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Since February, Community Impact Newspaper journalists have been covering what the coronavirus pandemic means at the local level for residents, businesses and local government entities across three major metro areas in Texas.

The articles below highlight coverage from our journalists in Houston, Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth to provide more insight on topics such as contact tracing, testing and other issues related to the pandemic. Our team is speaking with health experts, political leaders, residents and business owners on a regular basis to help inform all readers.

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Montgomery County's 2nd vaccine hub set in The Woodlands; Conroe hub, public health district to get more doses

By Ben Thompson
10:28 AM Jan 25, 2021 CST
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For a third consecutive semester, Texas public school districts will not be penalized financially due to declining enrollment and attendance as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, due to an extension of the hold-harmless guarantee, state leaders announced March 4. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Updated 4:03 PM Mar 4, 2021 CST
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Texas leaders ensure financial stability for public school districts through spring semester with hold-harmless extension

Cars wait their turn for a vaccine dose at the Texas Motor Speedway, on Feb. 2. The hub was hosted by Denton County Public Health. (Sandra Sadek/Community Impact Newspaper)
Published 2:00 AM Mar 4, 2021 CST
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Denton County opens vaccine signup process to school employees, childcare personnel

People wait in line to receive a vaccine at an Austin Public Health vaccination site. (Nicholas Cicale/Community Impact Newspaper)
Updated 3:04 PM Mar 3, 2021 CST
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Texas offers COVID-19 vaccinations to school, child care workers


In response to Gov. Greg Abbott's March 2 announcement that Texas' statewide mask mandate and COVID-19-related business restrictions will be lifted as of March 10, the Texas Education Agency released updated public health guidance March 3. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Updated 3:02 PM Mar 3, 2021 CST
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Updated Texas Education Agency guidance allows individual school boards to determine mask policies

Tens of thousands of people were vaccinated at Denton County’s vaccine drive-thru clinic in February at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. (Courtesy Texas Motor Speedway)
Updated 4:41 PM Mar 2, 2021 CST
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Tracking COVID-19: Hospitalizations have dipped by half in Denton County since start of January

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced March 2 that mask mandates and business capacity restrictions will be lifted in Texas. (Courtesy Office of the Texas Governor)
Published 2:37 PM Mar 2, 2021 CST
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Gov. Greg Abbott lifts statewide mask mandate, business restrictions in Texas

Vial of COVID-19 vaccine
Published 4:11 PM Mar 1, 2021 CST
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Frisco vaccine site pulling from Collin County waitlist


At its peak of power loss, the city had roughly 50,000 homes with interrupted power, many of which had prolonged outages, Plano City Manager Mark Israelson said. (Liesbeth Powers/Community Impact Newspaper)
Published 7:00 AM Feb 27, 2021 CST
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Plano faces long-term impacts from storm; Collin County vaccine hubs resume service and more DFW-area news

digital rendering of virus
Published 3:36 PM Feb 26, 2021 CST
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Collin County Judge Chris Hill rescinds COVID-19 disaster declaration

See how COVID-19 impacted Dallas County over the last week. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
Published 2:27 PM Feb 26, 2021 CST
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Tracking COVID-19: New cases drop after power outages, testing site closures in Dallas County

High school graduation ceremonies throughout Lewisville ISD will be held at The Star in Frisco this year, a change from previous plans. (Lindsey Juarez Monsivais/Community Impact Newspaper)
Published 6:45 PM Feb 25, 2021 CST
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Lewisville ISD cancels high school proms, selects new venue for graduation ceremonies


Texas Health Resources nurse Karen Schmidt administers a Pfizer vaccination Plano resident Connie Cordova's arm Feb. 5. (Liesbeth Powers/Community Impact Newspaper)
Published 5:07 PM Feb 25, 2021 CST
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Vaccine rollout unfolds in Plano through city, county coordination

Texas Health Resources nurse Karen Schmidt administers a Pfizer vaccination Plano resident Connie Cordova's arm Feb. 5. (Liesbeth Powers/Community Impact Newspaper)
Published 12:46 PM Feb 25, 2021 CST
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City of Richardson partners with counties to vaccinate, inform residents

Tens of thousands of people have been vaccinated at Denton County's vaccine drive-thru clinics at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. (Courtesy Texas Motor Speedway)
Published 9:57 AM Feb 25, 2021 CST
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Denton County agencies offer free rides to vaccine appointments at Texas Motor Speedway

Tens of thousands of people have been vaccinated at Denton County's vaccine drive-thru clinics at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. (Courtesy Texas Motor Speedway)
Published 2:00 AM Feb 25, 2021 CST
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Denton County agencies offer free rides to vaccine appointments at Texas Motor Speedway


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    Frisco vaccine site pulling from Collin County waitlist
  • People wait in line to receive a vaccine at an Austin Public Health vaccination site. (Nicholas Cicale/Community Impact Newspaper)
    Texas offers COVID-19 vaccinations to school, child care workers
  • Cars wait their turn for a vaccine dose at the Texas Motor Speedway, on Feb. 2. The hub was hosted by Denton County Public Health. (Sandra Sadek/Community Impact Newspaper)
    Denton County opens vaccine signup process to school employees, childcare personnel
  • For a third consecutive semester, Texas public school districts will not be penalized financially due to declining enrollment and attendance as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, due to an extension of the hold-harmless guarantee, state leaders announced March 4. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
    Texas leaders ensure financial stability for public school districts through spring semester with hold-harmless extension
  • See how COVID-19 impacted Dallas County over the last week. (Community Impact Newspaper staff)
    Tracking COVID-19: New cases drop after power outages, testing site closures in Dallas County
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