Nearly one year into the coronavirus pandemic, help from the federal government for small businesses who are struggling continues to be in high demand. Luckily, starting Wednesday for two weeks, the Paycheck Protection Program will open applications for places that have 20 employees or less. More details about this new, temporary eligibility requirement and how…… More
The City of Wichita Falls Water Department is helping residents make sure they can keep their water services on. “We actually haven’t cut anybody off for nonpayment since right when this first started, which I think was around Feb. 11, so we’ve actually gone about two and half weeks,” said Azura Kerr, Systems Data Administrator…… More
The SBA and FEMA have earmarked funds for those Texas counties under a Federal Disaster Declaration. In Texoma, those counties are Wichita and Montague. Click here to learn more about applying for federal disaster assistance.… More
Across the state and in Wichita Falls, people stepped up to lend a helping hand this week. The community showed up for each other even when they lost power or water themselves. “She didn’t hesitate. There was never any question. She was going to make sure that our dogs were taken care of,” said Jean…… More
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has received federal approval to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to apply for replacement benefits for food lost or destroyed due to the severe winter weather by dialing 2-1-1. Click here for more information.… More
You spent part of this week in the freezing cold with no heat in your house? Like millions of other Texans, we’ve struggled this week with power outages. No electricity means, for many, no way to cook a meal for their families, no showering and no heat to keep their children, and themselves, warm. ERCOT,…… More
If you are without power, chances are Oncor knows about it due to the order for rolling blackouts from ERCOT(Electric Reliability Council of Texas). However, there are some outages that are not related to the rolling blackouts that need to be reported. To report your outage to ONCOR, call 888-313-4747. Click here to see a map…… More
With more than 18,000 in Texoma without power, some shelters and other places across Texoma are opening their doors to offer warming stations to people without power: Faith Mission- Wichita Falls, 723-5663 Faith Refuge- Wichita Falls, 322-4673 Salvation Army- Wichita Falls, 322-9822 City Hope Church- Wichita Falls, 263-1171 Burkburnett Community Center Call the Police Dept.…… More
The nominations for the 56th Annual ACM Awards were announced on Friday, and the reactions from the nominees have been rolling in… For the full list of nominees and categories, check it out HERE Luke Bryan: “Wow, what a way to start my weekend! My team and I are so excited to be nominated for…… More
Miranda Lambert has teamed up with Elle King for a new song called “Drunk (and I Don’t Wanna Go Home)”. The connection between the two singers started a couple of years ago, Miranda shares, “Elle and I were on tour together for Roadside Bars and Pink Guitars and she and I became really good friends.”…… More
Darius Rucker appeared on the Today Show on Friday to talk with the crew and perform his number-one hit “Beers and Sunshine.” Chatting with Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Craig Melvin, & Carson Daly, Darius talked about the process of recording “Beers and Sunshine,” and he sent out well wishes for speedy recovery to his friend…… More
Little Big Town‘s Kimberly Schlapman stopped by The Doctors TV Show to talk about how she coped during the pandemic, and to give perspective on how the quarantine has affected the music industry. Kimberly also talked about her involvement with ACM Lifting Lives, which is the charity arm of the Academy of Country Music, and how it helped…… More
Elvie Shane‘s “My Boy” is connecting with fans in a major way. The song’s message of…family is about love and not blood, is resonating with everyone who who hears it, and also everyone who sees the video too. Elvie was a little late to acknowledge the music video for “My Boy” reaching the 1-million views…… More
Andrew Jannakos has his own song at country radio, “Gone Too Soon,” but he just can’t seem to stop singing Brad Paisley songs while he’s cooking. Early last month it was a little “I’m Gonna Miss Her”… A couple of weeks later, he actually covered Brad’s new song “Off Road,” with a little help from…Brad……… More
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR LUKE BRYAN ERIC CHURCH LUKE COMBS THOMAS RHETT CHRIS STAPLETON FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR KELSEA BALLERINI MIRANDA LAMBERT ASHLEY McBRYDE MAREN MORRIS CARLY PEARCE MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR DIERKS BENTLEY ERIC CHURCH LUKE COMBS THOMAS RHETT CHRIS STAPLETON DUO OF THE YEAR BROOKS & DUNN BROTHERS OSBORNE DAN +…… More
This week Chris Young and Kane Brown have been working on the music video for their song “Famous Friends.” And they are giving fans tiny teases of the video making process along the way. First, Chris posted this production still… Then he and Kane shared this video… We can’t wait to see what they have…… More
