Kevin Welch
Assignments Manager
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Assignment Manager Kevin Welch is a native of Amarillo but spent his youth moving across the country before arriving back in the Panhandle more than 20 years ago.
He came to NewsChannel 10 in April 2016 with more than two decades of journalism experience. He works with reporters and other staff to develop daily and long-term news coverage.
His email is kwelch@newschannel10.com
Kevin lives in Wildorado with his wife Karen. They enjoy travel, dining and gardening.
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Federal prosecutors filed a drug possession charge Tuesday against a woman they say was driving a car holding about $135,000 worth of meth.
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The number of children younger than the legal driving age who are in traffic crashes has stayed almost steady at around 2,000 a year for the last five years.
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Amarillo City Council members voted today for an outline on how to spend almost $20 million in COVID-19 recovery funds within tight federal guidelines.
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State regulators on Wednesday approved an application by Southwestern Public Service to have a hearing on converting a power plant north of Amarillo from burning coal to natural gas.
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Prosecutors filed charges Monday against an Amarillo man who confessed to shooting at four vehicles in early September.
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A new rehabilitation hospital is coming to Amarillo thanks to the city council voting today to let it save on property taxes.
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The pipeline to connect Ute Lake, some towns in the region and Cannon Air Force Base got a boost Tuesday of $46 million federal dollars.
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A man police arrested after an explosion in the Paramount Terrace neighborhood in late July will find out soon if he’ll remain in jail until his trial for possessing explosives.
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A new workforce development center is coming to Amarillo thanks largely to a federal grant.
Xcel Energy says it needs another $26 million to make up for what it has paid for fuel to generate electricity.
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Amarillo College unveiled today its first project funded by the ex-wife of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos.
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A local health care provider will be giving both Moderna and Pfizer vaccinations at various Roaster’s Coffee locations starting tomorrow.
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The City of Amarillo is starting to refine how it will spend federal aid money related to the pandemic, and the city council got a report today on the progress.
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An Austin judge ruled today a case filed by the City of Amarillo to let it issue debt for a new City Hall and a case to ban issuing the debt would be tried together in Amarillo.
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Today’s COVID-19 report card for the Amarillo area shows the pandemic is again tightening its grip on the city and the region.
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Amarillo will be getting $1.5 million worth of state help to continue dealing with the ongoing pandemic.
The Amarillo City health leaders said today the virus pandemic continues to get worse in Amarillo with hospital capacity down and cases up.
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Potter County Commissioner Mercy Murguia announced today she will be stepping down.
The Amarillo voters will likely get to vote on a 22 percent tax increase that caused a tense exchange in today’s City Council meeting.
The City staff is assessing the petition to block an effort to move City Hall without an election instead of spending almost $30 million to upgrade the aging building
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Amarillo hospitals are facing short staffs who are tired, afraid and not 100 percent vaccinated.
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City Council members put the final stamp of approval today on four economic development projects.
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An Amarillo man who has already filed a lawsuit to stop the City Council from using debt to move City Hall has filed a petition asking for an election on the question.
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The Amarillo Police Department is continuing their search for the man accused of shooting and killing another man in the San Jacinto neighborhood.
Amarillo Economic Development Corporation board members voted today to help two businesses add jobs.
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At today’s Amarillo City Council meeting, the parks department leader declined to pin down a day for a ribbon cutting at the new Thompson Park swimming pool.
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The City of Amarillo is planning on gradually reducing its COVID-19 vaccination drive.
The Amarillo City Council voted today to move ahead with building a new City Hall by hiring an architect, but an Amarillo man is asking a judge to stop the project.
The Amarillo City Council will hold a special meeting tomorrow to advance replacing the aging City Hall.
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The business that will do the laundry of Amarillo hospitals got another boost today in the form of a financial incentive of $250,000.
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The Advisory Committee for the CNS Pantex Community Investment Fund, a component of the Amarillo Area Foundation, announced $100,000 in grants for area institutions.
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The opening day for the Thompson Park Pool is now scheduled for July 23.
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The Amarillo City Council will discuss today how to move ahead on improving the Amarillo Civic Center.
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The City of Amarillo will be using tax money to pay for almost half the cost of the recount of ballots from May’s mayor’s race.
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The Canyon City Commission will consider a contract Monday to buy land for a water wellfield and issuing $4.1 million in debt to pay for it.
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The federal agency overseeing the management of Pantex is still looking at replacements for Consolidated Nuclear Security to run the plant, so it’s planning on extending the CNS contract.
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The U.S. Treasury Department opened an online portal for counties to begin requesting their share of the $2 trillion American Rescue Plan.
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An Amarillo man’s murder case remains in limbo after the state won an appeal yesterday.
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The City of Amarillo announced today it has received one petition to recount some of Saturday’s ballots.
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Aircraft maker Bell announced today a delegation from the Kingdom of Bahrain came to Amarillo late last month to see the start of production of helicopters it’s buying.
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Amarillo air travel dropped by almost 44% last year, according to a February report.
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Homeless advocates and the City of Amarillo thanked shelters today for their work to provide protection during the recent dangerous cold blast.
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Traffic on South Western Street could be challenging this weekend with the continuation of work on the I-40 overpass.
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Several state agencies have brought firefighting equipment to the Panhandle in response to today’s dangerous fire weather.
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The city will consider financial incentives for a dairy company that markets Hispanic products, including cheeses, to build an $88 million manufacturing plant in south Amarillo.
The staff at the Amarillo Civic Center’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic is keeping a positive attitude and getting some help as it processes thousands of people looking for COVID-19 protection.
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The candidate filing deadline to fill a state house seat representing some of the Panhandle is January 4.
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The court case concerning the deaths of four Amarillo children from poisonous gas is over, but the search for justice is ongoing.
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City staff reported an unwanted record today for the most reported new COVID-19 cases in one day aside from previous mass testing results.