 01/27/10 The West Central Texas Municipal Water District may become a backup source of water if the city of Abilene decides to provide the proposed Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center near Trent with the water it needs to operate.Tenaska officials have asked the city of Abilene to be the primary water source for the $3.5 billion coal-fired plant, urging the City Council to provide up to 2 million gallons ...
01/24/10 By JAY BRAKEFIELDSpecial to The EagleThe eight dark-haired young men look out from the photo with all the confidence and uncertainty of youth. The black-and-white image, on display in a Hispanic heritage exhibit at the College Station Conference Cent ...
 01/23/10 The Texas Newspaper Foundation Hall of Fame inducted four new members Friday night, including two past presidents of the Texas Newspaper Association and a pioneer in Texas journalism.
 01/22/10 Have you ever wished for one more chance to get on the football field just one more time, and really relive the glory days on the grid iron? Well now is your chance! Alumni Football USA, based out of Austin, Tx is currently organizing alumni games in West Texas.
01/21/10 n Access rampsare going inat intersectionsA year-long construction project is under way to install and remodel pedestrian access ramps at street and highway intersections in the Abilene District of the Texas Department of Transportation.The department is installing a total of 570 ramps in 183 locations across the 13-county area, including 106 locations in Abilene. Mary Beth Kilgore of the ...
 01/18/10 Whenever we talk of home, we think of a place where we can rest after a long hectic and perturbing d...
01/07/10 ABILENEUnited Way meeting: The United Way of Abilene will hold its annual meeting from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Abilene Civic Center. Reservations are required. For more information, call 325-677-1841 or visit www.unitedwayabilene.org.ANSONImmunizations: The Texas Department of State Health Services will hold an immunization, flu and H1N1 clinic from 10 to 11 ...
 01/05/10 The coldest temperatures of the season are expected for West Central Texas with the passage of an Arctic cold front late Wednesday night.
12/31/09 There is a chance of a rain and snow mix for areas of the Big Country this afternoon. No accumulation is expected at this time.
12/29/09 According to the National Weather Service, there is a winter weather advisory in effect across West Central Texas today. Snow is expected to continue across the area today with an upper level disturbance moving Northeast out of Mexico that will bring significant snow accumulations.
 12/28/09 Without two of starters, Anson Winder stepped in and netted 32points in a 79-62 victory for Bishop Gorman (Nev.). Winder was 11 of 15 fromthe floor and was good on 8 of 10 from the charity stripe for the Gaels.
12/28/09 Memphis commitment Jelan Kendrick scored 23 points, added eight rebounds and hit four free throws in the final 11 seconds to help Wheeler (Ga.) beat St. Edward (Ohio), 81-75, in a first-round game Monday.
 12/27/09 This has been a truly remarkable calendar year for athletics at the University of North Carolina.
12/26/09 January 2009Woman killed in crashSummary: A 94-year-old Abilene woman was killed in a vehicle crash about 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, south of Abilene. (Published Jan. 4) Area teachers are among lowest paid in stateSummary: Teacher salaries in the Region 14 Education Service Center, which includes the Abilene Independent School District, were listed in a report among the lowest in the state ...
12/17/09 Feist, Sufjan Stevens, and hell, even Pitchfork are getting excited. Nope, it's not the Jones/Tofurkey soda collaboration that's causing all the fuss; rather, Midlake are finally releasing a new album.
 12/15/09 Photo by Kathryn Yu This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for this year's Golden Globe Awards , and Karen O and Carter Burwell's score for Where the Wild Things Are is up for the Best Original Score - Motion Picture award. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman will do battle with four more experienced film composers: Michael Giacchino ( Up ) , Marvin Hamlisch ...
12/15/09 Front page photo by Bil Zelman Talking to Pitchfork last month, Midlake frontman Tim Smith talked about the heavy influence of British folk on the gentle Denton band's forthcoming album, The Courage of Others : "I'm really into the, as I call it, 'fair maiden' quality in music, a more enchanted kind of thing rather than a bluesy, down home kind of thing." You can hear that 'fair maiden' quality ...
 12/15/09 Steve Hopson This is special bonus addition to our series of posts about architecture in Austin by local architects. The views expressed in this post are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the outlook or beliefs of Austinist or anyone else in the IST network. This post is by Kristina M. Witt, a preservation and development consultant based in Austin, TX. Kristina has a BA ...
 12/14/09 Boulder-based Oogavé, a maker of agave-sweetened soda, recently received an $85,000 loan from Whole Foods Market to help finance further growth, Oogavé officials announced.
 12/12/09 MIDLAND - Devin Griffin scored a game-high 24 points Friday night as Coronado routed Midland Lee 93-34 in a District 2-5A girls basketball game at the Chaparral Center.
 08/10/09 Forward/center Magnum Rolle and guard Kyle Gibson, both seniors-to-be, are two of the best players in the WAC, but they aren't ready for the NBA right now. Both players tested the draft process this spring, but neither hired an agent and they then withdrew their name from consideration. | 
