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COLLEGE STATION, Texas— Increased wildfire potential is expected across much of the state early this week due to approaching dry cold fronts and high temperatures. Dry fuel conditions will expand north from the southern Hill Country into the Rolling Plains, southern High Plains, eastern Hill Country and Cross Timbers regions this week, aligning with the pre- and post-frontal winds to create an increase in potential wildfire activity.
Read moreThe Texas Supreme Court has extended its emergency eviction relief program for tenants behind on rent through at least March 15, postponing the program’s expiration date by a month and a half.
Read moreThe EPA failed to ensure that dicamba can be used safely when it issued a five-year approval of the weedkiller, said a lawsuit that asks a federal appeals court in San Francisco to vacate the EPA registration of the herbicide. Foes say dicamba is overly prone to evaporate from where it is sprayed and to drift onto neighboring fields, orchards, gardens and trees.
Read moreThe winter of 1777 had been an especially harsh one in Pennsylvania, and the War for Independence was not going well. The British had just captured the U.S. capitol in Philadelphia, turning back the ragged band of beleaguered volunteers of the Continental Army. Eleven thousand of them survived to retreat to nearby Valley Forge.
Read moreKloe Lawler has wanted to be a state trooper for a little over two years now. For Christmas in 2018, she received her first “uniform” and her mom looked all over social media for a state trooper who would be willing to meet with Kloe for a few minutes, maybe even let them buy their coffee at Starbucks or somewhere else. This is when Kloe connected with Sgt Bill Robles of the Brownfield DPS office.
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Read moreThis past week after celebrating Christmas with those you can, in what has been a weird time due to COVID restrictions, we saw the return of the NBA and the Christmas slate of games. With many of those games being the second or third game of the season for the teams selected to play on Christmas, I hope that many young basketball players enjoyed watching those games.
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