Amarillo TX

The City of Amarillo’s Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 1 (TIRZ) board has agreed to incentives on a new hotel in downtown Amarillo.

The City of Amarillo announced Wednesday, April 15 that Amarillo Police Department Assistant Chief Jimmy Johnson, who recently served as interim police chief , is retiring after nearly four decades of service. Johnson has served the Amarillo Police Department since 1988, when he started as a jailer, and he has since risen through every rank of the department to assistant chief and interim chief. Thirty...

One could say that mathematics was her passion ... but engineering become her profession. For longtime Canyon resident and West Texas A&M University Dean of the College of Engineering Dr. Emily Hunt, the votes fell into place, the numbers added up and the soon-to-be grandmother is the 2026 recipient of the Canyon Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year Award. Looking back...

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — A report on the suspect who killed three people, and injured five others, before he was shot by Amarillo police, was uploaded to the Attorney General's website. The report, called Peace Officer Involved Injuries or Death Report, is required anytime a police officer in Texas...

United Supermarkets and Mrs Baird's Bread honored three Amarillo area teachers as Teachers on the Rise for March.

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Six suspects are accused of distributing fentanyl in Amarillo. OD Matthews, 33, Nicholas Charles Joseph Vagrosky, 29, Miranda Beth Taylor, 33, Wesley Tyler Flores, 36, Jonathan Ray Rivera, 37, and Tanner Garret Pitts, 29, are charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Haven Aviation Services Group has opened its first fixed-based operator or FBO at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport after three years of planning and construction.

AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Amarillo police officers help save a woman’s life after performing CPR during a medical emergency. On March 29, officers were sent to an apartment and found an unresponsive woman on a couch. Corporal Ricky Allen Taylor was among the first on scene and immediately began...

Randall County Sheriffs Deputies arrested 27-year-old Marvin Nathaniel Herrera Tuesday morning at 1:19 for Public Peace Class-C, bond was set at $484. Deputies arrested Jose Rodolfo Ramirez-Nunez, age 26 Tuesday at 7:50am for Failure to Display Driver’s License and Display of Expired License Plates, bond was set at $1,000. Randall County S.O. took 45-year-old Eddie Martinez...

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Amarillo residents have been raising concerns about limited access to city parks, citing locked restrooms and parking lots, as well as closed swimming pools. After a story on Monday about recent criticism from the community and former City Councilman Tom Scherlen, the Amarillo City Council...