Orange

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.

KOGT radio station in Orange Texas

News Shorts: KOGT ceases operations

News Staff

Thursday, December 30, 2021

An Orange-based radio station, KOGT Radio, announced that Friday, Dec. 29 would be its last day on air. According to a story from the station, “KOGT Radio, one of Orange’s oldest, continually-operated businesses, will be ceasing all operations Friday.

Dupont

Government seeks $3.4 million penalty from Orange company

Jennifer Johnson

Monday, October 18, 2021

The Texas Attorney General's Office, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice, named E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and Performance Materials, NA, Inc., in an environmental lawsuit filed on Oct. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Masks in school goes to court

A legal technicality results in reprieve for mask requirements on school grounds

Jennifer Johnson

Friday, August 20, 2021

Although the court has not ruled on the legal arguments presented as to Texas school district requiring the use of masks on public campuses despite a gubernatorial order to the contrary, the Texas Supreme Court did not order the districts to comply with Gov.

Hurricane Ike damage on the Bolivar Peninsula

TWIA seeking rate increase

Jennifer Johnson

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors voted Aug. 3 to direct staff to file a rate increase of 5% for residential and commercial policies in its required annual filing with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). The filing must be made by Aug.

Entergy Texas proposes new facility in Orange County

Entergy plans new Southeast Texas facility

Jennifer Johnson

Thursday, July 29, 2021

As part of its plan to meet growing demand across Southeast Texas and modernize its generation fleet, Entergy Texas, Inc.

Spindletop Center receives grant to expand services, access.

Spindletop Center receives grant award to expand access

News Staff

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded a grant of $2 million a year, for the next two years, to Spindletop Center, the facility reports.

Vehicle in the sun

Vehicle temps soar

Jennifer Johnson

Monday, June 21, 2021

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents that, at 70 degrees on a sunny day, after a half hour, the temperature inside a car is 104 degrees. After an hour, it can reach 113 degrees.

'Looking for a job'

Job fair open to all

Jennifer Johnson

Friday, June 18, 2021

Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas is hosting an in-person job fair in Hardin County on Monday, June 28. The event is free and open to the public. The job fair will be held at Young Youth Adult Fellowship Alliance (YYAFA), 170 Highway 418 W in Silsbee, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 p.m.

Fox Run Apartments

Orange man shot in chest

Jennifer Johnson

Friday, June 18, 2021

Within hours, Orange police reported that detectives had a “person of interest” identified in connection to a June 17 shooting that sent one man to the hospital with a chest wound. Orange Police Department Captain W. K.

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