Wet year dispels typical drought concerns – for now
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Gladewater and its neighbors are sitting at about 14 percent above the norm for rainfall this year. Longview’s the center of monitoring by the National Weather Service’s Shreveport Office, and Senior Service Hydrologist Emilie Nipper says the local total’s sitting at 26.92 inches of precipitation almost seven months into 2025. “That is a little bit
Read MoreApplications due today to fill KC board vacancy
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Press Release Kilgore College is currently accepting applications to fill a vacancy on its Board of Trustees following the passing of longtime board member Jon Rowe in April. Rowe represented the North Zone, which includes the Gladewater, White Oak and Sabine independent school districts. The individual appointed to this position will serve through the next
Read MoreStreets data drives new effort targeting roads infrastructure
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Download the City of Gladewater Street Index Download the City of Gladewater Street and Drainage Infrastructure Assessment There are 230 streets on the City of Gladewater’s new roads inventory. One, Hendricks, is in the ‘Excellent’ category after undergoing extensive maintenance. There’s a decent number of good roads, and the largest portion, about 110 roads, are
Read MoreTexas Freshwater Fisheries Center Grand Re-Opening Slated for July 1
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ATHENS – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) will welcome the public back July 1 for its grand re-opening following major renovations. Renovations commenced in August 2023, updating nearly 300,000 gallons of aquariums, adding new large aquariums, renovating the Toyota Fishes of Texas theater and other existing exhibits and
Read More Gov. Abbott Signed SB 4, SB 23, & HB 9 into Law as Part of $10B Property Tax Relief PackageÂ
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Saves 5.7M Texas Homeowners $484/yr, 2.08M Seniors $907/yr, & all Business BPP 2.5k/yr! DENTON, TX – Today, Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 4 (SB 4), Senate Bill 23 (SB 23), and House Bill 9 (HB 9), a key part of the 89h Legislature’s $10 billion property tax relief package, into law at the
Read MoreJury duty called off
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The Gregg County District Courts have been able to clear their dockets of all trials for the week of June 16, the District Clerk’s Office is cancelling jury duty for the week. “Anyone with a summons dated Monday, June 16, 2025 is no longer required to report for jury duty. We appreciate our citizens and
Read MoreCommunity celebrates Juneteenth, freedom at annual event June 21
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“Freedom Day” arrived in Texas more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and Juneteenth remains an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States of America. It was on June 19, 1865, that Union General Gordon Granger reiterated the order than all enslaved people were free, and the date
Read MoreNigerian-born nurse enjoys action-packed rodeo intro
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Yes, actually, it WAS Judith Randall’s first rodeo. Born in Nigeria, the permanent U.S. resident and soon-to-be citizen had a front row seat to the action at Gladewater Round-Up Rodeo Friday night. The newly-minted rodeo fan is a nurse practitioner by day after long-since finishing her training as an international student. “I came to study
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