Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles on April 17 entered an emergency action to stop a supposed foreign currency trader from soliciting Texas residents with the claim they can “profit off the coronavirus with forex.” According to the Emergency Cease…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced an $3.3 million grant award to the Texarkana Urban Transit District (TUTD) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed by President Donald J.…
Kids’ College 2020 will look a little different this year, and they are once again proving that innovative education can move southwest Arkansas forward. “With the situation surrounding COVID-19, we knew we would have to adjust our summer programming and…
Texarkana College and Texas A&M University – Texarkana will receive a total of $4,093,338 in federal grants to respond to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, U.S. Senator John Cornyn announced. The grant funding comes from the Higher Education Emergency…
Texarkana College recruiters are hosting virtual information sessions to help future students with enrollment for the upcoming summer and fall semesters. Like any other company, TC is facing its own unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, but to bridge the…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana has recently awarded 68 Regents’ Grants to students whose families have endured unexpected financial difficulties. The grants, available to students who meet certain criteria, are funded from the Texas A&M University System in College Station, Texas. To…
During the live stream announcement of the Student Television Network Broadcast and Film Excellence Awards on April 7, Texas High School’s TigerVision was one of ten broadcast journalism programs in the country to earn an honor in student filmmaking. Films…
In recognition of the unprecedented challenges resulting from the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19), faculty and administration at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana are giving students an option to elect to convert their spring 2020 grades to credit (CR)/non-credit (NC)…
FINDLAY, Ohio, April 10, 2020 – Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) today announced it plans to restart operations at its tire manufacturing plant in El Salto, Mexico beginning April 13. Measures to protect the health and safety of…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana campuses will remain closed to on-campus activity for the duration of the spring 2020 semester and will continue online/remote only methods of operation. All face-to-face college instruction will be delivered online throughout the remainder of…
The Pleasant Grove Independent School District Board of Trustees approved Ashley Barker for the Pleasant Grove Middle School Principal position in their meeting on Thursday, April 9, 2020. A current Pleasant Grove High School Assistant Principal, Barker will begin her…
Ricardo Vilar, a lead bladesmithing instructor and technical advisor at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana James Black School of Bladesmithing and Historic Trades, won the bladesmithing competition last night on Season 7 Episode 27 of the hit television show “Forged…
The University of Arkansas at Hope-Texarkana is proud to announce that Allison Owen has been awarded the Honors Scholarship to attend the College. This award is $2,000 per academic year. Owen is a graduate of Emerson High School. She is…
Early giving begins this week for donors looking to support nonprofits participating in East Texas Giving Day. The 18-hour online event is officially slated for Tuesday, April 28, 2020 from 6am to midnight, but donors are encouraged to start making…
On April 6, 2020, in Cass County, Texas, Christopher Allen Wooding, 44, a former employee of the Federal Correctional Institution, Texarkana, pleaded guilty to the charge of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child. In exchange for his plea of guilty,…
