2014 questionnaires from Republican governor candidates
2014 questionnaires from Republican gubernatorial candidates to the Avalanche-Journal Note: Not all candidates answered requests for the questionnaires. The candidates’ answers are unedited. read more
View Article2014 questionnaires from Republican governor candidates
2014 questionnaires from Republican gubernatorial candidates to the Avalanche-Journal Note: Not all candidates answered requests for the questionnaires. The candidates’ answers are unedited. read more
View ArticleStand up for America calendar of events
PUBLIC MEETINGS You can be civically active by watching your local government and decision makers in action.■ Monday, Feb. 24Lubbock County Commissioners Court; 10 a.m.; Commissioners Court, Texas...
View Article2014 questionnaires from county commissioner precinct 2 candidates
2014 Questionnaires from Republican candidates for county commissioner, precinct 2Note: The answers have not been editedMARK HEINRICH1. Why are you running? It has been an honor and a privilege to...
View ArticleFillies can't overcome second straight slow start as Wylie earns berth to state
Being down by double digits early Saturday afternoon was nothing for the Shallowater girls basketball team. They were in that very position just the night before.This time, however, try as they might,...
View ArticleDallas man, 17, charged with dumping victim on freeway from moving vehicle
DALLAS — A 17-year-old is held on $150,000 bond and charged with murder of a man whose body was tossed from a moving vehicle along a busy Dallas freeway.read more
View ArticleNeslony's second grand slam powers Red Raiders past Oral Roberts, 7-2
The biggest part of having depth and creating competition for playing time is players producing when they get their chance.With the bases loaded, no one is producing more than Tyler Neslony.The...
View ArticleLetter of the Day: Belated thanks for scholarship assistance
This is a simple and long-overdue, “thank you” to the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and Mr. Burle Pettit. The year was 1970, and I was a graduating senior from Post High School who had illusions of playing...
View ArticleBusiness Calendar
FEB. 25Lubbock Area Lights American Business Women’s Association— 6:30 p.m., Lubbock Women’s Club, Assembly Room, 2020 Broadway. $15 includes meal and program. Monte R. Ferguson, senior safety officer...
View ArticleMule deer, squirrel seasons top list of TPWD's proposed regulation changes
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing expansion of mule deer hunting in several counties and extending squirrel season into February across parts of East Texas.TPWD staff presented...
View ArticleArea Opinions: Texas needs to find the real Third World
Texas needs to find the real Third World Corruption had swallowed a small Texas town as the city’s police department allowed drug labs to operate without fear of arrests as the police chief and his...
View ArticleAt women's convention, Davis targets Abbott over Nugent
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis on Saturday joined Texas Democratic Party leaders in criticizing Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott for campaigning with controversial rocker and...
View ArticleArea high school golf, tennis, track results
GOLFRATCLIFF/DUNN TALL CITY INVITATIONALat Hogan Park Golf Course, Quail Course, MidlandDivision ITeam standings: 1. Wolfforth Frenship 306-306—612; 2. Abilene Cooper, 311-305—616; 3. Odessa Permian, I...
View ArticlePlains powers past Clarendon to earn state tournament berth with 49-41 victory
LEVELLAND — Up 18 points with just more than three minutes to play, Plains head coach Randy Henderson knew the last thing he and his team could afford to do was coast – even with a trip to Austin in...
View ArticleTech outfielder under suspension arrested on drug charges late Friday night
Brett Bell, who played for Texas Tech in 2013 but who was not on the opening-day roster for the Red Raiders in 2014, was arrested late Friday night on three drug-related charges.Bell, 21, was arrested...
View ArticleFrom the A-J's Pages
According to figures released Wednesday by the Texas Employment Commission, 6,100 people in the Lubbock workforce were idle last month, giving the city a 5.4 percent unemployment rate.50 Years Ago:A...
View ArticleAustin passenger rail line route unveiled
AUSTIN — Officials in Austin are recommending a route for a likely electric-powered passenger rail line project that could be headed to Austin voters later this year to decide on a bond issue.A 9-mile...
View ArticleBranch touts legislative record
GEORGETOWN — Long known as a powerful but pragmatic veteran of the state Legislature, Rep. Dan Branch insists he’s not running to his right in hopes of prevailing in the cut-throat, three-Republican...
View ArticleLCU women spoil UTPB upset bid
The Lubbock Christian University women’s basketball has a season-long track record for winning and the University of Texas-Permian Basin has been just as consistent at finding a way to lose.So the...
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