Temperatures, power usage reach near record highs

Residents of Rains County experienced a brief relief on Tuesday, August 25, from the triple-digit heat that had gripped the county for the better part of two weeks causing dropping lake levels and pushing the Texas power grid to near all-time record usage.

Read the full story in the August 27, 2026 edition of the Rains County Leader.

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