Jackie Kingston

Amarillo

Anchor and Executive Producer at KAMR-TV (Amarillo, TX)

CEO / Executive Editor https://t.co/YlL0kyqzPJ Formerly KAMR Local 4. Blissfully 💍 🏳️‍🌈 Trans Lives Matter. If it ain't @JackieKingston1 it ain't me.

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Amarillo Tribune

1 week ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:The Potter County Commissioners Court unanimously voted to adopt a resolution opposing the elimination of the countywide polling place program. Bills currently in the Texas legislature could, if passed, eliminate the county-wide vote centers system that Potter County has operated under for ten years.
Amarillo Tribune

2 weeks ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:House and Senate bills filed this session would do away with voting centers. Randall County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution today in opposition. Randall County voters who are 30 years old have likely never cast a ballot at a precinct. Gone are the days when voters had to find their corresponding precinct and voting location and cast their ballot at that specific place.
collection being moved to parts of building deemed 'safe' : Amarillo Tribune

3 weeks ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

The Amarillo Tribune verified the letter the State Fire Marshal's office sent to West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler outlining 12 violations that it said required immediate correction by the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum within seven days.
Amarillo Tribune

1 month ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:The Texas Department of State Health Services notified the Amarillo Public Health Department that three contracts have been terminated and APHD must pause those grants. APHD has shifted funding for the community outreach team and is waiting for additional guidance from the state.
Amarillo Tribune

1 month ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:The Amarillo community is still recovering after Friday's extremely high winds. Here are the latest updates as of Sunday afternoon. Clean-up and restoration efforts from Friday's wind storm continue in Amarillo as the region braces for another round of critical fire weather, including high winds, on Monday and Tuesday. The National Weather Service reports peak wind gusts on Friday as high as 82 mph in Potter and Randall Counties.
Amarillo Tribune

1 month ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:Amarillo's Brittany Holberg was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 1998 for killing A.B. Towery, Sr. Her latest appeal has been granted by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It found that the defense and jury didn't have all the relevant information about a woman who testified during Holberg's trial.
Amarillo Tribune

1 month ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:A temporary cold-weather shelter is opening this weekend for people without homes and their pets at the former City Hall building. It is open from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m Friday and Saturday. While Amarillo residents are still getting used to taking care of utility billing and other municipal matters at the newly-opened City Hall building, its former location is finding a new purpose-at least for this weekend.
Amarillo Tribune

2 months ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:The Amarillo City Council will meet Friday to discuss Police Chief Martin Birkenfeld's employment following controversy over a letter he wrote supporting Cole Underwood, a former Perryton ISD Athletic Director who pleaded guilty to of enticement of a minor. Birkenfeld, who is close to Underwood's family, praised Underwood's past community service while acknowledging the crime. The Amarillo Police Department clarified Birkenfeld wrote the letter as a private citizen.
Amarillo Tribune

2 months ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:The filing deadline to run to lead the cities of Amarillo and Canyon was today at 5 p.m. Here are the people who filed to run for local government, and for seats on local school boards. The deadline to file to run as a candidate in the May 3 General Election occurred today at 5 p.m. Write-in candidates have until Tuesday at 5 p.m. to file. Candidates will draw for ballot order on Thursday.
Amarillo Tribune

2 months ago | amarillotribune.org | Jackie Kingston

Overview:More than 1,000 people got one-on-one help with utility billing assistance at the 2025 Community Connections Resource Fair & Utility Blitz. If funding allows, similar events will be held later in the year. 2-1-1 of the Texas Panhandle and the United Way of Amarillo & Canyon hosted a resource fair offering utility billing help from Atmos Energy, the Salvation Army, Panhandle Community Services and Xcel Energy on Tuesday.

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Jackie Kingston (she/her/hers)

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30 Jan 24

Honestly, same.

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Elmo bombarded with existential dread after checking in with the world https://t.co/T26KQEI0D7

Jackie Kingston (she/her/hers)

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22 Nov 23

The all-clear has been given at Cannon AFB after active shooter protocols were taken earlier, this evening. Our coverage is updating: https://t.co/bTTZpALDsM

Jackie Kingston (she/her/hers)

Jackie Kingston (she/her/hers) @JackieKingston1

22 Nov 23

DEVELOPING: Cannon Air Force Base warning residents to shelter-in-place https://t.co/bTTZpAL5De