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Plano ISD will be closed on Monday, Jan., 26, according to the district’s website.

What you need to know: All district campuses and facilities will be closed due to “extreme cold temperatures and anticipated hazardous conditions of roads, parking lots and walkways,” a PISD update states. All campus and district activities are also canceled through Jan. 26 as well.

According to PISD’s website, district officials will evaluate facility and travel conditions over the next two days before making a decision on closing schools for Tuesday, Jan. 27.
 

A new luxury beauty salon is set to open soon in downtown Plano.

What you need to know: Anomalía Beauty Society is a Latina-owned beauty salon that offers a full range of hair services, including haircuts, color, balayage and hair extensions. The downtown Plano location will be Anomalía’s second salon, following its original location in Carrollton.

Tracey Honea, founder and owner of Anomalía, said in an email the salon is finishing its build-out, and they hope to open in the coming weeks.

• 1008 E. 15th St., Plano 

The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is under an Extreme Cold Warning from Sunday night until 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

What's happening: Temperature highs are estimated to remain in the 20s with the lows in the teens and single digits through Tuesday morning, according to the NWS's Fort Worth/Dallas office. Wind chills will range from -10 to 0 degrees Monday morning in DFW.

Wind chill values will make "Feels Like" temps as cold as -10 degrees with low temperatures ranging from -1 to 14 degrees across North Texas, per the NWS. The extreme temperatures create hazards for hypothermia and frozen pipes. 

Dallas Area Rapid Transit and city managers from member cities are considering changes to DART’s governance system that would remove Dallas’s voting majority and grant more voting power to the suburban cities.

Dallas city officials gave an overview of the status of DART negotiations and the proposed new governance structure at Dallas City Council’s transportation and infrastructure committee Jan. 20.

Some context: Some member cities have expressed concerns over representation on the DART board amid five cities’ upcoming elections to withdraw from DART. Dallas currently holds a voting majority of over 50% on the 15-member board.

What's new: The working group of DART representatives and city managers is discussing a new governance framework that would set “one city, one vote” as the baseline for representation. Each city would be guaranteed at least one individual seat on a 20-seat board. Cities with a population over 250,000 would receive additional seats, while cities with populations over 100,000 would receive additional vote weight.

Several road projects are underway across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, including construction on the I-35 corridor to widen the four-lane highway to eight lines in Denton. Development also continues in Plano's Legacy and Granite Park areas.

Catch up on some of the latest news from Community Impact's DFW coverage areas.

1. Plano eyes Legacy, Granite Park area master plan amid market changes, major developments

2. Allen ISD superintendent to retire at the end of 2025-26 school year

3. McKinney to purchase 110 acres from MISD for city services, future recreation center

4. Proposed retail development in Frisco delayed by signage error

5. See 5 transportation updates around Dallas-Fort Worth

6. Learn more about 5 road projects in Flower Mound, Argyle