WEATHER: (July 24, 2025) THURSDAY – High yesterday was 92° at 5:00; this morning’s low was 68° at 6:30. KPANcast: Partly cloudy with a high near 92° and a 40% chance of rain this afternoon and evening.
LOCAL: Early Wednesday morning an explosion occurred at Panhandle Milling in Dawn, TX. The Dawn Fire Department received the call-out at 3:31 AM and arrived to a partially collapsed structure and visible fire. Three persons were transported from the scene with burn injuries and one deceased person was extricated from the rubble. Melissa Mungia, age 36, of Hereford, TX, was pronounced deceased on the scene from injuries sustained in the incident. Several area agencies responded to the scene……An emergency response training exercise is taking place this morning that will include HPD, the Deaf Smith County Sheriff’s Office, TxDOT DPS, HRMC, Hereford EMS, Hereford VFD and HISD. The exercise aims to improve local preparedness and collaboration in emergency situations. The public is asked to avoid the area near Hereford High School this morning where the training will take place. Some roads will be blocked beginning at 9:00 and remain blocked until approximately 12:00 today……Books close this Sunday, July 27th, for ropers interested in competing in next week’s Spicer Gripp Memorial Roping. The annual event will run from July 31st – August 3rd. For registration and spectator info visit spicergripp.com……KPAN salutes Michael Berend as the Good Neighbor of the Day……We have roots where others have branches – First National Bank.
KPAN Pun: I’m frayed this rope won’t hold up much longer.