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The All Island Art Show took place at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs last Monday. After last year’s event was cancelled due to the pandemic, artists from all over the Island were glad to meet again in person to exhibit their art. Photographers, sculptors, painters, and more came to display their works throughout the Tabernacle. […]

Motorcycle club members listen to speaker inside brewery The local chapter of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club on Wednesday rode up to a Leon Valley brewing company to toast National Buffalo Soldiers Day. Members of the club hit the road to educate various groups about the African American army units created in 1866 by Congress to settle the West and protect its settlers. "We go out, we teach, we also provide help with community projects, whether its the food bank, whether its Salvation Ar...

Texas Public Radio Comfort Café in San Antonio sustained flood damage in July 2021. Owners say they have plans to make repairs. Residents on the citys Northwest Side saw heavy rains this week — and then they saw their homes flooded. As they clean up the mess on Dhaka View Street, some say the lack of city maintenance in their area is to blame. City of San Antonio Public Works spokesman Paul Berry said that stretch of Leon Creek near the flooded homes underwent a major cleanup last month an...

The North American Friendship Garden at Confluence Park opened Thursday following a ribbon-cutting attended by local government leaders and the Counsels General of Canada and Mexico.

Bob PennGetty Images Ground troops trained for space operations are too expensive to maintain. Space Marines would also require specialized transports to ferry them into space. Space Marines aren’t happening—not now, and not in the foreseeable future. That’s the disappointing news from a recent conference on science fiction and naval warfare. During last week’s NavyCon 2021, the U.S. Naval Academy-sponsored conference in which speakers discuss the intersection of present-day military ...

Listen • 2:52 The "Space Dawgs" at Burnet High School are a culinary team trying to make the best meals for NASA astronauts to eat aboard the International Space Station. A culinary arts team from a Texas Hill Country high school is one of only 10 in the nation to compete in a NASA contest to create an out-of-this-world dish for astronauts to eat aboard the International Space Station. Students in Chef Mike Ericksons culinary arts class at Burnet High School had to create...

Credit Courtesy of Whitworth University Whitworth University President Beck Taylor is taking another job at a private Christian School in Alabama. Taylor will become president of Samford University in Homewood, Alabama in July. Taylor has led Whitworth since 2010 and is its 18th president. According to a university news release, he will resign May 31. Before becoming Whitworth’s president, Taylor was the dean of the School of Business at Samford. In a statement, Taylor said he was honored ...

March 3, 2021, 4:51 PM) H-E-B shoppers loading groceries into a car on 6055 S. Freeway, on Feb. 22, 2021. Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday announced he was lifting a statewide COVID-19 order mandating people wear face coverings inside of businesses across the state of Texas. That means beginning Wednesday, March 10, you may see more maskless people than usual out shopping for groceries and other supplies. But while some companies have already signaled new policies to allow customers to go wit...

Lee esta historia en español. Some San Antonians lost water Monday night, hours after rolling power outages left residents without heat or electricity in one of the worst winter storms the state has ever seen. Officials with CPS energy say most households without power in San Antonio are experiencing rolling blackouts to reduce strain on the state’s electrical grid. Power out 16 hours and counting. Water pipes frozen too. Had to brave icy roads to find heat at a family members house that a...