/tags/east-texas East Texas en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:48:13 GMT /health/2022-04-25/experts-warn-residents-with-backyard-chickens-as-a-new-bird-flu-hits-texas State and federal agencies have confirmed Texas� first case of a “highly pathogenic� avian influenza, but commercial egg and poultry operations have so far avoided outbreaks and widespread losses seen in other regions. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:48:13 GMT /health/2022-04-25/experts-warn-residents-with-backyard-chickens-as-a-new-bird-flu-hits-texas Joseph Leahy /crime-justice/2021-01-04/smith-county-sheriff-pastor-dead-2-hurt-in-shooting-at-east-texas-church A pastor was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting at an East Texas church Sunday after the pastor confronted a man who had hidden from police in the church overnight, a local sheriff said. Mon, 04 Jan 2021 21:08:57 GMT /crime-justice/2021-01-04/smith-county-sheriff-pastor-dead-2-hurt-in-shooting-at-east-texas-church Associated Press, Miranda Suarez /health/2020-12-17/despite-surging-covid-19-hospitalizations-deep-east-texas-wont-receive-vaccine-until-next-week Hospitals in the region have surpassed the 15% threshold for COVID-19 patients, but weren't part of the first wave of vaccine doses. Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:25:10 GMT /health/2020-12-17/despite-surging-covid-19-hospitalizations-deep-east-texas-wont-receive-vaccine-until-next-week Jill Ament, Alexandra Hart, Caroline Covington /texas/2020-07-15/water-safety-another-pandemic-casualty-in-texas From Texas Standard:Drowning can happen at any time, even during a pandemic.But with more swimming pools closed to the public this year, there’s still a� Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:31:12 GMT /texas/2020-07-15/water-safety-another-pandemic-casualty-in-texas Sarah Gabrielli /texas/2020-06-10/invasive-beetles-have-killed-east-texas-ash-trees-for-years-but-now-theyre-spreading From Texas Standard:An invasive species of beetle, the emerald ash borer, has spread to Denton and Bowie Counties for the first time.The small,� Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:23:47 GMT /texas/2020-06-10/invasive-beetles-have-killed-east-texas-ash-trees-for-years-but-now-theyre-spreading Michael Marks /health/2020-01-15/three-texas-towns-vote-in-favor-of-sanctuary-cities-for-the-unborn-hoping-to-ban-abortion Three Texas towns recently voted in favor of anti-abortion ordinances, extending the reach of a campaign to create “sanctuary cities for the unborn”� Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:40:16 GMT /health/2020-01-15/three-texas-towns-vote-in-favor-of-sanctuary-cities-for-the-unborn-hoping-to-ban-abortion Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune /texas/2019-11-14/an-east-texas-marching-band-upholds-a-tradition-maybe-for-the-last-time From Texas Standard:As high school football season moves into playoffs, another kind of competition is taking place: the Texas University Scholastic� Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:03:18 GMT /texas/2019-11-14/an-east-texas-marching-band-upholds-a-tradition-maybe-for-the-last-time Alexandra Hart /energy-environment/2011-10-12/salvaging-timber-in-east-texas More than one-third of timber damaged by wildfires in East Texas has been salvaged and resold by property owners. Separate wildfires across the eastern� Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:33:36 GMT /energy-environment/2011-10-12/salvaging-timber-in-east-texas Jessica Mahoney