During the May 18, 2020 V.I.S.D. Board of Trustees meeting, the Board has approved a contract with G&G Enterprises Construction Corporation of Port Arthur to rebuild the Oak Forest Elementary... + continue reading
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Did your Texas Drivers’ License (TDL) expire during the Governor’s COVID-19 “Stay at Home’ order? Did your TDL come up for renewal during the time when all Texas Department of Public Safety Drivers’ License Offices were ordered closed due to COVID-19? Were you on the verge of being ready to upgrade from a Provisional Drivers’ License to a Class C... + continue reading
Right Place, Right TimeA Hardin County game warden was patrolling Village Creek by boat when he came across a woman in distress at just the right time. Two ladies had been paddling in two separate canoes when one of the women flipped over in deep water with a strong current and couldn’t get loose from the trees or get her belongings out of the... + continue reading
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A United Christian Care Center of Vidor volunteer loads food in the back seat of car for a family in need on Tuesday morning. The UCCC is running out of food and needs your donations. Photo by Goerge Garza
According to Maureen McAllister, President and CEO of the United Way of Orange County, five Orange County food pantries are running short of non-perishable commodities to provide for those in need. Those food pantries include, Bridge City/ Orangefield Ministerial Alliance; Mission Office, First Baptist Church Orange; Orange Christian Services; The... + continue reading
The now closed former Capital One Bank Building in the 1200 block of North Main Street is being considered by the Vidor I.S.D. School Board of Trustees as a possible replacement for the current V.I.S.D. Administration Building in the 100 block of E. Bolivar. Photo by George Garza
During the March 12 th , 2020 Vidor I.S.D. School Board of Trustees meeting the Board voted to authorize the School District Administration to begin an exploration into the possibility of acquiring the former Capital One Bank building in the 1200 block of North Main Street for use as a future consolidated Vidor I.S.D. Administration Building.For... + continue reading
This map shows the latest proposed Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Coastal Storm Risk Project levee and storm wall alignment path in Orange County only. It is unclear if this proposed alignment is the final proposed storm protection structure path for Orange County.
The six southeast Texas coastal counties Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay Coastal Storm Risk Project, sometimes known as the “Ike Dike Project” is nearing the culmination of pre-project agreements between Orange County, the Orange County Drainage District, other Texas Counties and the Texas General Land Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The... + continue reading
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Right Place, Right TimeA Hardin County game warden was patrolling Village Creek by boat when he came across a woman in distress at just the right time. Two ladies had been paddling in two separate... + continue reading
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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on May 18 allowed restaurants to increase occupancy to 50% and relaxed his earlier executive orders that limited certain other public activities over the last two months to... + continue reading
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Danielle Crossley (seated), DJ Melancon and Mahlon Butler model the electric vehicle they created in Vidor ISD ACE. This was a combined project in which Mr. Howard Bailey’s Environmental... + continue reading
Kay Pressley, a member of the Crafty Ladies Club of the Texas Extension Education Association in Rains County, shows some of the cloth face masks she made as part of Operation Face Mask. Photo courtesy of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
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