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Reaud Charitable Foundation donations.

Philanthropic foundation feeds hospital staff

News Staff

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Thanks to a “generous” donation from the Wayne A. Reaud Charitable Foundation, more than 150 food service, housekeeping and laundry employees of Beaumont Baptist Hospital received “massive” turkeys and three boxes of sides Wednesday, Dec. 22, according to a hospital representative.

CDC

CDC advisors recommend COVID booster for teens

News Staff

Thursday, January 6, 2022

According to vaccine experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), children 12 to 15 should receive a COVID-19 booster shot. A full CDC endorsement is still pending approval from the organization’s director.

Architectural illustration of the Gisela Houseman Medical Campus (GHMC) in Orange.

Orange to get new medical campus

News Staff

Thursday, January 6, 2022

NexCore Group and CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System recently announced plans to begin the initial development phase of the Gisela Houseman Medical Campus (GHMC). Phase I will be a two-story, 55,000-square-foot medical office building (MOB) in Orange.

IRS infographic

IRS sends info about recouping advanced credits

News Staff

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Just days shy of Christmas, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that information letters to Advance Child Tax Credit recipients began being mailed in December, and recipients of the third round of the Economic Impact Payments should start seeing mail at the end of January.

Walker

Editorial update: BISD bankrollees still in court

News Staff

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Although the state of Texas intervened and halted the rampant embezzlement and mismanagement documented at the Beaumont Independent School District in 2014 with a Texas Education Agency takeover, actors accused of pilfering the taxpayer coffers – or facilitating its occurrence – are still in court...

Some of the awards The Examiner has accumulated over the years.

Editorial update: Excellence endures at The Examiner

News Staff

Thursday, January 6, 2022

The Examiner’s enduring endeavor is to inform and entertain readers with issues that are most impactful to them by keeping a watchful eye on people with power and shining a light on those who might abuse that power.

Ford arena

Editorial update: Another year, another delay

News Staff

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Delay. Delay. Delay. It was a rush to buy, but nothing but delays in paying for the Ford Park Entertainment Complex that Kevin Johnson of Renaissance Development Group was allegedly ready and willing to execute in 2020.

Patients are treated in makeshift rooms at Baptist Hospital of Southeast Texas in September 2021.

Editorial update: Heralding local health care heroes

Scott McLendon

Thursday, January 6, 2022

While reflecting back on the stories of 2021, it would be nigh on impossible to find a Southeast Texan who wasn’t negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Examiner Publisher and CEO Don Dodd questions the governor of Texas as to when vaccines would make its way to the community we serve.

Editorial: Reporting the long game

Don J. Dodd

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Rarely do things conclude in just one moment. The same goes for the events that make up the fabric of our lives and of our community – and the stories that can be told of their happenings. We brought in 2021 still reporting on matters that started long before, and that’s how we enter 2022, as well.

Maddie & Tae

Live music schedule Jan. 6-12

Chad Cooper

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Brick & Barley (Orange) Sat., Jan. 8: The Vibes Wed., Jan. 12: Chris Hantz Blue Martini (Golden Nugget) Fri., Jan. 7: The Slags Sat., Jan. 8: The Slags Sun., Jan. 9: Jarvis & The Gents Dylan’s (Port Arthur) Fri., Jan. 7: Music Box Sat., Jan. 8: Johnny Jimenez Sun., Jan.

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