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A federal drug fugitive with a 21-year-old warrant was apprehended in Eagle Lake Monday, according to reports from the Eagle Lake Police Department.
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A dark black, oily substance is again polluting Skull Creek in Altair, the Citizen has learned.
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COLUMBUS--In a small, white frame church just off Texas 71 in the area of Columbus that was founded as a settlement for freed slaves, the men and women of St.
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ALTAIR—Water as black as India ink, scores of dead fish, and noxious odors greeted environmental regulators and law enforcement at Skull Creek last week as the county and state agencies grapple with what may be the worst environmental calamity Col
Read moreAUSTIN – Tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 6) marks the start of the contested case hearing on Altair Disposal Services/Clean Harbors’ application for a permit to construct a hazardous waste landfill near its existing dump site in Altair, and Colorado County Judge Ty Prause is asking area citizens to ‘pack their room room’ to show their support for protecting Colorado County’s water supply.
Read moreOn Thursday, when Colorado County officials and citizens descend on Austin to show their support for the fight between Colorado County, its groundwater conservation district, and Rice Consolidated Independent School District, it will be a fight that has spanned nearly two decades and two generations.
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