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Texas Businesses Can Now File Same-Day Paperwork Online
Texas businesses can now file same-day and next-day paperwork with the Secretary of State online through the new SOSPortal.
Lufkin Chamber Adds Two Ribbon Cuttings and A Veterans Day Groundbreaking to November
The Lufkin chamber has three more November celebrations on the calendar, all at 10 a.m., plus a Nov. 7 Saturday with five events on it.
Video Is Changing How East Texas Businesses Reach Customers — Here’s What’s Working
Something has shifted in how people in our region...
The Data Center Boom and What It Means for the Rest of Us
Texas is being chosen, on a massive scale, as...
How Texas Growth Is Quietly Changing the Electricity Landscape
The state’s booming population, expanding industries, and new technology...
Understanding Fixed, Variable, and Indexed Electricity Plans in Texas
Electricity plans are often described with confusing terminology.
At their...
Farm & Garden
AgriLife Offers Five Pesticide CEUs in a Nov. 12 Online Class
Five Texas Department of Agriculture units, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 12 over Zoom, $35. Open to applicators and producers statewide.
The Best Thing for Your Garden Is Your Shadow
Cary Sims signs off after 28 years as Angelina County's ag agent with the lesson he values most: learn what normal looks like, then keep watching.
If You’re Going to Trap Feral Hogs, Catch Them All
Cary Sims found hog damage in his own Lufkin backyard this week. His advice: trap the whole sounder, or teach the survivors to avoid you.
Black hens, loud crows and the hawk overhead: what East Texas flock keepers keep noticing
Do black chickens really lose fewer birds to hawks? Do crows guard a flock? What the evidence says, and what actually keeps hens safe in East Texas.
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Angelina College Men’s Basketball Opens Nov. 2 After Calling Off A Scrimmage
Wednesday's Roadrunner scrimmage against Legacy Houston is off with no makeup. Angelina College opens Nov. 2 at Shands Gymnasium.
Texas Businesses Can Now File Same-Day Paperwork Online
Texas businesses can now file same-day and next-day paperwork with the Secretary of State online through the new SOSPortal.
AgriLife Offers Five Pesticide CEUs in a Nov. 12 Online Class
Five Texas Department of Agriculture units, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 12 over Zoom, $35. Open to applicators and producers statewide.
US 259 Widening in Northern Nacogdoches County Starts Nov. 9
TxDOT crews begin Nov. 9 on 6.77 miles of US 259 widening between SH 204 and the Rusk County line. The work runs through fall 2031.
Lufkin Chamber Adds Two Ribbon Cuttings and A Veterans Day Groundbreaking to November
The Lufkin chamber has three more November celebrations on the calendar, all at 10 a.m., plus a Nov. 7 Saturday with five events on it.
Red Cross Runs Through Its Halloween Safety List Before Saturday Night
Halloween falls on a Saturday. The Red Cross says skip the masks, add reflective tape, and remember kids are twice as likely to be hit by a car.
Salvation Army of Lufkin Opens Its Christmas Season with a Nov. 2 Luncheon
The Salvation Army of Lufkin hosts a Behind the Red Kettle luncheon at noon Nov. 2 on Angel Tree, the Red Kettle Campaign and volunteer needs.
Speed Networking, A Burger Battle Reveal and A New Art Show Fill The Week in Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches Chamber caps Speed Networking at 30 seats for Nov. 4, and Spot on Pest Control cuts its ribbon Nov. 5.
Model Trains and A Sugar Cane Mill Fill the Fall at Nacogdoches Historic Sites
Nacogdoches Historic Sites fills November with a free skills fair, the Loblolly model train display and gardening Thursdays for kids.
Crockett Fills Halloween Weekend, Then Lines Up Veterans Day and a Cajun Fiddle Night
Trick-or-treating on the square, benefit bingo in Lovelady, a Nov. 11 veterans ceremony and Grammy-winning Cajun music at the Ritz.