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Waiting list for rental assistance opens

Legacy CDC, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, will begin accepting applications for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program at 8 a.m. on June 23 and will close the waiting list at 5 p.m. July 22.

Bank backs campus building, career building

Third Coast Bank staff presented Lamar University students with a check to assist in sparking the institution’s banking school currently in the works to help students find a job in the financial industry.

GLO allocates $46M for Beaumont drainage

June 20, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham arrived in Beaumont to announce the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approval of more than $128 million in regional mitigation funds for 19 federally eligible infrastructure projects to improve streets, as well as water and drainage facilities.

Fragile materials featured at First Floor Friday

The W.H. Stark House’s First Floor Friday open house scheduled for June 23 will feature Miriam Lutcher Stark’s crystal collection pieces culled during the height of the American Brilliant Cut Glass period from 1876 to 1917.

H-J grad, team tops at military skills competition

For the past year, a former high school graduate from Hardin County woke up in the early morning hours to prepare for a grueling military skills competition. Sam Dickerson, a former Hardin-Jefferson High School grad and current cadet at the U.S.

SETX ‘hams’ it up this weekend

Ham radio operators from the Beaumont Amateur Radio Club will be participating in a 24-hour national amateur radio exercise from 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, until 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 25, operating the radio stations inside Lamar University’s Gladys City-Spindletop Museum.

‘Summer Stampede’ unbridles youth creativity

The West Orange-Stark Summer Stampede Kids Camp has kicked off with a bang, captivating young minds with an exciting array of math and science programs and activities.

Historic site expands hours, offers fishing amenities

Sabine Pass State Historic Site in Port Arthur is now open daily from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Specialty license plate available

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D. announced that Texans can now order their own Texas Adopt-A-Beach specialty license plate to help reduce litter on Texas beaches and provide coastal environmental education to Texas children.