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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.
April shopping brings May tax allocations

April shopping brings May tax allocations

April shopping brings May tax allocations

News Staff
Monday, June 12, 2023
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported that state sales tax revenue totaled $3.84 billion in May, 4.1% more than in May 2022. The majority of May sales tax revenue is based on sales made in April and remitted to the agency in May, the comptroller’s office details.
Maritime Celebration makes waves in Port Arthur

Maritime Celebration makes waves in Port Arthur

Maritime Celebration makes waves in Port Arthur

News Staff
Thursday, June 8, 2023
The Port of Port Arthur and the Port Arthur International Seafarers’ Center hosted the 5th annual Texas National Maritime Celebration on May 18 at the Robert A. “Bob” Bowers Civic Center. With nearly 300 attendees, the event honored the past and bright future of the maritime industry.
Beaumont doctor named next Texas Medical Association president

Beaumont doctor named next Texas Medical Association president

Beaumont doctor named next Texas Medical Association president

News Staff
Thursday, June 8, 2023
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) elected Beaumont anesthesiologist G. Ray Callas, MD, presidentelect during TexMed, the association’s annual conference, recently held in Fort Worth. Callas will serve in this role for one year, after which he will be installed as president.
Wayne A. Reaud

Wayne A. Reaud

Impactful educators awarded

News Staff
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Although $2.9 million has been put directly in hands of 209 local educators over the last 14 years, Beaumont Foundation Chairman and Reaud Excellence in Education Award founder Wayne A.
Chad Anderson, Michael Mustian, Mark Skobel, Randy Sonnier

Chad Anderson, Michael Mustian, Mark Skobel, Randy Sonnier

First-ever ‘Leaders of Industry’ named by local BBB

News Staff
Thursday, June 8, 2023
BBB Southeast Texas will bestow a new title during the highly-anticipated Torch Award lineup, using similar criteria as used to determine Torch Awards for Ethics recipients to name four “Leaders of Industry” in conjunction with the annual event.
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

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

News Staff
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.
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