New council members hit the ground running

  Newly-elected Gladewater City Council members Karla Byrd and Kevin Clark wasted little time jumping into city business, questioning a contract with Gregg County over the new tax office annex which will be located in city hall. (READ MORE IN THIS WEEK’S GLADEWATER MIRROR)

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Lane Johnson gifts $500K to construct athletic training facility at Kilgore College

Former Kilgore College Ranger and current Philadelphia Eagles football star Lane Johnson has given a $500,000 gift to the college to construct “The Lane” Athletic Performance Center. The facility will encompass 3,800 square feet of what currently is a large, mostly unused locker room and dressing facility in the same building that houses the Parks

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SWEPCO Storm Update No. 10 – Ark-La-Tex Storm

At 11 a.m. Monday, SWEPCO is working to restore power to approximately 1,370 people in the Longview area who remain without power after the severe storms struck the Ark-La-Tex Wednesday. A work force of more than 600 line and service personnel continues to focus on restoration in areas of heaviest damage to the electric system,

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SWEPCO Storm Update No. 7 – making progress …

At 5 p.m. Saturday, 11,400 customers remain without power after a line of severe storms struck the Ark-La-Tex Wednesday, leaving 70,000 customers without electricity. SWEPCO has restored service to 58,600 customers. More than 500 line and service personnel in the field are working to restore power as safely and quickly as possible. Much of the

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SWEPCO Storm Update No. 6

  SWEPCO is continuing work to restore power to 13,500 customers after a line of severe storms struck the Ark-La-Tex Wednesday. At 10:00 a.m. Saturday, SWEPCO had restored power to 56,500 of the 70,000 customers impacted by the storms. Heavy rain and lightning today will slow restoration work and cause additional outages. More than 500

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SWEPCO Storm Update No. 5

5/10/19, 4:00 p.m.   With a work force of more than 500 line and service personnel in the field, SWEPCO is continuing its drive to restore power to 19,500 customers after a line of severe storms struck the Ark-La-Tex Wednesday. At 4:00 p.m. Friday, SWEPCO had restored power to 50,500 of the 70,000 customers impacted

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SWEPCO Storm Update No. 4

5/10/19, 11:00 a.m. More than 500 line and service personnel are working in the field to restore power, including crews from throughout SWEPCO and outside contractors, following severe storms that struck the Ark-La-Tex Wednesday. At 11 a.m. Friday, SWEPCO had restored power to 47,100 of the 70,000 customers impacted by the storms.  Crews are working

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SWEPCO Storm Update

SWEPCO crews are working to restore power as safely and quickly as possible to the 38,800 customers who remain without power after severe storms swept through the Ark-La-Texas Wednesday afternoon. The storms caused extensive damage to the electric system, including hundreds of broken utility poles and downed wires. By 1:30 p.m. Thursday, power had been

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