What we don’t want, insists state Rep. Sid Miller, is “some Bubba flyin’ around, sayin’, ‘Pass me the beer and the ammo!'” The District 59 rep’s talking about his most recent proposal, H.B. No. 836, which calls for extending aerial hunting of feral hogs — which currently is done only…
Ever wondered what’s at the bottom of New York’s Hudson River? Andrews, a small West Texas town 350 miles west of Dallas, is about to find out.Last month, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved an application to allow the disposal of low-level radioactive waste in a site just outside…
On Wednesday, as you’re no doubt aware by now, the Dallas City Council voted to create three municipal management districts, or MMDs. They’re the first in Dallas, though Houston is often invoked as proof that MMDs do wonders for development. Which is no surprise, as they’re made for development –…
This Friday the 13th, fashionistas are expected to pony up a cool half-bailout–excuse me, half millionâ–at the 25th anniversary Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Fashion Show, presented by Stanley Korshak in the Hilton Anatole Chantilly Ballroom. The show will feature designs by Korshak and Brian Reyes, whose pre-spring 2009 collection includes…
Jeff Elrod’s work looks like what would happen if you locked a smart kid and a game-free computer in an empty room for 10 weeks. The Texas-based artist’s whimsical creations range from simple, childlike scrawlings to complex meta-paintings with titles such as “Get Off the Internet” and “Pong.” In the…
Rebecca Dugger, director of the Trinity River Corridor Project, was out and about on Thursday afternoon, selling the citizens on the need to redo the N. Beckley Avenue-W. Commerce Street intersection. But Belmont Hotel owner and developer Monte Anderson wasn’t buying.”I’d rather have nothing,” he said. “I’d rather have gridlock…
Today’s issue of Science features a study by U.S. Geological Survey ecologists Nathan L. Stephenson and Phillip van Mantgem about how trees in the Western U.S. are dying twice as fast as they did a couple of decades ago. Reached by phone in his California office, Stephenson said there are…
