Troubled Waters
When U.S Rep. Kay Granger pushed funding through Congress for the Trinity River Vision project — anointed as flood control, but really an economic...
Taking Lumps over Coal
Environmentalists protesting the pollution potential of industrial plants — electric generating stations, cement kilns, whatever — aren't that unusual these days.
So when several...
The Dems Dig Out
It may still be too early to sing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” but some Tarrant County Democrats are daring to hum it under...
Drilling Through Peace and Property
Carl Fors wanted out. The noise and vibration from the gas well behind his house were enough to make the plates in his cupboard...
The Gasfather
A one-page memo went out from Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief to neighborhood groups last month seeking nominations for the city’s ethics review committee....
The 2006 Turkey Awards
They thought it couldn’t happen to them.
Nah, we’re not talking about the Repubs, although it applies to them, too. In this case, it’s the...
Leaving Johnson County
In early August, 2006, Desiree Jamison, a 40-year-old former hard drug user in the early stages of a trial for leaving the scene of...
Portrait of an Artist
Hitting the gym three days a week puts a snap in Olive Pemberton's step. She knows about staying fit, having danced on Broadway and...
Curry vs. Moore
In the softly lit La Puertita, a former church that’s been incorporated into the sprawling Joe T. Garcia’s restaurant complex on Fort Worth’s North...
UTA
A small plaque hangs inconspicuously on the wall of Nedderman Hall, one of the University of Texas at Arlington’s engineering buildings. “An international tribute...
