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Smith County lifts burn ban after Friday rains
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aA burn ban that had been effect in Smith County has been lifted.
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Texas Attorney General Paxton recuses himself from opinion, citing conflict of interest
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aAsked to weigh in on a legal matter close to his own personal criminal case, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recused himself from a request that could have constituted a conflict of interest.Among the duties of the Attorney General’s Office…
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Lower federal courts side against President Trump on border fence funding, 'public charge' rule
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aFederal judges in New York, Texas and California sided against two of the Trump administration’s key immigration initiatives Friday, the latest in a series of lower court rulings against the president’s push for new physical and administrative barriers to migrants.
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Family members: Man kills mother, aunt at Kilgore apartments
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aKILGORE — Family members say two sisters were found stabbed to death at a Kilgore apartment complex Wednesday afternoon and that the son of one of the slain sisters is being held in connection with the deaths.
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Police raised concerns about gunman 8 years before shooting
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aAMARILLO — Police reports describe concerns eight years ago that the gunman who killed seven and wounded 25 last month in West Texas might have been planning an attack.
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In the medical desert of rural America, one doctor for 11,000 square miles
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aVAN HORN — He woke up to the sound of an ambulance’s siren, knowing that the ambulance would soon be delivering another patient to him. Dr. Ed Garner, 68, changed into medical scrubs and walked out to his truck. He…
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'The president of the United States is the whistleblower,' Stephen Miller says
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aWhite House senior adviser Stephen Miller said Sunday that President Donald Trump is the true whistleblower, days after the release of a seven-page complaint in which a government whistleblower alleged that Trump had misused his office for personal gain, endangered…
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Annual sailing event at Lake O' The Pines challenges navigational skills with light winds
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aLAKE O’ THE PINES — Waters were placid but enthusiasm high Saturday at Lake O’ the Pines as 27 teams took to the water to race sailboats they built.
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President George W. Bush to speak in Longview in December to kick off new East Texas series
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aFormer President George W. Bush is set to speak in Longview in December as the inaugural program in a regional speaker series being launched by the News-Journal and other leading institutions across East Texas.
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SFA nursing masters to get accreditation visit
www.news-journal.com - RSS Results in news of type article M j, Y | g:i aStephen F. Austin State University’s DeWitt School of Nursing will have a site review for initial accreditation of its Master of Science in Nursing family nurse practitioner program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.
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