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For the longest time, it seemed whenever James Beavers walked out on his back porch he’d hear some kind of noise from the supposedly vacant forestland across the way. When he finally investigated, he came upon Harold Wells in the midst of the thicket. Hefting a gas-powered leafblower, he was painstakingly clearing the forest floor.

Gladewater’s Sasquatch is getting even bigger. With a bit of help from Gladewater Economic Development Corporation, local salvage grocer and auctioneer Martin Pessink aims to add an additional 1800 square-foot building at The Sasquatch’s Trading Post at 701 W. Upshur Ave. Gladewater City Council members signed off on GEDCO’s ‘Project Big Man Expand’ following a

JANUARY Gladewater began 2023 celebrating its 150th anniversary. The sesquicentennial celebration lasted all year with various annual events and celebrations tweaked to include the city’s long history which began in the summer of 1873 as the Texas Pacific Railroad began the push westward from Longview. To meet the water needs of the trains, a stop

AUSTIN— As the year ends, so does Texas State Parks’ Centennial Celebration, but the fun doesn’t stop when the clock strikes midnight. Kick off your resolution to explore the outdoors in 2024 with a First Day Hike at a state park, which will host ranger-guided and self-guided walks, bike rides, paddling trips and polar plunges

Earlier this month, the Texas Water Development Board approved financial assistance of almost $2.8 million for the City of Gladewater for planning, design and construction a local water system improvements. On Thursday, Gladewater City Council members unanimously-approved the selection of three firms to move the project forward. Seeking proposals, “We only received one for bond

Gladewater Public Works personnel put the city’s new wood chipper to the test last week alongside Mayor Scott Owens. It took about a year and approximately $45,000 to manifest (with East Texas Council of Governments covering about a third of the cost) and the aim’s for the equipment to circulate through the community regularly to

Gladewater’s towering downtown tannenbaum has seen its last Christmas. Don’t fret: The plan’s to have a new community Christmas tree in-hand well ahead of the 2024 holiday season, and Gladewater Chamber of Commerce’s Lois Reed has already priced a replacement at about $25,000, including shipping. She has the pricetag covered, too. In addition to about

In a few years, an East Texan will be able to hop on passenger rail here and go West to DFW and beyond to the coast, East to Meridian, Mississippi, and beyond to Atlanta, Georgia. It’s been a long time coming – almost 20 years of negotiations, advocacy and some arm twisting – but a