By Lynsi Musselman Albany band director William Vaughn is hard at work preparing the band hall for students to start practice on Monday, Aug. 3 through Friday, Aug. 7, and the week of  Monday, Aug. 10 through Friday, Aug. 14, starting at 5:00 p.m. in the band hall.

By Lynsi Musselman “Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar” and other cheers will be heard  from Albany Bank Park when the Albany Cubs Cheer Camp 2020 gets underway next week.

By Lynsi Musselman Salt Creek Veterinary Hospital recently purchased Albany Pet Hospital, and the staff has already started tending to both large and small animals in town. Dr. Keelan Lewis purchased the practice, and Dr. Brittany Berry will head up the veterinary hospital in Albany.

By Lynsi Musselman ResourceCare’s Summer Day Camp 2020 is coming to a close on Friday. The community-wide three-week camp started on Monday, July 6 and has had to jump several hurdles this year with -COVID-19 and the excessively hot temperatures.

By Lynsi Musselman Good & Tasty Bakes, a company dedicated to helping people have their sweets and eat them too, is putting Moran on the map. The endeavor was created by mother and daughter duo Joey Weir of Moran and Lauren Jo Gandillon, formerly of Albany,.

By Kathy Thomson Albany water customers should have received a “2019 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report” this week showing that locally treated water meets or exceeds all federal drinking water requirements and that there were no violations during the year 2019.

By Lynsi Musselman Students at Moran Independent School District will begin the 2020-2021 school year on Monday, Aug. 24. MISD superintendent Danny Freeman said the projected enrollment is  112 for this year.

By Lynsi Musselman The month of July has been a scorcher, not unlike most summers in Albany. Temperatures have hit 108 degrees twice in one week with more hot, dry, and windy days in the forecast, drying out vegetation and causing more concern for wildfires.

By Donnie A. Lucas The number of confirmed test results for COVID-19 continues to rise, with a cumulative total of 14 positive results as of Monday, compared with nine at the same time last week.

By Donnie A. Lucas Albany school officials rolled out the plan for opening the 2020-2021 school year this week, with the first day of classes still set for Wednesday, Aug. 19.