Copper Canyon News

After last week's Town Hall meeting ended, the sum total of traffic on the southern end of town included a boy riding his bike and Jim and Judy Caplinger taking their pickup back home, where yet another Barnett ...

After concerns were raised about registered sex offenders working at oil and gas sites inside town limits, the Town Council will consider amending its rules to address the issue.

Traveling today, particularly if it involves the airlines, can be a hassle to say the least.

The city added 500 people after growing by nearly 3,000 in 2006. "That's kind of a surprise," Mayor Mark Burroughs said of Denton's anemic growth rate.

A conversation with Christian Wiman. Interview by Aaron Rench C hristian Wiman is a poet and essayist and the author of three books, most recently Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet .

Dis Bloom Day ... Posted 6/15/2008 7:56 PM CDT I am feeli ng dispirited, dissatisfied, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disheartened ... oh, hell, just look in the dictionary under dis-! Right now they ...

Even though the Chinn Chapel community no longer exists, Edd Painter can still roam its countryside through the pages of his book, June Bugs and Tabernacle Arrows: Remembrances of Rural Texas .

June! How can it be June already? Wasn't it only yesterday that it was New Year's Day? Well, I guess not.

Bill Lawrence, former mayor of Highland Village and Jana Inge, of Argyle have been named as Area Leaders on the Victory 2008 team for the Denton County Republican Party.

By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe and Lowell Brown / Staff Writers Voters will decide city and school district races across Denton County today, including the hotly contested Denton mayoral race. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“When we talk about soaring rates of diabetes among Mexican-Americans”

Tapping the healthy possibilities of Tex-Mex cuisine. This week in Houston, a consortium of doctors, nutritionists, community groups and politicians huddled in a pivotal meeting. via Houston Chronicle

“No one east of FM1830 got a call”

The city's new emergency calling system, known as Code Red, has proved successful since it was quietly launched about a month ago, City Manager Mike Brice said. via Denton Record-Chronicle

Hellchild's Excellent Mexican Adventure is over. She crossed the border at El Paso Texas today. via Coyote Gulch

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“With its proximity to Austin, San Antonio and Houston, Fayette County is an ideal rural retreat for busy families who want to escape the concrete jungle.”

Chasing an old friend's Ace history in Malta From Mack Palmer of Austin. I went to high school in Oklahoma in 1941 with Claude Weaver III, who quit and went to Canada to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. via Austin American-Statesman

“Somebody could be badly hurt -- not to mention the horse -- and there's all kinds of opportunity for that to be just a disaster”

Authorities in the Denton County town of Copper Canyon said they are looking for a motorcyclist who has been terrorizing horseback riders on a local trail. via NBC5i.com

“Why didn't I dance on the Champs-Elysees/when the crowd cheered the end of the war?”

To read poetry in translation is to accept your place at the receiving end of a complicated transaction. via Austin American-Statesman

The Creature of Copper Canyon This incident was reported to DAPS and myself at our monthly meeting, February 19th, 2008. via Coast to Coast AM

“We have an increase in calls on the east side and we want to protect our citizens equally.”

Confusion flourished Wednesday as county officials and emergency personnel began to sort out details of the closure of Hickory Hill Road, a major thoroughfare to the east. via Denton Record-Chronicle

Photo not provided by Lantana Links Crotch rocket users are getting more bold and brazen nowadays. via Texas Gigs