Wichita Falls city officials met yesterday to discussing strategic plans and how they can keep reaching their goals for the city. They talked about improvements to City Hall, how to keep the eastern side of the city from flooding and ways to keep Midwestern State graduates from leaving town. Get more details about their meeting…… MORE
Recycling options are becoming scarce for some Texoma communities and it is hurting businesses and non-profits. Waste Collections based in Iowa Park is the company in charge of collecting the recycling. They placed 70 orange containers in cities across Texoma. But, one-by-one they have stopped collecting recycling from each city – Burkburnett being the most…… MORE
For $385,000 Wichita Falls City Council members approved Biggs and Mathews, a local engineering firm to update their sewer master and capital improvement plan. The Director of Public Works, Russell Schreiber told council members on Tuesday the plan is to give them a better road map for spending their maintenance dollars. Read more about proposals…… MORE
Changes to the Wichita Falls Memorial Auditorium are still in the works despite the failed bond in 2018. The design phase for a new Memorial Auditorium is underway and for the first time council members got a look at three options on the table. Read about those options here.… MORE
The President and Head Brewer at Wichita Falls Brewing Company, Matt Bitsche, said they had plans to release new craft beers and planned to start selling beer to Oklahoma. Now, they are in limbo because of the government shutdown. Learn how the shutdown is affecting breweries by clicking here.… MORE
US Congressman Mac Thornberry (R, TX) introduced a new House Bill to try to end the dispute between private property owners and the Bureau of Land Management. Rep. Thornberry said it will help give the property owners, Comanche, Kiowa and Apache tribes and the state of Texas a say in any new survey the federal…… MORE
A call to police on Friday morning led to an interesting discovery but no arrests. Read more about the woman’s actions here.… MORE
The Homeless Coalition of North Texas met on Tuesday to prepare for its annual point-in-time count, where they conduct a survey to see how widespread homelessness is in Wichita and 16 other surrounding counties. The coalition is made up of several non-profits who serve Texoma’s homeless community. More details about the annual survey can be…… MORE
Members with the design firm Kimley-Horn presented ideas to the Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee Tuesday morning for three of their projects. The projects include a new boardwalk, a boat ramp, and veterans memorial plaza “Today was their opportunity to come in with some initial design concepts to get input from the committee and members of…… MORE
The WIC office in Wichita Falls is open despite the federal government shutdown. The Wichita Falls-Wichita County Public Health District said the clinic at 1700 3rd Street will maintain its normal hours. More information can be found here. … MORE
