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West Orange-Cove CISD Board of Trustees Linda Platt-Bryant, Tommy Wilson Sr., Gina Yeaman and Roderick Robertson; Natasha Garrett and Colin Garrett of G&G Enterprises; Superintendent Dr. Rickie Harris, and Trustees Tricia Stroud, Donny Teate Jr., and Demetrius Hunter

G&G Enterprises buys rights to name WOC complex

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District announced May 22 that the district secured a $1 million donation by a Beaumont company – G&G Enterprises Construction Corp. – in exchange for the naming rights to the new West Orange-Cove Event Center facility.

BISD Memorial Stadium

Doggett contracts with BISD to rename stadium

News Staff

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

All but one member of the Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) Board of Trustees voted to move forward with accepting an RFP that would infuse $1.1 million directly into district coffers in exchange for stadium naming rights at the elected officials’ May 18 meeting.

Caroline Gilbert Hinchee's Home in Beaumont

SETX home named one of state’s most endangered places

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Preservation Texas announced its annual list of Texas’ Most Endangered Places, which includes a home in Beaumont, at the North Central Texas Regional Preservation Summit on May 11 in Mineral Wells.

First Security Bank

Locally-owned Beaumont bank offers services from one family to another

News Staff

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Banking businesses in the news for massive merging – or all-out collapse – may make it look like a bad time to bring out a new branch, but a Southeast Texas veteran of the banking industry is proving there’s no time like the present when you have a service that can’t be beat.

M. Ray Perryman - The Economist

Off to school

News Staff

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

This week marked the deadline for first-year college applicants to many universities to decide about whether and where to enroll. It can be a very difficult choice involving a range of financial, educational, and emotional factors.

State chamber study supports incentivizing job creators with tax dollars

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

As the Texas State Chamber, the Texas Association of Business (TAB) recently released a new economic impact study demonstrating the critical importance of incentives in attracting new manufacturing projects and expansions in Texas.

Stephen 'doc' Watson - Heat and Humanity

In times like these

News Staff

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

For many people, coming of age in the late 1960s and early 1970s meant having to pass through the crucible of radical change, disruptive violence and the bare-knuckled polarization of ideas.

‘Let’s Go Fishing Y’all!’

News Staff

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Texas Sea Grant Communications Specialist Corley-Ann Parker produced a Guide to Saltwater Fishing Tournaments in Texas highlighting the state’s hundreds of saltwater fishing tournaments hosted throughout the coast, many with inshore and offshore divisions, as well as divisions for youth and adult...

Texas Ranked Best State in Business

‘Best State For Business’

News Staff

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

This year, Texas celebrated being named the Best State for Business by the nation’s leading CEOs in an annual survey conducted by Chief Executive Magazine for a record-shattering 19th year in a row.

Star of Texas Award

State seeks Stars of Texas

News Staff

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2023 Star of Texas Awards honoring peace officers, firefighters, emergency medical first responders and members of federal law enforcement who were seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.

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