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The community's regionally famous Fossil Park has a temporary location while the reservoir is under construction.

Top 2021 stories No. 6,5 and 4.

Work begins on a $490 million project to help fill North Texas’ water demand. The new lake still may not be enough Lake Ralph Hall is the latest project to help the region contend with one of the fastest-growing populations in the country. The first scoop of dirt was dumped in a truck following the Upper Trinity Regional Water District groundbreaking ceremony for Lake Ralph Hall and Leon Hurse Dam near Ladonia, Texas, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The lake will provide 54 million gallons of water per day for some 29 communities in Denton and Collin counties. The $490 million project should ...

BONHAM — As construction on Bois d’Arc Lake in Fannin County continues, construction on Lake Ralph Hall near Ladonia is about to get underway. Both projects are the only new lake construction in Texas in about 35 years, and both are meant to help address water needs as the growing Dallas metroplex stretches further into Northeast Texas. Larry Patterson, executive director for Upper Trinity Regional Water District, visited with Fannin County Commissioners on Tuesday to discuss Lake Ralph Hall. Plans call for construction to begin in June with possible wrap up by December 2025. The pr...

Bois d’arc Lake and Lake Ralph Hall, the two largest lakes to be built in Texas in the past 30 years, are expected to pump millions of dollars into the Northeast Texas economy while supplying water to a thirsty Dallas metroplex. Construction of Bois d’Arc Lake, northeast of Bonham, is nearing completion while Lake Ralph Hall, northeast of Ladonia, gained final approval in early 2020 with work expected to begin in early 2021. News about the two lakes takes spot No. 8 in The Paris News Top Ten stories of 2020. Constructed by the North Texas Municipal Water District regional water syst...