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Kilgore Rotary Club’s star-spangled fundraiser keeps growing

The Stars & Stripes are blooming in Kilgore again this week with Flag Day fast-approaching June 14 – it’s local Rotarians’ way of wishing Old Glory a happy 248th birthday. The Flag Program is Kilgore Rotary Club’s sole fundraiser, and proceeds fuel everything from the group’s annual shoe drive and dictionary program to scholarships and […]

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KC honor student earns spot on All-Texas Academic Team

Kilgore College Press Release | Kilgore College and Phi Theta Kappa honor student Shiva Heidari has been named to the 2025 All-Texas Academic Team and selected as a semifinalist for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Heidari, who serves as publicity chair for the Gamma Omicron Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at KC,

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ETCOG seeks nominations for Brownfield site assessments in East Texas

ETCOG Press Release | The East Texas Council of Governments is calling on cities and communities across the region to nominate potential Brownfield sites for assessment and revitalization as part of a new initiative to support sustainable development and environmental stewardship. A Brownfield is any property, typically abandoned, underused, or industrial, that may be complicated

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Commission awards ETCOG $250K for veteran transport with GoBus

Recently, the Texas Veterans Commission’s (TVC) Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) announced its largest funding in the 16-year history of FVA programs, with 213 grants totaling $46,315,000 to provide services to an estimated 40,000 veterans. ETCOG is proud to be one of the grant recipients selected with $250,000 of those funds to provide GoBus transportation services for

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Nonprofit cultivates reel talent for upcoming film productions

As a director, Kilgore filmmaker Chip Hale has been working with actors of all kinds for 21 years. With more indie film projects developing here and in nearby communities, the executive director of REEL East Texas is looking to cultivate a local talent pool of actors who are ready to step in front of the

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Kilgore College’s RangerPrint hosts community open house June 18

Kilgore College invites the community to an open house event at RangerPrint, the college’s full-service print shop, on Wednesday, June 18, from 2 to 6 p.m. RangerPrint is located at 713 Houston St. in Kilgore. Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the facility, meet the RangerPrint team and learn about the wide range of

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City temporarily boosts water treatment with ‘free chlorine’

PRESS RELEASE | The City of Kilgore public water system, PWS ID 0920003, will temporarily convert the disinfectant used in the distribution system from chloramine to free chlorine. The conversion will begin on June 9, 2025 and will last for 30 to 45 days. During this period, you may experience taste and odor changes associated

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State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $4.2 Billion in May

(AUSTIN) â€” Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.2 billion in May, 4.7 percent more than in May 2024. The majority of May sales tax revenue is based on sales made in April and remitted to the agency in May. “State sales tax collections grew solidly compared with May 2024,” Hegar said. “This

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Farmers Market takes root downtown Saturday

The Kilgore Farmers Market returns to North Street Saturday morning downtown. Foul weather or fair, sunny, sprinkling or steaming, the local wares will be waiting. Kicking off May 31, the summer market will run weekends through the end of July, according to organizer Alicia Clark of Clark Farms. The season’s grand opening runs 8 a.m.

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