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Native American People of the Plains and Beyond is a recently-formed group that wants to memorialize the area's deep history.

While Texas's booming metros will have more people representing them, that’s not the case in more rural parts of the state.

Two of the most-attended churches in Lubbock were advocates for the ordinance.

Texans in rural communities are facing an ongoing crisis as hospitals and medical facilities shutter. An analysis by the American Public Media Research Lab data shows that since 2005, 24 rural hospitals have closed in the state, which is the highest number of closures in the country.

After a brief hospitalization, 29-year-old Smith died from complications of COVID-19 on Nov.18, just a week before Thanksgiving. Five days earlier, she was supposed to marry the love of her life. She would have turned 30 at the end of December.