DTV Transition Ahead in Texas Highlights Challenges
The Digital Television transition will reach households nationwide within 200 days, with February 17, 2009 as the switch date. Texas faces higher analog use and border concerns, including converter box coupons, border broadcaster rules, and vulnerable populations. Authorities warn of scams and provide resources to help residents prepare and access public safety broadcasts.
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Mexico
Senate
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
United States
Dtv.gov
Open Letter Urges Thornberry to Act on Domestic Drilling
Rural Texans urge Representative Thornberry to push Congress to vote on drilling for oil domestically. The letter cites high gasoline costs, long drives for health care and groceries, and calls for bipartisan action to pressure President Bush to reconvene Congress. It singles out Speaker Pelosi as blocking action and urges Pelosi to fund her own gas.
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Pelosi
United States
America
Clarendon
Thornberry
Bush
Wind energy meeting backs off claims in Dodson
A Dodson town hall meeting drew about thirty attendees to hear Keith Davis discuss Florida Power and Light wind projects and county tax abatements. He warned of flipper lease tactics and noted FPL and MESA Power competing for wind rights, with two multi billion dollar firms courting landowners. The talk linked wind farms to new jobs, regional growth, and EPA plant closures, framing wind as a future energy path.
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Dodson
Dodson Town Hall
Keith Davis
Florida Power and Light
Keith
Collingsworth County
FPL
Childress
Wellington
Paducah
Vernon
Guthrie
Mesa Power
MESA
T. Boone Pickens
Westel and Carmichael
EPA
Briscoe County Celebration Rodeo Ride and Dance Planned
The 116th Briscoe County Celebration Rodeo in Silverton runs August 7 to 9 with 490 plus participants. Added money totals 22 500 across events with 2 500 per event as the largest Texas sanctioned rodeo prize pool. Activities include Slack at 8 a.m. Thursday, chuck wagon breakfast, Friday Night Dance on the Diamond, Saturday parade and crafts, barbecue lunch, and a Doug Moreland Band dance after the rodeo.
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Silverton
TCRA
Texas
Silverton Lion’s Club
Calvin Daugherty
Wood Memorial Arena
Lubbock
Main Street
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By Ace Reid
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Rayburn House
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC
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Colonial Manor I
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