Feb. 12--County residents may see problem roadways addressed in coming months as county commissioners on Tuesday approved infrastructure projects. The Court approved the request for qualifications for the 2019 road improvement project list and Highways and Streets Department Director Evans Kessey said the roads that have been selected are highly impacted by increased activity in the oilfield, ... Read More

Feb. 12--The National Butterfly Center has filed for a restraining order to keep federal agents and contractors -- who plan to build a border wall through the popular nature preserve -- off its property. The butterfly center, located in the small Texas town of Mission in the Rio Grande Valley, has tried for more than a year to stop the border barrier, which Congress approved last March. But ... Read More

Feb. 12--FORT WORTH -- AllianceTexas in far north Fort Worth may soon be home to one of the largest industrial buildings in the country. Hillwood, developer of the massive hub, announced Monday another round of warehouse construction would begin in March totaling 1.5 million square feet of industrial space. One building, strategically located between the airport and the BNSF intermodal ... Read More

Feb. 12--Construction has started on a $73 million apartment community in Allen. Sovereign Properties is building the rental community in the Twin Creeks development at 729 Junction Drive west of U.S. Highway 75. The 366-unit project will include a fitness center, business lounge and a resort-style poo. There will also be 15,000-square-foot medical office building constructed adjacent to the ... Read More

Feb. 12--In 2018, The City of Ardmore issued 760 new building permits worth a combined total of $65.7 million. This more than doubles 2017's total of $32.5 million, and according to Jessica Scott, director of development services, 2019 is shaping up to be another successful year. "It seems like there are people doing a lot of things with property right now," Scott said. "That just signals that ... Read More

Feb. 11--Developers of the huge AllianceTexas development north of Fort Worth are ramping up for another round of construction. Building is starting soon on three speculative warehouse projects that will add about 1.5 million square feet of industrial space, according to developer Hillwood. The new warehouse starts come just a week after Hillwood disclosed it was leasing more than 1 million ... Read More

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The state of Mississippi on Monday sued the federal government, claiming a dam complex in Louisiana that keeps the Mississippi River from changing course is harming state land. The suit seeks at least $25 million in damages and touches on one of the most sensitive engineering questions in the nation — the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decades-long effort to keep the ... Read More

Feb. 11--Crafting a public-private partnership could hold the key to financing a new $1 billion bridge across the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, according to members of a new panel tackling the issue and the lawmaker who helped create it. The commission, which faces huge financial and political hurdles, met for the first time last week amid speculation on whether some combination of tolls, ... Read More

VeraBank has bought the downtown Longview building it once leased and is renovating and improving the local icon - including its former top-floor restaurant. The 10-story building stands along Tyler Street, where there are no vacant buildings or spaces, according to Main Street Coordinator Melida Heien. Since 2012, Henderson-based VeraBank leased the first two floors and basement of the ... Read More