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  • Smoke alarms: up, down and all around

    The Cannon AFB Fire Department will host activities during Fire Prevention Week Oct. 3-9 to promote "Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With!" locally, and to help base residents understand the National Fire Protection Association smoke alarm recommendations. Through these educational, family

  • Community notes

    Obstetrics Open House at Plains RegionalPlains Regional Medical Center along with the 27th Special Operations Medical Group, Women's Medical Center and La Casa Health Care will host an open house September 24 at 10 a.m. at the medical center. There will be a focus group that will include several new

  • Don’t take a chance, get a flu shot!

    If nine out of 10 people who played the lottery actually won, who wouldn't want to try their chances?When it comes to flu shots, it's the same odds. Nine out of 10 healthy people who get a seasonal flu shot, don't get the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).With

  • Cooler weather, shorter days in store for Cannon

    September begins the gradual but perceptible transition from summer into autumn and features some of the most pleasant weather conditions of the year here. Qualitatively speaking, the typical summertime pattern of relatively frequent late day thunderstorms diminishes through the month as the sun's

  • TRICARE Retired Reserve: Health care for retirees

    Members of the Retired Reserves and their families have a new TRICARE health care option. TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR) is a new, premium-based health care plan available to eligible retired members of the Guard and Reserve, their families and qualified survivors. TRR offers coverage similar to

  • Power outage schedule for base Sept. 11

    A planned power outage is scheduled for September 11 from 5 a.m. until after 1 p.m. to upgrade the base power substation. The outage will impact buildings and housing across Cannon as the upgrade is needed to support ongoing construction. The following are important guidelines for base personnel and

  • Suicide Prevention Week: Family members first to notice signs of distress

    Your service member recently returned from a deployment. And you noticed some changes.Some may be part of the "new normal." But others you wonder about: bursts of anger, withdrawal from friends and family, trouble sleeping or sleeping too much. Should you brush it off as just a phase?Absolutely not.

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