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Plus: DISD is giving away this old school Share with a friend Good morning y’all, As you know, the region is very much in a season of reinvention. Corporations and sports teams are moving around, restaurant and entertainment chains are choosing to expand here, and we’ve been constantly repurposing old spaces for modern use.  Take…

And why is FWISD filming its classrooms? Share with a friend Barnacles! I mean, good morning. No, I’m not a marine geek or a SpongeBob fan (hi millennials), but I am fascinated with the City of Dallas’ new way to get delinquent parking tickets paid—barnacles. That’s the name for the device the city has invested…

Plus: This weekend’s events 🍻 Share with a friend Happy Wednesday, y’all, Monday’s newsletter featured a review of Fort Worth’s Coyote Drive-In, and hours later we learned the theater decided to close. After 14 years, the screens will go dark for the last time on Labor Day. It’s so sad to see one of the…

Plus: 103-year-old Garland business announces it’s closing—with a liquidation sale Share with a friend Hey y’all, Is it just us, or has August already lasted approximately 47 days? We’re officially in that stretch of summer when the seasonal excitement has worn off, but the Texas heat very much has not. So stay cool, makes plans to…

Plus: A pause on data centers in Fort Worth Share with a friend Cowboys fans: It’s time to officially start getting our hopes up again. 🏈 The first preseason game is Saturday. The Cowboys finished last year with a 7-9-1 record—and a defense we’d probably all prefer to forget. (But hey, the team’s considered the…

Plus: Do you have info on 3 alligators shot in Fort Worth? Share with a friend Well, North Texas parents: You made it. School is officially back in session. I hope y’all are surviving the scramble of backpacks, lunches, late buses, drop-off lines, and whatever else the first week of school has thrown your way.…

Plus: A free warehouse of school supplies 🤩 Share with a friend Happy Monday, It’s only right to start the week with a laugh. I just about fell out of my chair when I read this story about a greedy raccoon getting its head stuck inside a mayonnaise jar. This precocious rodent, neighbors eventually dubbed…

Plus: A month-long indie book crawl Share with a friend Happy tax-free weekend, y’all. If you ever need to buy anything, this is one of the best times to spend money in Texas. The 8.25% tax North Texans usually pay will be slashed for a ton of items, but there are some parameters. We’ve compiled…

Plus: Whataburger birthday deals 🍔 Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Good morning friends, If you missed it in my weekly FM Texas newsletter (Ehmm, what are you waiting for? Sign up today!), all this month Whataburger is celebrating its 76th birthday. This means deals for days! Today, you can…

Plus: Will Buc-ee’s sue this late-night host? Share with a friend Happy August, y’all! I have a college friend who just moved to North Texas, and she needs your advice. While I think I have great expertise in the nuances of this area, good advice is subjective and ever-changing. I’m sure you know someone who’s…

‼️ Don’t overlook this Tarrant Co. race Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Happy Friday, y’all! Well, it’s maybe not the happiest for my pro-cannabis folks. Today begins the latest hit to Texas’ hemp industry—a ban on Delta-8. After Texas issued a flower and smokeable hemp ban this spring, a…

Plus: The monopoly game for Texas cities Share with a friend Good morning friends, Many of you may remember that this newsletter used to have a section on Wednesdays that highlighted the strangest thing I’d seen on Facebook Marketplace that week. Even though I’ve removed that section, I still peruse the listings for funny and…

Plus: The data center convo heats up Share with a friend Mornin’ y’all, I need to admit something— I was today-years-old when I found out that the cartoon “King of the Hill” is set in North Texas. Don’t worry, I feel adequately ashamed. Since the show premiered in 1997, it depicted the fictional town of…

Plus: Fort Worth makes the greats list Share with a friend Hey y’all, If you’ve ever seen people protesting on a bridge as you travel across the highway underneath it, know that it’s a coordinated effort. All across the metro, folks aren’t just waking up and deciding to take an old protest poster board out…

Plus: This ‘grandma hobby’ is back Share with a friend Happy Wednesday folks, In case you missed it, the House voted to end daylight saving time last week, issuing a 308-117 vote in favor of passing The Sunshine Protection Act. The long days/short nights thing we have goin’ on would be permanent, but the measure…

