Parking Too Close
Hank Billman has knocked on a lot of his neighbors’ doors recently. The resident of Colonial Hills — the neighborhood west of Texas Christian...
Does Untested = Clean?
Did the Trinity River Vision Authority cancel tubing events this year and last year because of high levels of dangerous bacteria in the river?...
Tasers Off
Four Tarrant County cities temporarily suspended their police departments’ use of Taser electronic devices in late September, based on what their attorneys said were...
Best Of Getting & Spending 2013
Customer Service
Readers’ choice: Spec’s, 2750 S Hulen St, FW
Critic’s choice: Marquita Sims, Whole Foods Market, 801 E Lamar Blvd, Arl
In the rare instances when...
Protecting Industry
A natural gas compressor ordinance passed by the Fort Worth City Council last week has closed a several-years-old loophole favoring drillers but simultaneously expanded...
Out of Sight, Out of Gas
A green alley runs behind houses along West Magnolia and Harrison avenues in the historic Mistletoe Heights neighborhood, providing city and utility workers access...
Nuclear Defense
More than a decade after 9/11, terrorism response plans at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant 40 miles south of Fort Worth still aren’t designed...
Shaky History
Downtown Fort Worth is partially ringed by close-in residential neighborhoods where many older homes are charming, some dilapidated, and some potentially historic.
In such neighborhoods,...
Schooled in Green
From Highway 377, Benbrook Middle School looks out of place. The modern-looking, brown-and-cream-colored structure stands in stark contrast to the cattle pasture across the...
Bluebonnet Brouhaha
In March, Mike Banta, head of Blue-bonnet Place Neighborhood Association, received what seemed to him a curious e-mail. It came from someone named Kyle...
