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Thursday, August 05 2010 02:11 am |
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In a recent news release, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs, in announcing the annual school supply sales tax holiday (Aug. 20-22), stated that the state economy continues to recover. She recently described Texas government as a successful business. It is one which lavishly gives taxpayer money to big corporations. However, officials have recently completed the task of notifying employees whose jobs with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service will end between now and Oct. 31. |
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Written by Robert Burns
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Tuesday, June 22 2010 12:00 am |
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Rain came to Texas, relieving drought conditions in many areas. It also slowed the wheat harvest in the Rolling Plains, but this year that might be a good thing, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. |
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Tuesday, May 11 2010 12:00 am |
The public is invited to explore the amazing world of dragonflies and damselflies at the annual Dragonfly Days, being held May 14-16 at the Valley Nature Center and Estero Llano Grande State Park. Attendees can look forward to live music, arts and crafts and learning more about these fascinating winged creatures. |
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Written by Robert S. Howden
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Saturday, May 08 2010 12:00 am |
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently released its highly-anticipated National Broadband Plan which, at its core, is a program to bring broadband access to the Internet to every home and business in America. |
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Thursday, April 22 2010 12:38 pm |
The 2010 Susan G. Komen Tarrant County Race for the Cure will be held in downtown Fort Worth's Sundance Square this Saturday. The Race for the Cure is the largest charitable 5K Race in Tarrant County. With more going on this year than ever before, it is expected to draw more than 15,000 people to the downtown area. The race is the largest fundraiser for Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tarrant County, and 75 percent of the funds raised support breast cancer education, detection and treatment in Tarrant County, with the remaining 25 percent going to national research initiatives. |
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Friday, July 16 2010 12:00 am |
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In 2003, the Texas Legislature passed HB 3015 which deregulated tuition and required all public universities to set aside a certain percentage of every student’s tuition each semester to fund needs-based financial assistance programs for Texas residents. |
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Wednesday, May 12 2010 12:00 am |
Texas community bankers are alerting customers of an important federal rule change that will prevent authorization of courtesy overdraft protection for ATM and everyday debit transactions unless positive action is taken by the accountholder.Members of the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) are conducting an informational campaign alerting customers that they must take affirmative action to continue to receive the coverage before the federal rule becomes effective Aug. 14. |
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Monday, May 10 2010 12:00 am |
 The changing of the Dublin, Texas city limits sign to DR PEPPER, TEXAS on Monday, June 7, signals the start of a nostalgic “Endless Summer” at the world’s oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant. |
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Monday, May 03 2010 12:00 am |
So far this season O.H. Ivie Reservoir has produced nine largemouth bass weighing 13 pounds or more that have been entered into the Toyota ShareLunker program. All were special fish to the anglers who caught them, but the ninth was a little more special than the others: Sam Callaway of Corpus Christi will collect $500 a pound for his catch, a total of $6,670. |
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Written by Smatt
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Monday, April 05 2010 04:57 am |
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It was the end of February. I’d volunteered most of the month at Caprock Canyons State Park, and it was time to leave. A cold I’d picked up had mostly gone away, and several of those last days had been sunny and beautiful. I packed my bag and a box of things to mail home and went to bed with the knowledge that a new sunrise would send me on my way. I would have seen it too had it not been for the blizzard. |
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