2023 | Year in Review

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

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Soar Into 2024 With a First Day Hike

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

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Gladewater council moves forward on $2.8M water project

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

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City begins cleaning up wood debris

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

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New downtown Christmas tree coming in 2024

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

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‘This is going to be a game-changer for East Texas’

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

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UPSHUR EYES DELINQUENT SCHOOL TAX COLLECTOR ISSUE

By Phillip Williams Upshur County Commissioners Court, meeting for the last scheduled time this year Friday, will consider changing who decides what law firm will collect delinquent school taxes

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‘This is a game-changer for East Texas’ | I-20 passenger rail rolls forward in East Texas

ETCOG’s Rural Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) hosted a press conference today partnered with the City of Longview to reveal that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has

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