Every day after work, veteran English teacher Staci Ely pulls into the parking lot of the Spanish Trail Lodge in Fort Stockton, a small town in far West Texas. She parks right in front of her door in the motor court-style hotel and settles into a small, recently refurbished room with an en suite bathroom, Saltillo tile floors, a mini fridge and Southwest-style fixtures.
Climate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, a study prepared immediately after the storm shows. Thursday’s research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates during the real storm to about 20 different computer scenarios of a model with Hurricane Ian’s characteristics slamming into the Sunshine State in a world with no human-caused climate change.
(NAPSI)—You may never have thought about it much, but your liver is essential to your life. It’s the largest solid internal organ and performs so many vital functions, including filtering toxins from your blood, producing bile so you can digest fat, storing sugar for energy, and more.
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) — Rescue crews waded through flooded streets and used boats Thursday in a scramble to save people trapped after Hurricane Ian destroyed a cross-section of Florida and brought torrential rains that inundated more communities.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its allies hit back at Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions on Friday, slapping sanctions on more than 1,000 people and companies including arms supply networks, as Moscow and the West escalated an already heated conflict fraught with potential nuclear implications.
State Rep. Brian Harrison recently welcomed President Donald Trump’s secretary of health and human services to House District 10.
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) has announced it is accepting entries for the 2023 Texas division of Wildlife Forever’s Fish Art Contest through Feb. 28.
Chris Roark, croark@cherryroad.com As Bob Turner and Terry Schick share stories about some of the interesting items they’ve discovered while metal detecting over the years,… Login to continue reading Login…
Chris Roark, croark@cherryroad.com Jerry Hollingsworth stood before a room full of attendees Thursday at the annual Mayor’s Coffee event inside the Waxahachie Civic Center and… Login to continue reading Login…
High-speed internet access could get a boost in Ellis County, but first a national nonprofit organization wants to know more about usage and dead zones. Connected Nation, a third-party 501(c)3 that works with broadband providers to help communities, states and federal agencies create solutions to bridge the digital gap, is working to develop a broadband technology action plan to improve quality of life for communities across the country.