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Commentary: Modernize the infrastructure, or face future of more failures Henry Cisneros and William Fulton, For the Express-News Feb. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A worker in Dallas seeks to restore power during the arctic blast. A failure to invest in infrastructure is a failure to invest in our present and future.Smiley N. Pool /Associated Press The loss of electrical power in neighborhoods across Texas last week has been attributed to breakdowns in the ERCOT system. ERCOT, the Electric R...

What to know: Stores open in San Antonio today FacebookTwitterEmail A handful of H-E-B stores have had to close Thursday. Officials are pleading with the community to stay home and off the roads. The return of winter precipitation Thursday morning made roadways "dangerous and unpredictable," according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Some stores, like hundreds of thousands of San Antonio residents, were without power this week. The Central Market on Broadway was closed Tuesday due to ...

The city of Clear Lake is considering an amendment to its consolidated urban renewal plan that would allow it to provide up to nearly $1.5 million in financial incentives to two new commercial developments. City Administrator Scott Flory briefly reviewed the unnamed developments, including a 47,000-square-foot commercial and retail space with related surface parking and a 6,000-square-foot commercial space, and incentives with the Clear Lake City Council Monday evening during its meeting. City ...

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Big snow, record low temperatures set stage for icy week FacebookTwitterEmail The Alamo is seen early Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, after 3 to 5 inches of snow fell overnight. The Alamo was closed because of the bitter cold and snow.William Luther /Staff photographer A powerful winter storm unlike anything seen in 31 years, when temperatures fell to 6 degrees in San Antonio, left a thick carpet of snow on top of a layer of ice across San Antonio and the Hill Country on Monday. As bad as the storm was,...

U.S. Attorneys Office dismisses human smuggling charges on two women LAREDO MORNING TIMES FacebookTwitterEmail A judges gavel for the files.Bjoern Wylezich /TNS Charges have been dropped against two women who attempted to smuggle immigrants through Laredo Sector Border Patrol checkpoints. The U.S. Attorney’s Office dismissed without prejudice the cases against Becky Renee Landry and Tammy Ballard Cassels, according to court documents. Each was allegedly transporting four immigrants in the veh...

DALLAS (AP) — Snow and ice blanketed large swaths of the U.S. on Sunday, prompting...

The search for a man who made several panicked 911 calls saying he was trapped in an...

Imminent threat: San Antonio braces for rain, sleet, snow - and extreme cold Taylor Pettaway, Liz Hardaway, Madalyn Mendoza, Staff writers Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Michelle Manuel, 53, waits in the intake area of Haven for Hope on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The center is opening up an area as an emergency shelter area during the expected extreme cold weather in the area. Manuel has been on the streets for seven months, she said.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer The San Antonio region was b...

Imminent threat: San Antonio braces for rain, sleet, snow - and extreme cold Taylor Pettaway, Liz Hardaway, Madalyn Mendoza, Staff writers Feb. 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Michelle Manuel, 53, waits in the intake area of Haven for Hope on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. The center is opening up an area as an emergency shelter area during the expected extreme cold weather in the area. Manuel has been on the streets for seven months, she said.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer The San Antonio region was b...