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Memorial High School senior culinary arts students Temini Menor and Edwin Ayundis join the PAISD Child Nutrition Staff.

PAISD takes fresh approach to filling the workforce

News Staff

Thursday, July 6, 2023

As companies across the country struggle to fill their workforce, Port Arthur ISD has taken a new route to fill the needs at their campuses, as well as the gaps in workforce in the community.

Entergy Breaks Ground

Construction commences to ‘improve service’

News Staff

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Entergy Texas continued break ground on sustainable energy projects for future demands in Southeast Texas communities on June 27, this time marking a site in Galveston County that is expected to meet the growing electric demand on the Bolivar Peninsula and improve service.

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Playgrounds set for upgrades as summer swings into high heat

News Staff

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

“Rogers Park is probably the most heavily utilized park in Beaumont, and currently there is a gazebo which is barely big enough for one picnic table,” Beaumont Councilman Mike Getz advised fellow Beaumont City Council member during a June meeting in which the elected officials pondered parks...

M. Ray Perryman

Feeling the pinch

News Staff

Monday, June 12, 2023

Since 2013, the Federal Reserve has conducted an annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED), which seeks to measure the economic wellbeing of US households. In October 2022, 11,000 adults across the country were asked a variety of questions about their financial situations.

Shangri La hosts Sip and Stroll send-off as summer series concludes

News Staff

Monday, June 12, 2023

Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center invites the public to experience the gardens after-hours during the final Sip and Stroll event in their summer series on June 15 from 5-8 p.m. This event is offered in collaboration with Free State Cellars; all Sip and Stroll events are free of charge.

Crocket Street, Beaumont

Beaumont added to accredited Main Street America program

News Staff

Monday, June 12, 2023

Beaumont added to accredited Main Street America program Executive director Tom Bell was among the Beaumont Main Street (BMS) brimming with excitement as the unofficial start of summer also heralded in the official begging of BMS’ official designation as an Accredited Main Street America ™ program...

Indorama Ventures rises to industry leader with ratings upgrade

News Staff

Monday, June 12, 2023

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical producer, was upgraded to “A” from “BBB” in MSCI’s ESG rating, favorably reaffirming the company’s management of sustainability related risks and opportunities.

Entergy Texas reaches agreement for rate raise

News Staff

Monday, June 12, 2023

Entergy Texas has reached a settlement agreement with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) staff and the intervening parties in its base rate case filed in July 2022, pending approval by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT).

Dylan Getwood and Kevin Elgar

Abbott appoints SETX students as regents

News Staff

Monday, June 12, 2023

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed two Southeast Texas residents as student regents to their respective universities for terms set to expire on May 31, 2024. Appointed to Texas Southern University was Dylan Getwood, of Port Arthur, who is pursuing a degree in health information management at TSU.

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Good judgment: an expensive lesson

News Staff

Monday, June 12, 2023

It really doesn’t matter who said it first – Mark Twain, Will Rogers, or Dr. Kerr L. White – because everyone immediately recognizes truth in the pronouncement: “Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

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