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AUSTIN--Inland Environmental and Remediation agreed to a 90-day timeline to clean up its Altair Recycling Facility and take immediate steps to ensure contamination from the facility cannot reach Skull Creek, or face a potential trial in district c
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Four suspects that allegedly fled a Weimar police officer in a stolen 2012 Caddilac early Tuesday morning were captured just after 1 p.m., according to Weimar Police Chief Todd Jacobs.
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The city of Eagle Lake is once again without a police chief after the abrupt resignation of Chief Frank Briscoe this afternoon.
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(3:28 p.m. -- updated throughout with new background information.)
AUSTIN--A pair of administrative law judges early Wednesday afternoon recommended the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality deny a permit application for a hazardous waste landfill near Altair, submitted last year by Clean Harbors/Altair Disposal Services.
Read moreIncumbent Dorothy Wosterek was elected to another term on the Columbus ISD Board of Trustees, while Alex Seydler won an open spot on the Weimar City Council according to comple
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AUSTIN—The Lower Colorado River Authority has filed a petition to intervene in the state’s lawsuit against Inland Environmental & Recycling alleging violations of the Texas Water Code in connection with conditions at its site and contamination in Skull Creek.
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The Texas Legislature seems to have a pretty laissez faire attitude when it comes to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and its lengthy record of blunders, delayed investigations, inaction, and failure to hold polluters or industry resp
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