Pronghorn Habitat Aid Expands Across Trans Pecos Region
In the Trans Pecos area pronghorn antelope numbers have fallen about 50 percent over 20 years. NRCS and Texas Parks and Wildlife joined to restore habitat under WHIP since 2010, funding fences modifications at half mile gaps to enable pronghorn passage. Over 96,000 feet of fencing were installed in 2010 and 150,000 more under contract.
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Trans- Pecos
Chihuahuan Desert
Trans-Pecos
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
NRCS
Brewster
Presidio
Jeff Davis
Culberson
Hudspeth
Reeves and
Pecos
West Texas
Usda.gov
Texas group seeks reviews of residents in state centers
Advocacy Inc files suit in Travis County asking for impartial periodic judicial reviews for residents in 13 state supported living centers. Plaintiffs, identified by initials, have been involuntarily confined 32 to 60 years since childhood. Case targets officials including Gov. Perry and center directors amid prior federal civil rights scrutiny and a $112 million 2009 settlement for facility improvements.
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Houston
Texas
Travis County
Austin-based
Advocacy Inc
Anne Becka
Rick Perry
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Department of Aging and Disability Services
Mexia
Lufkin
Austin
Allison Lowery
Lubbock
Department of Justice
Justice Department
Fort Worth backs Kennedy memorial plan with statue water wall
Fort Worth city leaders endorse a SLS million Kennedy memorial to honor his Fort Worth visit before the 1963 Dallas assassination. The project by JFK Tribute Committee and Downtown-Fort Worth Inc would place an eight foot bronze Kennedy statue, a water wall, and speeches available for download. About $500,000 has been raised. city spent $250,000 on preliminary plans in 2000, with fundraising led by Taylor and Shirlee Gandy. Kennedy and first lady stayed at Hotel Texas on Nov 21 1963 and addressed locals before leaving for Dallas.
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Fort Worth
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Downtown
Kennedy
First Lady
Texas
Jfk
Suspicious package found at Sen John Cornyn office
A package delivered to Senator John Cornyns Farmers Branch office prompted evacuation of the buildings top two floors. Police and DPS bomb technicians examined a 14 inch box whose contents posed no threat and were destroyed as a precaution at a nearby vacant lot.
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Sen. Cornyn
Farmers Branch
Sen
John Cornyn
Dallas
Cornyn
Fice
Uth
Mark Young
Loth
Texas Department of
Young
Verdict in Hinojos case hinges on contested evidence
The jury found Hinojos not guilty on charges tied to sexual abuse after defense argued that police and counselors coached the children. Witnesses cited inconsistencies and a DNA match from the boy, while family members reacted with mixed emotions as the defendant claimed he sought medical care in Mexico for a ruptured testicle.
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Hinojos
Bob Leahey
Leahey
Harmony Home
Layh
Mexico
Bowie Archery Club Seeks Growth Amid Budget Pressures
Bowie High School offers archery as a club and a class, the only school in Odessa and Midland to do so. Principal Shelia Stevenson backs the program while the district funds equipment for class but not for the club. Students must pass a safety exam, and the group aims to attend the Feb. 25 state tournament in Waco with help from the Permian Basin Archery Association and local donors.
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Davila
Bowie
Odessa
Midland
Shelia Stevenson
Waco
Permian Basin Archery Association
Body found in Carlsbad freezer case prompts inquiry
Eddy County Sheriff's Office probes a freezer discovery south of Carlsbad New Mexico where a man identified as James Sharpe may have died in 1997. The body was found Monday by relatives cleaning a deceased relative's home on Haston Road and moved to Carlsbad Police Department before ECSO took over. Investigators note potential terminal illness as the prior cause of death.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Eddy County
Haston Road
CPD
ECSO
James Sharpe
Zuniga
Barbara Sharpe
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Kennedy Memorial
THE
Albert Cesare Odessa
Alex Davila
Bowie Junior High
PBAA
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