DOORS CLOSE

DOORS CLOSE

SMITH

TUMBLEWEEDAs the creator and producer of “The Sound of Texas,” one of the longest running syndicated radio programs in Texas, Tumbleweed seeks fascinating people who embody the spirit of the Lone StarStateandbringsthemintothehomesandheartsofthousands.Blum the wood turnerMike Blum seems to be...

Briscoe commissioners approve new sheriff’s vehicle using SB-22 funds in March meeting

In the regular monthly meeting of the Briscoe County Commissioners Court on March 11, in open forum commissioners discussed contacting nonprofit entities for donating surplus supplies from the county.

Bring on the aging

“I think I am only 57, but the paperwork does not back this up.

A fireman with a PhD

TUMBLEWEEDAs the creator and producer of “The Sound of Texas,” one of the longest running syndicated radio programs in Texas, Tumbleweed seeks fascinating people who embody the spirit of the Lone StarStateandbringsthemintothehomesandheartsofthousands.A fireman with a PhDDr.

‘Aggressive’ hurricane forecast for Gulf Coast

AUSTIN— Colorado State University researchers are calling this year’s hurricane season forecast “the most aggressive” ever, the Texas Standard reported.

History’s storytellers

“The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error.”—Doris Kearns GoodwinMy wayfaring existence, with a great deal of time spent behind the wheel, lends itself to listening to audiobooks.Nothing quite takes the place of...

The 501

COMMENTARYThe tattooed and the non-tattooed. So far I’m still a blank slate. There’s time.For those of us on the outside looking in, we have a choice.

Attention to detail

Ah, the mentality of the five-year-old who whines to parents that he “really did take a bath” when the smell and dirt under the nails say otherwise.How about the students who wait until 7:56 a.m. to get that math homework done before an 8 a.m. first period class?I confess that sometimes I wash my...

Agencies blasted over wildfire oversight

AUSTIN— State agencies and regulators were heavily criticized at a Texas legislative hearing for failing to communicate during the deadly Panhandle wildfires, the Texas Tribune reported.The three-day hearing, held in Pampa, investigated the Smokehouse Creek fire and others that burned more than a...