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“We’re in competition”: An East Texas school district faces hard choices as education options grow

The Lufkin school district says it must do a better job of promoting itself amid growing competition from charter schools and homeschooling.

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An East Texas town debates where to place EV charging stations as Trump threatens subsidies

Some residents see the charging stations as an economic boom to the town, while others find it an assault on the oil and gas industry in Texas.

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Texas names new higher education chief

Wynn Rosser will be in charge of guiding the state’s postsecondary education policies. He currently leads a foundation focused on rural East Texas and previously worked at Texas A&M.

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How a boom in East Texas high schoolers taking college classes is transforming Kilgore College

High school students that are getting a jump on college through dual credit now make up the majority of students at one East Texas community college.

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Texans heading into a second week without electricity are battling heat, frustration and boredom

More than 200,000 CenterPoint Energy customers without power struggle with the heat one week after Hurricane Beryl swept through southeast Texas.

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What’s the value of planting trees? Conservation groups say a new formula can tell them.

Donors are increasingly asking conservation groups to produce data on the value of their environmental work. A group’s new method helps them show their impact.

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An East Texas town wants to revolutionize how the state cares for people living with memory loss

The ambitious project has won a federal grant. But the Texas Legislature has not yet given its blessing, a crucial step to move the facility forward.

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Keiser brothers, founders of Sand Valley, to create new Wild Springs Dunes resort in East Texas

The Keiser family plans two new courses in Texas to be designed by some of the biggest names in golf architecture.

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Plans to spend billions on a flood-prone East Texas highway may not solve the problem

TxDOT says it can’t guarantee that upgrades to one of Houston’s main hurricane evacuation routes will prevent future flooding of U.S. 59.

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See the scope of flooding in East Texas

These graphics show how widespread flooding was in East Texas in late April and early May.

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Storms in Southeast Texas ease but risks remain

Forecasters expect storms to begin tapering off but some roads remain closed due to flooding.

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Recovery a faraway thought for East Texas flood evacuees as more rain is expected

East Texans tried to reach their homes by boat and kayaks Saturday. Others remained pessimistic that the water would recede soon.

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“We lost everything”: East Texas residents confront their future after flooding

Dozens of evacuees, including the elderly and barefoot children, crowded in an old school building Friday, praying for clear skies on Monday.

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Rain eases in Southeast Texas but flooding will take time to recede

Thousands of residents have either evacuated or are now under shelter orders.

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East Texans brace for prolonged evacuation orders after rainfall drenches Polk County

East Texas has been hit by several severe rainstorms this spring, and several counties have declared disasters.

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An East Texas County Fights a Bitter Battle Over a Reborn Hospital

As a rural hospital in Crockett struggles with the cost of indigent and other unpaid care, a torn community weighs how to keep its local hospital open and financially viable.

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This East Texas town hasn’t held a city council election in at least 18 years

In Kennard, City Council members have been appointed after previous members retired or died.

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Starz Series 'The Hunting Wives' Adds Four New Cast Members

Get the latest on 'The Hunting Wives' series with new cast additions and a captivating storyline of obsession and murder in deep East Texas.

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An East Texas town has put strict limits on mobile homes — again

The Huntington City Council has flip flopped twice on a mobile home ordinance since 2020.

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Does UT Tyler Health Science Center’s deal with private equity shield doctors from malpractice suits?

A lawsuit claims UT Tyler Health Science Center is trying to pull the veil of governmental immunity over doctors who do all of their work for a for-profit, private equity-backed health care system.

The Texas Tribune

UT System names finalist for president of Stephen F. Austin State University

If approved, Neal Weaver will be the first permanent president to lead the East Texas university since it joined the UT System in 2023.

Latin Times

Diboll, the Small Town that Wants to Be Named the 'Quinceañera Capital' of Texas

Diboll's growing Hispanic population has inspired a new economy of party planners and DJs to produce quinceañeras. City leaders are taking notice.

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This town wants to be named the quinceañera capital of Texas

Diboll’s growing Hispanic population has inspired a new economy of party planners and DJs to produce quinceañeras. City leaders are taking notice.

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An East Texas city goes secular for the holidays, rejecting a menorah in downtown holiday display

Smith County’s top elected official said the downtown square’s holiday decorations policy seeks to avoid a “hodgepodge.”

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