Gladewater Settles State Wastewater Case by Building a $396,000 Plant Upgrade
State records show Gladewater's sewer plant broke its pH limits for most of 2023. The city will pay no cash penalty and will build a new chemical building instead.
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Gladewater Settles State Wastewater Case by Building a $396,000 Plant Upgrade
State records show Gladewater's sewer plant broke its pH limits for most of 2023. The city will pay no cash penalty and will build a new chemical building instead.
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Nvidia Chip Tester Buys a South Fort Worth Site for a $1.3 Billion Plant and 630 Jobs
The Texas arm of Taiwan's King Yuan Electronics is buying land and buildings on West Everman Parkway for its first U.S. plant, days after Fort Worth approved a 10-year tax break. The jobs must average $80,000 a year.
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North Korea Is Blamed for a $6.3 Billion Binance Heist. Thieves Still Break Through and Steal.
Hackers took about $6.3 billion from Binance, the world's biggest crypto exchange. TRM Labs blames North Korea with high confidence. Binance froze about $3 billion and pledged to cover all losses.
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Poteet Knows Strawberries: Why Texas Gardeners Plant Them in Fall, Not Spring
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Make a Freeze Plan Now. Texas A&M Experts on Protecting Plants, Hoses and Pipes Before the First Cold Snap
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Pecan Season in San Saba: How to Store Your Pecans and Bake a Pecan Coffee Cake
The self-styled Pecan Capital of the World owes much to an 1874 English immigrant. AgriLife experts explain when pecans are ready, how to store them and a lighter coffee cake.
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Fort Bend's Extension Office Picks Collards for October. Here Is How to Grow and Cook Them.
Collards shrug off cold, taste sweeter after a frost and can produce all winter near the coast. Here is AgriLife's care and harvest advice and a simple skillet method.
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Brownwood's Extension Agent Says Fall Is the Time to Plant Trees, Shrubs and Wildflowers
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About 1 in 8 Texas Adults Has Diabetes. Here Is What Federal Research Says About Delaying or Preventing Type 2
More than 3 million Texas adults have been diagnosed with diabetes, and it costs the state billions a year. Federal health researchers say modest weight loss and regular activity can delay or prevent type 2.
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FDA Proposes the First Big Update to Baby Formula Standards Since 1998. Babies Cannot Speak for Themselves, so the Standard Has To.
The FDA has proposed updating infant formula nutrient rules for the first time in nearly 30 years, starting with iodine, manganese and vitamins A and D. Nothing changes until a final rule.
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Houston VA Performs Its First Renal Denervation for Stubborn High Blood Pressure. Here Is What It Is, and What Comes First
The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center has started offering a minimally invasive procedure for veterans whose blood pressure resists treatment. Federal health guidance says lifestyle changes and medicine still come first.
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Wimberley's Park Pass Revenue Climbs 40% as Parks Beat Budget
A price increase pushed Wimberley's half-day park pass income to $851,442 and parks revenue past expenses, while tourism revenue rose 23%. The community center still lost money.
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Lockhart, Texas: From Plum Creek and the Chisholm Trail to Austin Next Door
Lockhart began as a surveyor's land grant and became a Chisholm Trail starting point, a railroad and cotton town, and a community that worked to bring jobs home as Austin grew.
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Remembering Stan Nelson, the Anoka Coach Who Carried Soldiers to Omaha Beach on D-Day
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The History of Clarendon, Texas
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Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Will Let Families Request a Different Campus Starting in 2027
GCISD trustees voted 5-2 to let families ask for a campus other than their zoned school for 2027-28, with limits on space, attendance and discipline.
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FEMA Reverses Course and Approves Individual Aid for Texans in 20 Flood-Hit Counties. Here Is How to Apply
After denying help to households hit by the July floods, FEMA approved the state's appeal for individual assistance in 20 counties, from Kerr and Uvalde to Bexar. A separate appeal for mitigation money is still pending.
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Pull Three Taxpayer-Funded Ads. Taxpayer Money Is Not a Campaign Fund.
Judge Jennifer Rochon ordered the Trump administration to pull three taxpayer-funded ads she found likely partisan days before the midterms. The White House called the order lawless.
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Most Pastors Say the Economy Is Hurting Their Churches. A Squeezed Church Is Still a Giving Church.
Most U.S. Protestant pastors say the economy is hurting their churches, and giving is not keeping pace with inflation, a new Lifeway Research survey finds.
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Poteet Knows Strawberries: Why Texas Gardeners Plant Them in Fall, Not Spring
Texas strawberries are planted in the fall, and timing matters. Here is what Texas A&M experts and research tied to Poteet's growers say about varieties, mulch, water and freezes.
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About 1 in 8 Texas Adults Has Diabetes. Here Is What Federal Research Says About Delaying or Preventing Type 2
More than 3 million Texas adults have been diagnosed with diabetes, and it costs the state billions a year. Federal health researchers say modest weight loss and regular activity can delay or prevent type 2.
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FDA Proposes the First Big Update to Baby Formula Standards Since 1998. Babies Cannot Speak for Themselves, so the Standard Has To.
The FDA has proposed updating infant formula nutrient rules for the first time in nearly 30 years, starting with iodine, manganese and vitamins A and D. Nothing changes until a final rule.
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Debt-Free Childress ISD Asks Voters for Three Bonds and a Recapture Vote
Childress ISD has no debt today. On Tuesday, voters decide on $133.9 million in bonds for a combined secondary campus, a new elementary and a fieldhouse, plus a recapture question.
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Paxton Heads to the Alamo and Talarico to Austin as the Costliest Senate Race in U.S. History Nears Its End
Polls show a near tie in the Texas U.S. Senate race. Here is how Ken Paxton and James Talarico are closing, what each side has said about the other, and the money behind it.
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Judge Throws Out Trump's $10 Billion Suit Against the Wall Street Journal. Truth Is the Answer to a Story You Hate.
Judge Darrin Gayles dismissed Trump's $10 billion suit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch with prejudice, saying the complaint was grasping at straws. Trump's team will appeal.
