Eagle Mountain News

The City of Coquitlam has joined regional, provincial and recreational stakeholders in finding a balance for the land atop Eagle Mountain.

Arlington Superintendent Jerry McCullough issued a statement Friday apologizing for how the district handled President Obama's live speech.

By EVA-MARIE AYALA, JESSAMY BROWN and TRACI SHURLEY Jennifer Alcala didn't focus on the controversy that surrounded President Barack Obama's speech to students Tuesday.What captured her attention was the story he shared about a South Texas girl who spoke only Spanish when she started school but earned a scholarship to Brown University and is now a ...

Here's a daily list of recent activities drawing the attention of North Texas law enforcement.

School officials said an 8-year-old boy asked his teacher to go the bathroom -- and then stole a van and left campus Tuesday.

The uproar over President Barack Obama's speech to students continues.Tarrant County Democratic Party Chairman Steve Maxwell sent out an e-mail Friday with the subject 'The president isn't good enough for local schools?' The message urges people to contact school districts that are not showing the speech and ask them to reconsider.Obama is ...

By TRACI SHURLEY About halfway through a statewide effort to conduct fingerprint-based criminal background checks on teachers, substitutes and classroom aides, many schools in Tarrant County are getting their turns.Grapevine-Colleyville, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw and Crowley were among districts set to start this summer.

By JESSAMY BROWN As students prepare to head back to class this month, parents are heading to stores to make sure their kids are equipped with the many tools they need.Scissors, glue, crayons, erasers, hand sanitizer . . . the lists provided by school districts seem endless.

The Texas Watershed Steward program will host a free workshop Saturday, July 15, on protecting the Eagle Mountain Lake Watershed.

With a small fraction of voters going to the polls, Wendy Collins easily won a seat on the Keller school board in Saturday's runoff election against Brian Crowson, according to unofficial results from the Tarrant County Elections Department.

Placing an early childhood education center at the multipurpose instructional facility would be a more effective use of district resources, Keller school officials recently told the bond oversight committee, whose members were concerned about the number of classrooms in building plans presented last month.

Boat owners at Eagle Mountain Marina near Fort Worth spent the day taking inventory after Wednesday night's storms.

When the rotating storms passed over Eagle Mountain Lake, the owner of one of the marinas was there to witness Mother Nature's fury.

The storms have caused widespread damage across North Texas. Most of the damage came from the strong winds, flipping an 18-wheeler in Grapevine and damaging roofs and trees.

By MIKE LEE FORT WORTH - The most hotly contested race in Fort Worth goes into its final phase this week as early voting begins in the City Council District 3 runoff.

By BILL HANNA FORT WORTH - Forget sticking your toes in the sand at Twin Points on Eagle Mountain Lake this summer.Plans to build a beach and a boat ramp at a lakeside park - once targeted to open around Memorial Day, then July 4 - have been pushed back until next year.The culprit delaying its opening is a permit from the Army Corps of ...

One person was killed Monday morning when two cars collided at an intersection in far northwest Fort Worth.

By ANTHONY SPANGLER FORT WORTH - Richard Humphries is bewildered why his Eagle Mountain Lake home went up in appraised value by $55,000 and his neighbor's property stayed the same.The 77-year-old retired railroad worker, like many thousands of homeowners, does not understand how the Tarrant Appraisal District calculates its assessments, which ...

By MARTHA DELLER EAGLE MOUNTAIN LAKE - Officials have released the name of the man who died early Monday evening in Eagle Mountain Lake.John Dill, 64, of Fort Worth was identified by the Tarrant County medical examiner's office.Dill was reported missing by his wife, who asked neighbors to help find him, said Chad Lorance, a spokesman for the ...