Some rural Texans could lose phone and internet service after the Public Utility Commission slashed subsidies that help providers offer service in sparsely populated areas. Money flows into the Universal Service Fund, which the commission oversees, from a 3.3% tax on voice calls. But a shift…
The lieutenant governor's request comes as distribution of the vaccine in Texas has been beset with miscommunication and technical issues that have created confusion for patients and providers, even as Texas outpaces other states in administering the vaccine.
A year-long investigation into allegations of animal abuse in Cooper is now in the hands of the county attorney, according to local law enforcement.
The Texas Department of Transportation has announced work planned in Delta, Lamar and Red River counties for this week.
Several Texas lawmakers said they would not vote to end the system of partisan judicial elections, which critics say allows for the appearance of impropriety if not bias itself.
While all eligible Texans under the first phase of the rollout can now receive the COVID-19 vaccine, doses remain in short supply and many Texans who are desperate to get vaccinated can't get clear answers.
This story is part of a multi-story project on the Top Ten stories of 2020 as chosen by the newspaper’s editorial staff, based on online readership statistics, hard copy sales and community feedback.
More homes and businesses in Delta, Red River and Fannin counties will gain access to high-speed broadband internet through the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction.
Lawmakers could face a multibillion-dollar budget deficit due to the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying recession. That will only compound the difficulties of balancing the budget.
This story is part of a multi-story project on the Top Ten stories of 2020 as chosen by the newspaper’s editorial staff, based on online readership statistics, hard copy sales and community feedback.
Consumers in the Red River Valley have not been deterred from shopping local during the Covid-19 pandemic, and that’s led to continued growth in sales tax collections for cities, counties and other taxing authorities.
Firefighters from four counties spent more than a day working a fire that started Wednesday at the PPF Cotton Gin, according to Delta County Emergency Services Coordinator Tanner Crutcher said.
The Texas Department of State Health Services recently updated the way it reports statistics about the Covid-19 health pandemic, and that’s led to a change in The Paris News’s Covid-19 tracking graphic.
The Museum of the Red River invites young artists ages 11 to 19 to submit artwork for its biennial youth art competition.
Researchers found that people who made antibodies to the coronavirus were much less likely to test positive again for up to six months and maybe longer.
Because of rising Covid-19 cases in Lamar County, Bishop Michael McKee, the methodist bishop over the Northeast Texas area, has halted in-person services for the time being.
A $900 billion pandemic relief package, unveiled Monday afternoon, sped through the House and Senate in a matter of hours.
The Ark-Tex Council of Governments met via Zoom and reviewed Covid-19 relief available to local businesses and took care of end-of-year housekeeping Thursday.
Businesses in Lamar, Delta and Red River counties dodged a bullet last week when the Covid-19 hospitalization rate for their trauma service area fell 2.53% in one day. Fannin County, however, was not as lucky.
The report also recommends that anyone younger than 40 who gathered with people outside their immediate household during Thanksgiving should “assume you became infected.”
Businesses in Lamar, Delta, Red River and Fannin counties could see their capacities reduced, per Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order, if the Covid-19 hospitalization rate doesn’t soon fall below the 15% threshold.
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