by Josephine Stubblefield | Feb 28, 2021 | Business
As plumbers and plumbing parts are scarce after last week’s freeze, some Houstonians took matters into their own hands to get what they needed. On Thursday during the storm, the pipes at Scott and Julie Kenney’s home burst, flooding parts of it. That evening,...
by Josephine Stubblefield | Feb 27, 2021 | Lifestyle
National Chili Day is today, and even if fake holidays are silly and winter’s bite left us almost as quickly as it arrived, it’s still a good time to eat a bowl of chili in Dallas. (In Texas, any day is a good day for chili.) I myself like to celebrate Texas...
by Harold Obrien | Feb 27, 2021 | Lifestyle
Rodney Lewis buys Cimarron spread A Texas oil and gas magnate has purchased a Cimarron area ranch for $27 million in one of the largest recent real estate transactions in Gunnison County. The acreage near Blue Creek includes land formerly owned by an heir to the Walt...
by Beverly Barney | Feb 27, 2021 | Lifestyle
A 240-acre mountain biking space is under way in Denton, on the Hartlee Field Property next to the Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center. The city’s first official mountain biking area, it will consist of five to seven miles of trails running through hills, woods,...
by Josephine Stubblefield | Feb 26, 2021 | Business
The six resignations were finalized after an urgent board meeting on Wednesday morning. Six board members of Texas’ power grid operator have resigned after last week’s blackouts left millions of people without electricity in brutal winter weather. The...
by Josephine Stubblefield | Feb 26, 2021 | Lifestyle
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Downtown San Angelo, Inc will host the Brews, Ewes & BBQ cook-off competition Saturday, March 6 at Neff’s Park, along the banks of the Concho River. According to a Downtown San Angelo, Inc. press release, the Brews, Ewes & BBQ...
by Beverly Barney | Feb 26, 2021 | Lifestyle
Texas Twinkies are a signature dish at Hutchins BBQ, the craft barbecue concept founded by Roy Hutchins in 1978. It’s a BBQ twist on the prototypical jalapeño popper, featuring a jalapeño stuffed with cream cheese and Hutchins’ brisket, wrapped in bacon,...
by Harold Obrien | Feb 25, 2021 | Lifestyle
Living in the middle of the United States, where several styles of barbeque converge can be confusing to one’s pallet. Yet, the confusion is a delicious dilemma to give customers lots of scrumptious options. Zach Fletcher moved to the Ozarks from the Jasper County,...
by Josephine Stubblefield | Feb 24, 2021 | Business
NEW YORK/HOUSTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – The largest U.S. oil refiners released tons of air pollutants into the skies over Texas this past week, according to figures provided to the state, as refineries and petrochemical plants in the region scrambled to shut...
by Harold Obrien | Feb 24, 2021 | Business
Outages took oil production offline to the tune of 4 million barrels per day during the worst of the storm. By now, the lights are back on for most Texans as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, says power supply now exceeds demand. Still, as the dust...
