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The rolling, hilly landscape of Upshur County, which contrasts so sharply with the flat plains to the west, is the direct result of millions of years of geological activity. While the western plains are defined by stable, horizontal rock layers, Upshur County’s topography was shaped by ancient deep-sea salt that has flowed and pushed upward,…

May 29, 2026 BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System today recognized a major milestone in advanced nuclear energy development as Last Energy announced U.S. Department of Energy approval of the Preliminary Documented Safety Analysis for its PWR-5 pilot reactor project at the Texas A&M-RELLIS Campus. The approval marks an important step toward…

Friend, Welcome to your Friday Fiscal Note.   This week, the long-awaited primary runoff elections came to an end, with voters across the state finalizing their party’s picks for the general election. We provide a quick rundown of the results, and highlight another instance of voters rejecting an influx of pro-casino cash. Plus, Texas Tech star…

Bowie County   Interstate 30 (I-30) – From Farm to Market road (FM) 989/Kings Highway to Arkansas state line, widening highway. Westbound lanes split. Left lane for thru traffic, no option to exit. Right lane for local traffic, can exit. Possible ramp changes westbound. I-30 – From FM 989 to FM 3419, extension of frontage roads.…

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2026 Texas Rangers and federal agents in South Texas arrested a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Friday who is accused of lying about what led up to him shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis earlier this year. Minnesota prosecutors last week charged Christian Castro,…

By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2026 SAN JUAN — Yenniffer England stood behind a podium at the offices of La Union Del Pueblo Entero dressed in business attire and sporting one striking accessory — an ankle monitor. A certified nursing assistant and mother of two, England had spent three months at an immigration detention…

By Olivia Borgula, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2026 WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Democrats in a new San Antonio-area congressional district headed to the polls to settle a once sleepy runoff that had abruptly catapulted to national prominence in the closing weeks. They picked Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy Johnny Garcia over housing activist Maureen Galindo…

By Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune May 29, 2026 Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder is calling on members of his party in the state House to drop their support of Republican Speaker Dustin Burrows, who won the gavel with mostly Democratic support last legislative session over an insurgent candidate favored by the hard-right. In…

We continue reading about the effects of human-caused climate change, yet our actions to address it are falling short, and some of us continue ignoring climate scientists. As we humans dominated nature for centuries, we destroyed the basis for life for countless other species–plant and animal. We have gone so far in our effort to…