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SFA Experimental Forest to Close for Special Deer Hunts

November 25, 2015 - The U.S. Forest Service will close the SFA Experimental Forest December 2-4, while conducting managed deer hunts in cooperation with Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Plants Material Center which is located on the Experimental Forest.

Texas Attorney General’s Office Obtains Judgment

November 24, 2015 - AUSTIN – The Texas Attorney General’s Office today filed an agreed final judgment and permanent injunction that resolves the state’s legal action against 1SolTech Inc. and its three principals, Sandy Fardi, Hossein “Zak” Fardi and Ali Enrique Razavi. Under the agreed judgment, filed in Travis County District court, the defendants are ordered to cease making misrepresentations on the geographical origin and certifications of their solar panels.

Animal Versus Vehicle Safety Tips from TxDOT

November 20, 2015 - With Fall in full swing and winter approaching, East Texans could likely see deer and wildlife in or near the roadway. The Texas Department of Transportation wants drivers to be alert to the facts of motor vehicle crashes involving wildlife and offers driving tips to help insure a safe trip through the Pineywoods.

State Approves Funding for San Augustine Airport

November 20, 2015 - The Texas Transportation Commission approved $95,000 Thursday for San Augustine County airport improvements.

Commissioners approved the funding at their November meeting in Austin and earmarked the money for engineering/design for pavement improvements at the airport. A project consultant will be named later this year.

The project costs will be funded through San Augustine County and TxDOT’s Aviation Facilities Grant Program, which preserves and improves the state’s general aviation system.

SCSO Introduces New Inventory Tool Available to Citizens

November 19, 2015 - During a press conference at the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, Investigator D.J. Dickerson introduced an online tool available to Shelby County citizens called ReportIt powered by LeadsOnline.

Center Livestock Market Report for Nov. 18th

November 18, 2015 - Center Livestock Market Report

We will not have a sale on November 25, 2015. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Cattle Sold: 786 HD

Sellers: 51
Buyers: 45

What’s New at the Library; Thank You to All for Successful Fall Book Sale

November 17, 2015 - The Friends of the Library had a very successful fall book sale. These members work very hard storing and organizing an enormous amount of donated books for six month prior to a sale. The weeks before the sale, they set up an attractive display of several thousand books. Without their efforts, our budget for new books would be greatly diminished. Other unsung heroes of this endeavor are the buyers who continue year after year to show up and buy lots of these books. This is community recycling at its best and most rewarding for the library.

This Week At The Patricia Huffman Smith NASA Museum “Remembering Columbia”

November 17, 2015 - This week at the Museum we want to thank Todd Hellner for coming to the Museum to speak on behalf of NASA to several schools, including Martinsville, West Sabine, and Hemphill ISD. We also want to thank Michael Hare for connecting with us from NASA virtually in our classroom with these students. We look forward to many more events like this happening at the Museum and we hope that you and or your school can participate.

"Getting Off Scot Free" by Neal Murphy

November 17, 2015 - The jury finds the defendant “not guilty” to everyone’s surprise. Someone says, “Well, he just got off scot free.” People have been lamenting the fact that most people in this country pay no income taxes, and it is said, “they get off scot free” from paying taxes.

Author Neal Murphy Releases "East Texas Serendipity"

New book explores answers to life's many questions from author’s perspective

November 17, 2015, SAN AUGUSTINE — For author Neal Murphy, East Texans like him tend to see things from a more relaxed perspective and they are more attentive to the details given by Mother Nature. In "East Texas Serendipity - Discovering Stories, History, and Tales from an East Texan’s Perspective," (published by Xlibris) he shares some of the humorous events that happened to him over the years while living in East Texas.

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