Snoop Dog, a 1,343-pound heavyweight European Cross, is the 2023 Junior Grand Champion steer at the Fort Worth Stock Show. And he’s about to make his owner a lot of…
Editor’s note: Made in Tarrant is an occasional Q&A series on small businesses started in Tarrant County. Submit your business here. MLNart Who? Megan Najera…
A pilot program in Arlington will map walking routes, sidewalk conditions, healthy food and city services in areas where residents face higher obesity rates, lower…
As warmer temperatures melt ice-coated roads, don’t be fooled into thinking conditions are back to normal. Potholes may be lurking in the wake of this…
AUSTIN — The latest high-stakes push to bring gambling to Texas escalated on Friday as Rep. Charlie Geren of Fort Worth introduced a proposed constitutional amendment…
AUSTIN — The 88th Legislature is spotlighting a significantly retooled Tarrant County delegation in the Republican-controlled Texas Senate, one trying to absorb the loss of longtime…
Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD is teaching students and their parents how to speak new languages. How? Through an after-school program called World Language Academy.
Fort Worth ISD District 3 trustee Quinton Phillips is asking voters to give him another four-year term on the school board. Phillips, who was first elected…
The sounds of the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo are hard to miss. Horses neighing. Hooves clicking off the concrete streets. Country music emanating from the grounds at the Will Rogers Memorial Center. With a guitar in hand, 13-year-old Mel Garsek set up his makeshift stage in front of a Chevrolet Silverado on display,…
If you’ve been to a rodeo at Dickies Arena recently, you’ve seen Jim Gay’s work firsthand. The way he describes it, he is akin to a talent scout for a football or baseball team. But instead of scouting out an all-star pitcher or quarterback, he has his eyes on athletes with four hooves.“We’re always reaching…
The North Texas commercial real estate remains strong, so much so that some Fort Worth firms are expanding their geographic reach. The latest is LanCarte Commercial Real…
Fort Worth’s downtown skyline could see some changes in the future thanks to a newly proposed zoning option for future development. This proposed change will maintain the…
North Texas is entering the third round of a winter storm that has brought thunder, sleet and freezing rain to the Metroplex. The National Weather Service expects up to 0.5 inches…
One of the most sustainable elements of Fort Worth’s new City Hall is also one of the most obvious: The former Pier 1 building, which will be home to a reimagined…
When she saw the drilling rig go back up, Kim Feil started closing windows. She didn’t want a repeat of 2013, when she experienced nosebleeds after natural gas drilling began at…
Nearly a decade ago, staff at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth realized they had a problem. Long before the Navy took over operations, the site was…
I captured my favorite image of the week on Jan. 31. For about three days, North Texas froze and halted most commuting. From Jan. 30 through Feb. 3, roads were hazardous — sub-freezing temperatures and “thundersleet” storms showered Fort Worth…
Off-road vehicle club members took to the frozen streets of Fort Worth to rescue stranded drivers during the ongoing winter blast. Porkies Offroad Club member Octavio De Jesus Gonzalez, who lives near Crowley, dusted off his Polaris RZR off-road vehicle…
As schools closed and sleet hit Tarrant County Jan. 31, friends headed out to enjoy the wintry weather in Trinity Park while others hunkered down at home to wait out the freezing temperatures and slick road conditions. A winter storm…
Last month, the Fort Worth Report invited us, two TCU researchers, to envision a session on listening as part of this publication’s Candid Conversations. We were eager to emphasize listening as…
Fifty years ago, responding to public demand in an era of reform, Texas enacted a sweeping law ensuring the people’s right to know about their government. The Texas Public Information Act…
When we started the Fort Worth Report in April 2021, we assumed we’d have to explain to you the need for a nonprofit, independent local news organization. Repeatedly, though, you interrupted…
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HSC is harnessing the power of simulation to teach medicine in a different way. Karen Meadows is the director of HSC’s Simulation Center an interactive, immersive space that offers virtual reality, augmented…
Where community development meets economic development, you will find Co.Starters. Jose Alfaro, CEO of Co.Starters, has a passion for artists, creative entrepreneurs, and small business owners. He says that entrepreneurs who…
Every entrepreneur knows that finding funding is difficult. And sometimes, investors want you to give away tons of equity in exchange for their capital. That’s where “America’s Seed Fund” or SBIR…