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Heat relief resources offered to Dallas residents struggling to stay cool Published  article DALLAS - Before 100-degree temperatures get to North Texas, the city of Dallas partnered with Reliant to help vulnerable residents stay cool. Portable AC units and coolers were distributed at the West Dallas Multipurpose Center and the MLK Junior Community Center as part of the Beat the Heat Program. In the past, there would be cooling stations set up around town. However, with the pandemic, organizer...

Yesterday, <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/06/10/watch-live-houston-mayor-officials-discuss-efforts-to-be-safe-in-areas-hot-weather/" target="_blank">Mayor Sylvester Turner, Harris County Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia, and Reliant kicked off their 16th annual Beat the Heat Program for 2021.</a> Reliant has donated $70,000 to the Beat the Heat Program for the Houston Health Department’s Area Agency on Aging to continue offering port...

Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Wheat variety trials coordinated by the Texas A&M AgriLife at the research station near Bushland will be open for viewing on May 20 during the plot tour. Producers to view historic, current and new varieties growing in the field. Suggested Event Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021 While COVID-19 precautions may limit some activities, Texas A&M AgriLife is once again inviting producers to attend a wheat plot tour in person near B...

Byrd C. Curtis, director of CIMMYT’s Global Wheat Program from 1982 to 1988. (Photo: CIMMYT) The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) sadly notes the passing of Byrd C. Curtis, former Director of the Global Wheat Program, on January 7. He was 95 years old and lived in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, with his wife Eloise Curtis. From his studies at Oklahoma State University to retiring after a fruitful international career with Colorado State University, Cargill Inc. and CIMM...

School thing, lets eliminate that. that will save us some money, but the core functions of the program are sustained. thats how were approaching all of these cuts. on the light heat program, the home assistance heating program, we doubled the -- doubled the home heating assistance program when i first came into office in part because there was a huge energy spike and so folks -- if we had just kept it at the same level, folks would have been in real trouble. energy prices have now gone down, but...