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Memorial Day observance set for 10:30 a.m. at Gilmer Civic Center
By Philllip Williams Vern Rennier, chief executive officer of Oceans Behavioral Hospital Longview, will be featured speaker for the city of Gilmer’s annual Memorial Day ceremony Monday. The event, co-sponsored by local branches of three national organizations for military veterans, is set from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Gilmer Civic Center on U.S.…
Read MoreThe Alamo Podcast Reveals How The Alamo Got Its Name
Now available on your favorite podcast app, Episode 133 of the award-winning “Stories Bigger Than Texas” reveals how the Alamo got its name. If 1836 is the year we learned to Remember the Alamo, then 1803 is the year the Alamo became the Alamo. That’s when a group of soldiers from Alamo de Parras, Mexico, settled within the…
Read MoreTDEM Recognizes 2026 Hurricane Preparedness Week in Texas
| May 24, 2026 | AUSTIN – The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) this week is raising awareness about the dangers of hurricanes, and the precautions Texans can take as hurricane season approaches. Governor Greg Abbott has proclaimed May 25-30, 2026, as Hurricane Preparedness Week in Texas. “As hurricane season approaches our state, it is…
Read MoreOil and Gas Regulator Wayne Christian Applauds Largest Onshore Lease Sale in U.S. History
May 22, 2026 AUSTIN — Texas oil and gas regulator Wayne Christian today applauded the reported $4 billion federal oil and gas lease sale in Texas and New Mexico, the largest onshore federal oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history. Christian emphasized that the record-setting sale reflects the results of the streamlined, cooperative federal…
Read MoreThe World That Was: Northeast Texas in 1776
On July 4, 1776, while Thomas Jefferson’s words were being read aloud in Philadelphia to a crowd of colonists electrified by the notion of self-governance, the piney woods and river bottoms of what is now Northeast Texas were home to a world that had existed for centuries — a world whose rhythms were shaped by…
Read MoreOp-Ed: You Paid for Trump’s Tariffs. Corporations Get the Refund.
Trump’s tariff refunds are going to corporations — not the consumers who got stuck with the higher prices. By Alex Jacquez | May 20, 2026 The Trump administration collected $166 billion in tariff payments before the Supreme Court struck them down. Refunds have already started hitting the bank accounts of U.S. importers — and more…
Read MoreTexas Job Market Steady in April
May 22, 2026 AUSTIN ⎯ Texas reached a total of 14,394,300 nonfarm jobs after adding 300 positions in April. Over the year, the state added 82,400 jobs for an annual nonfarm growth rate of 0.6 percent, outpacing the national growth rate by 0.4 percentage points. Texas’ civilian labor force registered at 15,894,800 after decreasing by…
Read MoreOne Nation, Many Voices
SUNDAY May 24, 2026 FEATURE One Nation, Many Voices An Art Collection of Americans by Upper East Side Texas Artists Click HERE to see a few creative pieces by talented regional artists. MUSIC Kacey Musgraves Comes Home to Middle of Nowhere Kacey Musgraves released her sixth studio album, Middle of Nowhere, on May 1 with…
Read MoreHouston felon sentenced to federal prison for Crockett firearms violation
BEAUMONT, Texas –A Houston convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Erik Saenz, 43, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison by U.S. District…
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