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.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
An Amarillo man convicted in the 1999 shooting of three teen boys in their sleep has a scheduled execution this evening.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 5:24 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch and Tamlyn Cochran
A complaint filed Monday concerning a weekend homicide explains how Amarillo police found the suspect.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 6:08 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
At the close of the second full week of filing to be on the May 6, ballot for Amarillo City Council seats, six more candidates have filed applications.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2023 at 5:18 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
Court papers filed this week will allow prosecutors to combine five drunk driving manslaughter cases and ask for harsher punishments.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 5:55 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
City staff presented a report today regarding a proposed hotel being built near the Rick Husband Amarillo Airport.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:47 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
A 15-year-old is now facing a capital murder charge in Randall County for the shooting deaths of a man and woman in November.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:24 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch
The ball fields at John Stiff and Rick Klein parks may become the responsibility of private non profits.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 3:22 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch
This was the first week of applying for spots on May’s city elections and four candidates completed the process.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 2:16 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
A national real estate monitor said today Buc-ee’s is set to start construction on the east side of Amarillo in March.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 5:16 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch
Amarillo city leaders today started addressing several infrastructure needs by voting to issue about $60 million of debt.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 5:19 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch
The city of Amarillo said today the new year will see a return to collecting trash twice a week.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 3:38 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
The Amarillo chapter of the national Teamsters union said today local school bus drivers and monitors have voted to join the union.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 5:25 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch
The city of Amarillo is reporting today active COVID cases in Potter and Randall counties stand at almost 1,200 for the first time in months.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 5:24 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch
Amarillo’s issues with new software preventing the payment of city bills for water and sewer online or by phone continue with no end in sight.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 10:14 PM CST
|By Vanessa Garcia and Kevin Welch
Bell Textron announced today it has won an Army contract to further develop its next generation of aircraft that can lift like a helicopter and fly like a plane.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 4:41 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch and Tamlyn Cochran
The Amarillo Economic Development Corporation board voted today to approve up to $3 million over five years for Jax Transport to create up to 200 jobs.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 3:10 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
The city of Amarillo filed a notice today it wants a speedy hearing on its appeal of the Alex Fairly lawsuit concerning the proposed Civic Center improvements.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 5:29 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
City staff briefed the Amarillo city council yesterday on the possibility of deploying the strategy that has allowed for investment and improvements downtown.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 3:51 PM CST
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
An Amarillo woman pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a charge of stealing around $23,000 from a federal program benefiting seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 5:30 PM CST
|By Kevin Welch and Tamlyn Cochran
Amarillo leaders voted today to move ahead with adding up to $12 million in debt to the city’s books.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 1:40 PM CST
|By KyLeah Frazier and Kevin Welch
The City of Amarillo is challenging a Judge’s ruling after they found that state laws were broken in planning to issue debt to expand and improve the Civic Center.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch and Tamlyn Cochran
Tyson Foods filed court documents Tuesday to reopen its efforts to move a case filed against it by employees over operations at the start of COVID-19.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 6:11 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch and Tamlyn Cochran
A visiting state judge ruled today the city of Amarillo didn’t follow the law in funding the expansion and renovation of the Civic Center.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 5:24 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
The city council voted today to make that change allowing the free use once every 24-hours.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 4:13 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
Potter County Commissioners voted Monday to spend $35,000 to increase voting security.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
Lawyers for the city of Amarillo filed documents Tuesday that essentially said the court can’t rule on the lawsuit challenging funding for a makeover of the Civic Center Complex.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 5:13 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
An Amarillo source of snacks and gas is looking to move into Lubbock.
Updated: Oct. 17, 2022 at 3:40 PM CDT
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
An addition to the local beef industry could benefit from 30 acres of city land and up to almost three quarters of a million dollars for the creation of up to 60 jobs.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2022 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
The trial challenging the city council’s plan to fund a revamp and addition to the Civic Center was in its second day today.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
State regulators gave final approval Thursday for Xcel Energy to convert its Harrington Station electricity generating plant to burn natural gas instead of coal.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 7:20 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
Water planners in Eastern New Mexico are scheduled today to accept hundreds of millions of dollars to finish a sprawling project.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 10:10 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
The city of Amarillo said today the petition to kill the financing plan to renovate and expand the Civic Center is not valid.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
City leaders voted today for a budget and tax rate that will increase the amount of money the city collects by 23 percent compared to this year.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:45 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch and Vanessa Garcia
The city of Amarillo reports Allegiant Airlines stopped serving the airport as of Monday.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
Amarillo took the first step today to lowering its property tax rate while raising more money.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
Canyon’s school district informed parents Friday their children’s schools earned a grade of A in state accountability ratings.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
Texas Department of Transportation Spokeswoman Sonja Gross said crews will be repairing bridge joins on South Taylor and Pierce Streets after one failed.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 1:34 PM CDT
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
The Amarillo-Panhandle Humane Society announced today it is moving its rescue and foster operations to a new location after being in the city animal shelter for years.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By Kevin Welch and Nicole Williams
Area beef producers announce their $670 million investment in a facility to process cattle into beef.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 6:00 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
It said on Facebook, closing the trails helps preserve structural integrity and lets crews replace washed out bridges and water crossings. Some are also very muddy.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
The Texas Water Development Board gave preliminary approval Wednesday for a loan to develop a wellfield to add to the water supply which is suffering from low lake levels.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
Member Cole Stanley was the only no vote on increasing the rate from 44 cents per $100 of property value to 49 cents.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 1:29 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
Amarillo businessman Alex Fairly will not have to post a $6 million bond in his lawsuit against the city concerning Civic Center improvements and expansion.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Garcia and Kevin Welch
APD Cpl. Jeb Hilton said an autopsy showed no signs of foul play.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 1:28 PM CDT
|By Tamlyn Cochran and Kevin Welch
A plan to convert Xcel’s Harrington power station from burning coal to natural gas is ready for final consideration by state regulators.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
It has struggled in the past due to a lack of money, especially to make up for Amarillo College ending their rent-free presence in the school’s Downtown Campus.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 5:12 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
The goal is to keep use below 68 million gallons per day, and that happened Saturday and Sunday but not on Monday.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
The city council will vote tomorrow on a proposal to buy the rights in Roberts County.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 2:32 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch and Tamlyn Cochran
Amarillo economic developers gave preliminary approval for $8 million in cash incentives and the building of a $50 million facility for an aerospace company.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Kevin Welch
State regulators voted Thursday to let Xcel Energy install a new generation of meters in its Texas service area.
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