Longview

Gary Borders: Notes on a rainstorm

Gary Borders — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:35:00 +0000

It's one of life's pleasures: watching a rainstorm from a warm, comfortable room at home -- and not feeling any looming deadlines. Commentator Gary Borders experienced one of those days recently, perched in his Longview study.

Gary Borders: On the final division

Gary Borders — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:34:09 +0000

Commentator Gary Borders reflects on how he and his siblings sorted through the material possessions when his parents passed away, and he has takeaways to share.

Ex-astronaut coming to Longview says NASA lacks vision today

Kate Archer Kent — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:39:10 +0000

He’s known as one of the most versatile astronauts and he’s coming to Longview to give a talk. Dr. Story Musgrave has pursued many different career paths. He’s a physician and landscape architect. A biophysicist and business consultant. He participated in six Space Shuttle missions, and left NASA in 1997. Today, he yearns for the passion of the space-race heyday of the 1960s, when he was tapped to be an astronaut.

Survey finds more women than men in East Texas homeless shelters

Kate Archer Kent — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:58:54 +0000

A Longview, Texas, homeless shelter is preparing to build a larger women’s and family shelter. The Hiway 80 Rescue Mission has seen a spike in homeless women over the past seven months. It’s currently housing 65 women and children, up from 25 at this time last year, according to associate director Rusty Fennell.

“We’re over bed capacity already. We’ve been over bed capacity for awhile,” Fennell said.

Longview garbage truck operator tests skills on international stage

Kate Archer Kent — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:33:41 +0000

City of Longview Sanitation Division employee Cris Hudson has advanced to the international competition hosted by the Solid Waste Association of North America, called Road-E-O. Hudson will test her skills in operating a garbage truck in Lexington, Ky., this weekend. This is the first time the city of Longview has had an employee qualify for this level of competition.