- Sep 3, 2010 Literacy Lubbock to benefit from First Friday Art Trail (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) On display through Sept. 30. 792-2723, ext. 3230. --Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, 710 Ave. K -- Clay Studio: Llano Estacado Clay Guild trunk show and sale. Martin McDonald Hall Gallery: Ceramics by Tom Hicks. more...
- Sep 2, 2010 Council moves to shift streetlight costs to LP&L, move lower tax rate (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) Council voted to raise taxes by less than a penny, or by about $10 on $100,000 of property, instead of an original plan that would have increased by $34 for the same property. Council also moved to add more than $2 million tied to cost of providing street lights into the budget of Lubbock Power... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Total HealthCare looking for improved leadership (Tyler Morning Telegraph) Webster said they are currently interviewing for that position. Medical director Dr. THC is the only FQHC in the county. Young was the third executive director at the center in the past three years. Jonathan MacClements, a physician at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, has... more...
- Sep 1, 2010 Perry visits Lubbock, touts school cost sharing plan (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) ...stick. Gov. Rick Perry stopped in Lubbock to lay out a state grant incentive for school districts to split the bills on their human resources, accounting, transportation and other administrative needs. Sharing costs among local districts would help them spend more in the classroom, Perry... more...
- Aug 31, 2010 High Plains Farm Tour joins restaurant industry, Lubbock area growers (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) Orchards, Pullen Produce, the South Plains Food Bank GRUB Farm and Llano Estacado Winery. Apple Country Orchards featured samples of fruits and vegetables from its farm in addition to items grown in other area farms. The growers had their own brochures containing all the products available at... more...
- Aug 31, 2010 City sees increased road construction spurred by recession, stimulus funds (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) ...portions of Northwest Lubbock through the loop were cut off as crews have worked to construct a diamond interchange at West 19th Street and West Loop 289 and a freeway bridge over West Fourth Street. Dianah Ascencio, a spokeswoman for TxDOT in Lubbock, said burdening Lubbock drivers with both... more...
- Aug 30, 2010 Commissioners set ceiling for hospital debt, consider closing "turn row" (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) ...more room for older patients available. Commissioners also set a Sept. 20 public hearing date to discuss closing a one-mile section of County Road 2300. Commissioner Bill McCay called the one-mile section between County Road 7500 and County Road 7600 "a glorified turn row" flanked by ditches... more...
- Aug 29, 2010 Sexually transmitted diseases remain trouble spot for Lubbock County (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) If the trend continues, the county will see about 530 cases this year, compared to 459 in 2009. Smaller counties with few cases were not analyzed because small numbers can skew the results. In 2009, there were 1,591 cases, health department data shows. The county ranks sixth in the state for... more...
- Aug 27, 2010 'A big gorilla' (Ruidoso News) It's going to cost the county more. more...
- Aug 27, 2010 Government spending, economy top issues during Neugebauer's town hall meeting (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) ...programs in this country on the table and go through them program by program," Neugebauer said, "and ascertain: What is this program doing, is it being administered appropriately ... is it sustainable." Neugebauer called the federal spending and borrowing situation a "tidal wave of debt" that... more...
- Aug 25, 2010 BRIEF (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) John Cornyn, R-Texas, will cover 95 percent of the project, he said. more...
- Aug 25, 2010 Highway fatalities drop (Palestine Herald-Press) ...-- seat belt usage, drunk driving and distracted driving public safety campaigns, safer vehicles, motorists driving less and safer roads. In a recent report, the Texas Transportation Institute's (TTI) Center for Transportation Safety estimated that the money spent on safety improvements in... more...
- Aug 24, 2010 Proposed pet ownership rules to be hot topic at Lubbock City Council meeting (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) ...mandatory spay and neutering -- is the solution to Lubbock's animal problem, according to a group opposing an effort to require spaying or neutering all pets in Lubbock. The Responsible Pet Owners Alliance plans to oppose the recommendation by the Lubbock's Animal Shelter Advisory Board that... more...
- Aug 23, 2010 Blue Cross customers brace for cost hikes (The Santa Fe New Mexican) The McDowells pay for a separate Presbyterian medical plan for their 6-year-old son, Rowan. The couple purchased BlueDirect B coverage for themselves more than a year ago. more...
- Aug 22, 2010 Blue Cross customers brace for cost hikes (The Santa Fe New Mexican) The McDowells pay for a separate Presbyterian medical plan for their 6-year-old son, Rowan. The couple purchased BlueDirect B coverage for themselves more than a year ago. more...
- Aug 22, 2010 New facilities mirror population increase at Frenship, Cooper (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) Along the sides, the steel beams supporting the turf room have been covered by a padded wall to protect the players, with 10 feet between the sidelines and the wall. Frenship's enrollment number turned into the UIL for the 2010-11 alignment was 1,877, an increase of 238 from the 2008-09... more...
- Aug 22, 2010 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate visits Lubbock (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) She wants the state to opt out of Medicaid and the recently-passed national health care program, which she estimates takes up about 26 percent of the state's budget. The rally is set for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Lubbock Courthouse lawn, 904 Broadway. more...
