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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Agriculture Researcher Shuyu Liu has an ambitious goal. He’s trying to create the perfect wheat. He looks at various varieties of wheat with various genetic protections against problems.

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

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Post-a-shirt-dot-com isn’t your grandfather’s t-shirt store. The name gives it away. It’s based in Amarillo. They manufacture the shirts here, but they sell them potentially anywhere in the world.

Saturday, April 27, 2013  Sigma Nu from West Texas A&M University hosted Rattlesnake Roundup Saturday to raise money for the A.J. Swope Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Friday, April 26, 2013  The Harrington String Quartet and the Amarillo Symphony have worked together for decades. That relationship has been severed along with a source of funds.

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.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Pulitzer prize-winner Bob Woodward spoke to students and residents around the area Monday night as a part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at West Texas A&M University.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  UPDATE: Some students at West Texas A&M University misinterpreted a recent article published in the student newspaper, The Prairie said on Tuesday.

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.

Saturday, February 23, 2013  Saturday Pantex hosted their annual High School Science Bowl at West Texas A&M University.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Two days after the surprise drill that resulted in the evacuation of the West Texas A & M campus, authorities are looking at what worked and what challenges were encountered.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  14 panhandle schools participated in Saturdays Regional Science Bowl competiton at West Texas A&M University hosted by Pantex.

Friday, February 01, 2013  State funding for colleges and universities has decreased in the past couple of years.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  We posted them. And you liked it. We looked up the top ten stories of 2012 that you all at home have viewed on our website.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Officials at West Texas A&M University cut the ribbon to the $10.9 million expansion of the Jack B. Kelley (JBK) Student Center Tuesday afternoon.