THE ECONOMIST: 30,000,000 Texans
The Texas population now tops 30 million according to recent estimates from the US Census Bureau. In fact, the state added 470,708 people (measured...
BBB Tip: Preparing for situational scams in 2023
Every year, scammers and con artists capitalize on national, international and local situations to steal consumers’ personal information, time and money. While many scams...
A new bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers wants to highlight the state’s fragile water...
By Pooja Salhotra and Jayme Lozano
The Texas Tribune
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers plans to spend part of its time in Austin this year...
China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed
By JOE McDONALD
The Associated Press
BEIJING China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was...
Catholics rebounding from pandemic
Like most religious organizations, the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo suffered during the pandemic, but it’s taking a package of initiatives to help recover...
DAWNINGS: From trash to treasure
By Rev. Dr. Dawn Weaks
Pastor, Connection Christian Church
As we live into 2023 as a community, I would like to suggest new words for a new year.
I just completed...
ROMANO: Prices decline in December but still up since Jan. 2021
Consumer inflation has fallen to 6.5 percent over the past 12 months as petroleum and gasoline prices continue declining according to the latest data...
HART: New Speaker gets to run the best little whorehouse on the Potomac
“No government ever voluntarily reduced itself in size.”
– Ronald Reagan
After a rancorous debate, the GOP, which fumbled the mid-term election and only won a...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Council not following city charter
I have been following the recent actions of our City Council with dismay. The unwillingness of the council to specify why they terminated the...
GOOD NEWS: SRSU names international governing board for student affairs
ALPINE Sul Ross State University’s Director of Residential Living, Yuan Zhou, has been elected to the governing board of the American College Personnel Association...