Plus: Collin Co. residents need this salary Share with a friend Hey hey y’all, I’m gonna start us off today with a big YIKES of a story. CNBC recently dropped its rankings of the worst states in America and listed Texas as No. 2. 😫 The economic news site used crime rates, healthcare access, air…

Plus: Water activities in DFW 👙 Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Happy Friday, y’all, We can officially reclaim our metro again as the World Cup craziness is almost completely gone—the last bunch of watch parties are happening tomorrow and Sunday for the semifinal and final matches.  It may take…

Plus: This walking meetup is taking off 🏃‍➡️ Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Good morning DFW, Before we get into our local rundown, a reminder that I’m finally launching the Courier Texas statewide newsletter, Farm to Market Texas, tomorrow! This might be the “Friendship State,” but Texas is very…

Plus: Jaw-dropping food from a pink house 🤤 Share with a friend Happy Monday folks, ‘Tis the season for camping trips, and the Airbnb of camping, Hip Camp, has released its list of the 50 best campsites in the US. Texas’ only mention had an interesting feature—llamas.  Llama Land Ranch is a 101-acre property that…

Plus: A parasite outbreak update 🪱 Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Good morning, North Texas, Let’s start with some fun trivia, inspired by the wedding of the year. Over Fourth of July Weekend, pop star Taylor Swift married Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New…

Plus: Texas isn’t as patriotic as you’d think Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Happy Hump Day y’all, It’s appears we’ve done it—North Texas hit 100 degrees yesterday in the 3 p.m. hour. If you didn’t experience it first-hand, oh don’t you worry—we’re supposed to hit 100 again tomorrow. See…

Plus: Did you know Dallas once hosted a Formula One Grand Prix? Share with a friend Sponsored by the Texas Climate Jobs Project Hey y’all, After a long weekend, Monday can feel especially Monday-ish, amirite? But I can’t stop thinking about this quote from Katie’s story below. It’s from a Fort Worth resident upset about…

Plus: The Bible is now required reading in Texas schools Share with a friend Happy July, y’all 🌞 We have about two more weeks of World Cup action in the metroplex—the tournament’s semifinals will be the last event on July 14. I hope you’ve been able to experience some of the fun watch parties and…

Plus: Did you know Dallas has an OG copy of the Declaration of Independence? Share with a friend Hey fellow North Texans! My name is Noemi Castanon, and I’m Courier Texas’ new DFW intern. I’m currently attending the University of Texas at Austin, and finishing up my journalism and media master’s degree this summer. Over…

Plus: Everything is awesome at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Share with a friend Happy summer Friday ☀️ If you’ve started hearing a familiar summer soundtrack, it’s safe to say the cicadas have officially clocked in. There’s a popular theory that cicadas—which make their distinct sounds by rapidly buckling and unbuckling their abdominal membranes—can predict…

Plus: A 10-day Wingstop party 🐔🎉 Share with a friend Good morning, North Texas 🍳 Before we get to today’s headlines, I want to make sure you saw the information below: 👉 Mark your calendar: The city of Forth Worth is hosting a data center open house to “gather community input” on June 30. 👉…

Plus: Why Americans don’t have an appetite for soccer Share with a friend Mornin’ DFW 🥣 Watching the World Cup fandom has made it really clear that the US is one of the few countries in the world that doesn’t worship soccer (aka, football). Some theories on the internet attribute the divergence to a difference…

This weekend: Juneteenth + Father’s Day events Share with a friend Hey y’all, It’s been a busy week in North Texas, as the FIFA fandom has taken over the region and brought in so many spirited tourists from all around the world. With the volume of games happening daily, it’s hard to keep up with…

Plus: Meet the artist illustrating Dallas’ historic buildings Share with a friend Good morning folks, I gotta start your day off with a cool story we reported about on Friday evening. A 22-year-old student from Japan, who’s in school in Pennsylvania, decided he was going to bike 1,200 miles from Pittsburgh to North Texas to…

It’s official: Dallas is looking for a new city hall Share with a friend Happy Friday, y’all, The World Cup is officially here! Let’s start with a few updates and interesting stories about the event. ⚽ FIFA has dropped its no-outside-water-bottle rule, as much of Dallas Stadium will be in direct sunlight. Fans can now…