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Sep. 3—MATTAWA — A candidate forum for the upcoming fire commissioner election for Grant County Fire District 8 was held at Wahluke High School on Aug. 28. The forum included two candidates running ...

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath is mulling what to do regarding WFISD and Hirschi Middle School. Hirschi Middle School's record legally requires state action. The commissioner gathered ...

AUSTIN Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian on Thursday issued a statement regarding the newly announced pipeline project, the 450-mile Eiger Express Pipeline, connecting the Permian Basin to ...

Valentina Gomez, a candidate for Texas's 31st congressional district, sparked controversy by burning a Quran with a flamethrower in a viral video, leading to her ban from all major social media ...

A Republican congressional hopeful in Texas has drawn condemnation after posting a campaign video in which she burns the Quran with a flamethrower while vowing to ...

The oil industry has given Texas families a good living. Those high-paying jobs and the black gold workers extracted from the earth were at the center of the region’s economy for decades. Oil has been ...

LONGVIEW, Texas — The oil industry has given Texas families a good living. Those high-paying jobs and the black gold workers extracted from the earth were at the center of the region’s economy for ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican who is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn, is endorsing Aaron Reitz for attorney general, Fox News Digital has learned. Paxton is ...

A terrifying collision between a train and an 18-wheeler in Forney, Texas, was caught on video. It’s a miracle no one was injured in the incident. WFAA reports that around 1:00 pm last Friday, August ...