling more than one million dollars will benefit current and future students of West Texas A&M's Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  High school students from across the Panhandle attended Los Barrios de Amarillo's Step Up To Success conference Wednesday morning.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  There's a program in Amarillo that gives students from every background a chance to get full scholarships. It's now been expanded to include kids who will go to Tascosa High School.

Friday, September 07, 2012  Opportunity Plan, Inc. is a non-profit organization, run solely on donor money. Its purpose is to give financial aid to students from the Texas Panhandle and South Plains.

Monday, July 23, 2012  The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  Powerball, Mega-Million, scratch offs -- all ways you could be earning a little extra cash. But if you play the lottery in New Mexico, you aren't the only one "winning".

Monday, March 28, 2011  West Texas A&M University's Department of Music will celebrate 31 years of greatness at the annual Showcase of Music...

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 

Monday, August 16, 2010  The New Mexico Lottery generated profits of $43.6 million for college scholarships in the latest fiscal year.