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Texas Tech Public Media's News Director Kaysie Ellingson talks with Lubbock's Public Health Director Katherine Wells about how along with a rise in COVID-19 cases, there's also been a rise in sexually transmitted infections. KERA's Bekka Morr speaks to an expert on how to get the most accurate at-home COVID-19 test results.

Texas Tech Public Media's Kaysie Ellingson looks into why active cases of COVID-19 are no longer reported in the city of Lubbock and the best way to calculate an estimate of that statistic. Then, COVID related hospitalizations are ticking up around the state. Lubbock and Amarillo are two areas seeing high patient loads with over 21 percent of hospitalized patients being COVID patients.

Senior Reporter Sarah Self-Walbrick gives the latest on city's planned used for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, today is the last day for rural hospitals to apply for ARPA funds, and on Tuesday Lubbock's new case count of COVID-19 broke records...again.

Senior Reporter Sarah Self-Walbrick gives us an update on how the omicron variant of COVID-19 is affecting Lubbock, and we discuss how COVID-19 continues to put a heavy burden on hospitals.

We hear from Steven Folberg, an Austin rabbi, who discussed how this weekend's hostage situation affected the Texas Jewish communities. We also hear from Michael Lee, the executive director of the Texas Association of Rural Schools, who walks us through the different types of staffing shortages rural schools are facing.

Our Senior Reporter Sarah Self-Walbrick revisits reasons why the road bond failed during the November Election at City Council Wednesday night, and News Director Kaysie Ellingson gives us insight on who donated 44 million dollars to Texas Tech University, the largest donation in the school's history thus far.

Today our News Director Kaysie Ellingson discusses what happened at Thursday's school board meeting, and our Senior Reporter Sarah Self- Walbrick tells us the details of the former chief financial officer of Reagor Dykes Auto Group prison sentence.

This morning KERA's Christopher Connelly tells us about Congregation Beth Israel's first Shabbat service since last weekend's hostage situation, and we discuss Texas's December unemployment rate.

This morning, Senior Reporter Sarah Self-Walbrick tells us how Lubbockites can get involved with this election season, and we reflect on how the pandemic has affected Lubbock, as the community hit 1,000 deaths due to COVID-19 complications this weekend.

Senior Reporter Sarah Self-Walbrick gives us information on Tuesday's city council meeting, and we have an update on the winter weather happening in Lubbock.