Blanket News

A heavy blanket of smokey air over El Paso is being blamed on wildfires more than a hundred miles away in West Texas and Southweastern New Mexico, officials with the El Paso Fire Department and National Weather ...

It's shaping up to be a long, hot summer for Good Samaritan Ministries, where financial concerns are pressing the organization's operations from all sides.

In response to outrage over wasteful spending, two ministries will impose rules for all government entertainment budgets, meaning that civil servants will have to use their own cash to buy karaoke machines, ...

The Woman's Club of Brownwood paid out more than $5,000 in charitable gifts to 11 local service organizations Tuesday.

"Two, three, four tell the people what she wore: That she wore for the first time today." So it is OK for scantily clad women to serve up a plate of wings, cheer on a professional sports team or sell various ...

“The number of issues that voters had to consider was high and its easier to vote no all the way down”

AISD officials consider their next move By Kristi Hsu Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Recounts and Runoffs Aspermont It will not be known if there will be a recount for the following race until May 19. via Abilene Reporter-News

Girl Scouts to be lauded for giveaway Local Girl Scout Troop 9449 collected more than 700 coats and blankets from area schools and businesses for Twin City Mission's November Coat and Blanket Giveaway. via Theeagle.com

The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for the overnight hours: A SIGNIFICANT FROST IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING AS A COLD HIGH PRESSURE CENTER SETTLES INTO THE REGION. via Waco Tribune-Herald

“Another way would be to put ice in resealable plastic bags”

By Celinda Emison Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Reporter-News photo by Nellie Doneva Pedro Lopez, center, opens presents for his 23rd birthday at an outdoor celebration in Nelson Park with friends and relatives. via Abilene Reporter-News

“We are trying to have 700 quilts by Saturday”

Herald file/JUSTIN COX Sandra Rowell, coordinator for Temple Killeen Project Linus, works on blankets during Make a Blanket Day at the Killeen Sew and Quilt Store in February 2007. via Killeen Daily Herald

Keep Brazos Beautiful handed out awards during a Mardi Gras-themed 25th anniversary celebration Friday night. via Theeagle.com

The Brazos Living section is taking submissions for its annual Summer Sourcebook of children's camps and activities, to be published in late March. via Waco Tribune-Herald

Best bets for Wednesday 1 OBAR, TAKE ME AWAY It's almost Valentine's Day, y'all! We suggest you love it up early by hitting Obar for a very special edition of its regular event Escapism . via Quick

“You don't have to sew to help”

Shop gathers patchwork of volunteers for 'Make-a-Blanket Day' VALERIE ZEHL / Press & Sun-Bulletin Rose Oswald, owner of the Patchwork Angels Quilt Shop in Endicott, will hold the local version of the national ... via Press & Sun-Bulletin

“Was Brownwood one street then?”

My Texas Ranger Grandfather Texas Rangers Among some of my favorite discoveries while digging in the family boneyard, the surprise finding of my great great grandfather Routh stands out. via Texas Trifles

“I found myself really soaking up the Southwest and enjoying it”

Lawrence Welsh has released his fifth poetry book, "Walking Backwards to Santa Fe." Welsh, an English professor who teaches writing and literature at El Paso Community College, has been featured in many ... via El Paso Times

“If we had known that the opposition was there we could have brought in some additional people to address their questions”

By Celinda Emison Monday, January 7, 2008 A contingent of landowners voiced opposition to the proposed Roadrunner Windfarm project during the Brown County Commissioners Court meeting Monday. via Report news

“This support was manifested by the recent passing of a $5 million bond to build a new high school and gymnasium that will hopefully break ground in March or April of 2008. Gorman is just a great place to raise a family that has a great school system.”

By Doug Myers myersd@reporternews.com Monday, December 3, 2007 Sixteen Big Country campuses have been lauded and included on a national magazine's 2007 list of the nation's best high schools. via Report news

Fall weather finally came to Texas today, ending an unseasonably warm November with a taste of winter-like conditions. via KWTX

“CW-1 understood that the cash payments from Hall were in exchange for calls that CW-1 made in Kuwait on several BPA's awarded by the U.S. military to Hall companies”

An Atlanta-area man under investigation over his dealings with a Fort Sam Houston-based Army major has been arrested as part of one of the Pentagon's largest probes of military graft. via MySA.com