Rhonda Oaks

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Rhonda Oaks is the Public Information Officer for the nine-county Lufkin District of the Texas Department of Transportation. A Lufkin native, she is a graduate of Hudson High School and Angelina College. She has a background in print journalism and worked for many years as a newspaper reporter and a freelance writer. She has received eight Associated Press awards. Her articles have been published in many publications over the past 25 years.

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Pre-Construction Meetings Held for New Projects

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LUFKIN – Three pre-construction projects were held in the Lufkin Area Office this week signaling the beginning of new construction projects. SH 287 is set for a...

Meeting Signals New Construction in Polk County

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LUFKIN – A pre-construction meeting was held Wednesday at the Livingston Area Office that signals the beginning of a construction project in Polk County. Contractors and TxDOT...

New Traffic Signal Set for Activation in Angelina County

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LUFKIN - Motorists should remain alert beginning next week on SH 103 at FM 842 as crews activate a new traffic signal. Commissioners recently...

TxDOT Partners with DPS to Help End the Streak of Daily Deaths on Texas Roadways

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AUSTIN – Every day for the past 24 years someone has died on a Texas roadway. Every. Single. Day. On the anniversary of the last deathless...

Commissioners Approve Projects for District

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LUFKIN – Texas Transportation Commissioners on Thursday approved more than $1 billion in new construction projects statewide, with more than $15 million earmarked for the...
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Still Time to Plant: A Fall Garden Guide for Forest Country

Farm & Garden
Sixty days to the average first freeze in Lufkin. Broccoli and cabbage are at the wire, but greens, roots and garlic still have a season ahead of them.

Burn Bans Split Forest Country as Drought Settles In the North

Weather
Six of our twelve counties were under burn bans as of last Friday while three others lifted theirs after Tropical Storm Edouard. Every county in the region now reads above the threshold where fire burns actively.

Texas A&M Forest Service Awards Nearly $5 Million to Rural Volunteer Fire Departments 

Community
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M Forest Service awarded...

Texas A&M Forest Service awards over $450,000 in Community Wildfire Risk Reduction Grants

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas communities will be more...
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