AUSTIN— As the year ends, so does Texas State Parks’ Centennial Celebration, but the fun doesn’t stop when the clock strikes midnight. Kick off your resolution to explore the outdoors in 2024 with a First Day Hike at a state park, which will host ranger-guided and self-guided walks, bike rides, paddling trips and polar plunges

In a few years, an East Texan will be able to hop on passenger rail here and go West to DFW and beyond to the coast, East to Meridian, Mississippi, and beyond to Atlanta, Georgia. It’s been a long time coming – almost 20 years of negotiations, advocacy and some arm twisting – but a

When we look back on the year 2023, there was one overriding factor that will remain in our memory banks: the extremes Mother Nature inflicted upon us just to show everyone she was still in charge. As the new year dawned, January’s temperatures and conditions were close to normal. Then came February. The first week

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be hosting the East Region AgriLife Conference and Expo on January 5, 2024, at the W.T. Brookshire Conference Center located at 2000 West Front St. Tyler, Texas 75702. This educational event is geared towards professionals working for city parks departments, athletic fields, golf courses, school districts, pest control

‘Twas days before Christmas, and all through the town, the kids were all waiting for that Christmas sundown when the Jolly Ol’ Elf would come in the night with presents for all for their wintry delight. The children had sent letters for the holiday’s chimes, you can read them today in Lindale News & Times…

AUSTIN—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is seeking proposals from public or private entities to construct nature-based carbon sequestration or other similar ecosystem services on TPWD properties. HB4018, passed in the 88th Legislative Session and effective Sept. 1, allows TPWD to enter into agreements through an innovative conservation model providing both wetland protection and carbon

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has voted to immediately implement a new Emergency Pricing Program (EPP) for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power region. The EPP was required by Senate Bill 3 of the 87th Texas Legislature and will limit consumer exposure to high wholesale electricity prices during power emergencies. “Implementing

If you know any kids who would like to see Santa this Christmas, but don’t know where to find him, search no more: Santa will come to you this Christmas. Mobile Santa, a Lindale-based group which also serves Van and Mineola, is getting even bigger and better this year. In addition to having their Santa

December is the month for gifts and the folks at Lillie Russell Memorial Library have a dandy selection of great things for patrons during the next few weeks. Crafting classes are on the schedule beginning Dec. 6 with a holiday quilting class at 1 p.m. and on Wednesday, Dec. 13 at 10:30 a.m., a Ukrainian

Legislature leaves vouchers, school safety and elections bills unfinished… From the Texas Tribune – The fourth special legislative session ended Tuesday when the House adjourned without taking action on some key bills the Senate had passed, leaving senators with little choice but to adjourn as well. It concluded much like it began, with no deal on