Peregrine Energy gets attention of congressman; state leaders could take lead Welcome to the fray, Representative Chip Roy. Perhaps he can help steer the debate about the Harper Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) into a new direction that Harper residents will appreciate. Opponents of the facility...

F redericksburg Independent School District was ahead of the curve on banning cell phones during class time. But the state’s new law, House Bill 1481, finally puts into place a policy requiring public schools to ban the personal devices like cellphones and smartwatches during the school day. As stud...

In a recent edition, I read a letter which obliquely appeared to criticize the Trump administration for using DOGE to identify waste and fraud in the operation of the vast machinery of the federal government because it would result in the dismissal of a large number of employees. If programs or agen...

A person can tell if something doesn’t pass the smell test by imagining a proposal is being done by “the other side” in our proverbial political games...

E ating dinner is like playing golf or drinking wine. You can do it alone, but it’s a lot more fun with other people. And the communal nature of food ...

Flasher signals A troubling trend has developed among Texas drivers — driving with emergency flashers on, particularly in the rain. I can’t figure out...