Sewer capacity hinders growth
A lack of sewer capacity on the west edge of Amarillo’s largest retail district is clogging the flow of development.“Amarillo has gotten to its outer reaches of its infrastructure,” City Manager...
View ArticleDowntown projects pick up speed
Amarillo city leaders have made plans to film an explosion of downtown construction that could begin at year’s end or in early 2014.Nearly two years since the city approved a $113 million project to be...
View ArticleNext stop: Amarillo? Lawmakers scramble for Amtrak fix
Lawmakers in three states continue to scramble for the $40 million they each need to keep an Amtrak passenger train from being rerouted through Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle. It’s a high-stakes game...
View ArticleStorm envelops Texas Panhandle
Few square inches of the Amarillo area could pass a white-glove test for clean surfaces Tuesday.Dust thickened the air, layering everything it touched with a powdery brown coat — like cocoa powder, but...
View ArticleAmarillo still in running for Amtrak route
A Kansas-Colorado coalition has secured $12.5 million in federal funding to upgrade 54 miles of Amtrak’s rough Southwest Chief route, but no money has yet been committed to improve the route’s most...
View ArticleTxDOT wants to redo Loop 335
A new Loop 335 Corridor Development Study puts a $136 million price tag on a solution to reroute the loop to avoid congestion on Soncy Road.The cost of a true loop to allow traffic skirt the city with...
View ArticleDowntown project moves to City Council
Amarillo City Council now must decide whether to proceed with plans to bring a $45 million Embassy Suites convention hotel to downtown Amarillo, part of a $92 million public-private partnership.The...
View ArticleDowntown contract adds pressure to get ballpark completed
The contract controlling the development of the downtown convention hotel is thick with legal details but basically provides timelines and requirements of all parties to make sure work goes surely and...
View ArticleDozens turn out for downtown details
More than 100 people gathered Thursday evening at Amarillo College’s downtown campus to hear plans for a $92 million catalyst project that city officials said will reinvigorate downtown Amarillo,...
View ArticleCouncilman Jim Simms dies at 73
Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle lost a leader who had “no fear” Wednesday when Amarillo City Councilman Jim Simms died at the age of 73.Colleagues, friends and relatives remembered Simms as a man who...
View ArticleFDIC, Herring Bank exec spar over cash misuse claims
A Herring Bank executive Wednesday vigorously disputed FDIC allegations that he used bank funds to pay personal expenses for himself and his girlfriend and said he intends to fight the agency’s quest...
View ArticleXcel plans $42M downtown office
Xcel Energy is making moves to sink its deep roots in Amarillo even deeper, with a $42 million building at the core of the city’s downtown revitalization.“Amarillo is our operating company’s home, so...
View ArticleWhere's Wallace Bajjali?
A private partner in the city of Amarillo’s $92 million downtown redevelopment has dissolved, leaving the Amarillo Local Government Corp. to pick up the pieces.The LGC will have an emergency board...
View ArticleNew councilmen draw fire in AEDC meeting
The Amarillo City Councilmen demanding resignations of the entire Amarillo Economic Development Corp. board of directors and Amarillo city manager drew fire Monday during a joint meeting of the AEDC...
View ArticleCouncilmember Randy Burkett draws criticism for Facebook exchange
Amarillo City Councilman Randy Burkett promised to shake things up at City Hall, and his actions and comments since the May election have made him a bit of a lightning rod, though Councilman Mark Nair...
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