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I don’t know how much rain has fallen in your neck of the woods, but things are waterlogged at 1070 CR 719 in Nacogdoches County. Just when things begin to dry up a little around here, it seems like another weather system passes through and drops another load on ground that is already so saturated with moisture that it can’t hold any more.

Texas hunters and other interested constituents have until May 22 to offer public comment on several proposed regulation changes to be considered by the TPW Commission during its upcoming meeting in Austin. The following proposals are linked to the management of chronic wasting disease and the prohibition of canned hunting and implementation of new trapping standards for mountain lions.

Small business owner runs operation via Spectrum high-speed internet Earlier this month, small business owners across the U.S. celebrated National Small Business Week 2024, which ran Sunday, April 28 through Saturday, May 4.

The Hopkins County Health Care Foundation’s Designer Handbag Bingo is set for Thursday, Aug. 8.

The start of summer typically signals a drought in the Texas blood supply, warns Carter BloodCare. Up to 25% of the community blood supply is collected through high school blood drives.

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North Texas Food Bank this week unveiled the latest insights from Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap study, revealing Texas' stark reality: it now leads the nation in food insecurity, surpassing California. Texas grapples with a food insecurity rate of 16.4%, equating to nearly 5 million individuals facing hunger, a significant increase from 2021. Alarmingly, over onethird of those affected are children.