TTU chancellor’s visit brings focus on rural

Enology instructor Maureen Qualia, right, shows the lab used for wine industry students to TTU Chancellor Tedd Mitchell (center) and legislative assistants. ? Standard-Radio Post/Ken Esten Cooke

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December 8, 2021

Texas Tech University System Chancellor Tedd Mitchell began his talk last Wednesday at the Hill Country University Center with a joke about West Texas being so flat, “you can watch your dog run away for three days.” But Mitchell, a native of Longview, said rural

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County joins BESS facility suit

By Ken Esten Cooke Standard-Radio Post publisher, By Ken Esten Cooke Standard-Radio Post publisher

December 3, 2025

Commissioners file petition to intervene in lawsuit after safety, water concerns Gillespie County filed a petition for intervention in 216th Judicial ...

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War museum’s Bush Gallery will reopen on Saturday

December 3, 2025

The National Museum of the Pacific War will celebrate the grand reopening of its George H.W. Bush Gallery exhibition space on Saturday, Dec. 6 with fr...

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ICE, ICE, BABIES

December 3, 2025

Travis Hunter, of Idaho, pushes his daughters, Lola, left, and Finley at Eisbahn on Sunday. The proceeds from the annual skating rink go to Heritage S...

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Man gets life sentence for gas station murder

December 3, 2025

After 30 minutes of deliberation on Nov. 17, a jury in the 216th District Court in Gillespie County convicted Awes Singko Rapet of capital murder for ...

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‘Light the Night’ Parade will roll down Main on Friday

December 3, 2025

Televised event spotlights Fredericksburg’s Christmas This year’s Light the Night Christmas Parade, presented by H-E-B, will feature 150 floats rollin...

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NeedsCouncilannounces$25kmatchinggrantfromCreateHealthy

December 3, 2025

The Hill Country Community Needs Council received a matching grant of $25,000 from Create Healthy to expand its reach of counseling programs to serve ...

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