By Taylor Sisk October 2, 2025 PENNINGTON GAP, Va. — On a Saturday evening in June, people of this rural region gathered at the historic Lee Theatre to celebrate the founding of Higher Ground Women’s Recovery Residence. Author Barbara Kingsolver opened the facility in January with royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Demon Copperhead,” whose…

By Rae Ellen Bichell October 2, 2025 Stacey Knoll thought the court summons she received was a scam. She didn’t remember getting any medical bills from Montrose Regional Health, a nonprofit hospital, after a 2020 emergency room visit. So she was shocked when, three years after the trip to the hospital, her employer received court…

By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune Oct. 2, 2025 “Texas could bear the brunt of expiring ACA tax credits. Is the GOP delegation willing to make a deal?” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and…

By Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune Oct. 1, 2025 “Texas launches task force to target repeat criminal offenders in Houston area” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief,…

By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune Oct. 1, 2025 “At hearing, Democrats say the redistricting process was flawed from the start” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief,…

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Oct. 1, 2025 “Judge orders the immediate release of El Paso DACA recipient” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The…

PLAINVIEW —Wayland Baptist University’s Don A. Williams School of Education is opening new doors for individuals who want to enter the teaching profession through innovative fast-track pathways. Responding to a statewide shortage of certified teachers, the university is offering both an Alternative Certification Teacher Program (ACP) and flexible degree-based pathways designed to help future educators…

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. When a land forgets its legends, Sees but falsehoods in the past, When a nation views its sires In the light of fools and liars— ’Tis a sign of its…