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Giesbrecht, Klassen to Perform with Texas All-State Choir


Jessica Giesbrecht and Angie Klassen, members of Seminole High School’s A cappella Choir, will perform with the Texas All-State Choir in San Antonio, Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Henry B. González Convention Center as part of the 2023 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. The concert will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Stars at Night Ballroom.

 Jessica Giesbrecht and Angie Klassen, members of Seminole High School’s A cappella Choir, will perform with the Texas All-State Choir in San Antonio, Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the Henry B. González Convention Center as part of the 2023 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention. The concert will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the Stars at Night Ballroom.  ...

BREAKING: Billings, MT Can’t Substantiate Report of Explosion in Air Where Chinese Spy Balloon Had Been

We wrote earlier about a reported explosion over Billings, Montana. The video allegedly shot by a local woman, Dolly Moore, shows the trail of something allegedly falling and, she reported,… ...

Balloons Aren’t Just for Kids’ Parties–They Can Launch Bombs, Drone Swarms and Even EMP Attacks

(The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.) Upon hearing that there’s at least one Chinese surveillance balloon drifting over the… ...

Fun things to do in Texas Hill Country beyond wine tasting


The hills are alive with two-stepping, cliff jumping and mountain biking.

 The hills are alive with two-stepping, cliff jumping and mountain biking.  ...

GOP Senator Demands ‘Immediate Answers’ From the Biden DoD on Chinese Spy Balloon’s Threat to ‘Critical Military Infrastructure’

On Thursday night, we reported that the U.S. government was tracking a Chinese spy balloon that was flying through airspace over the continental U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy requested a… ...

High School Swimmer Disqualified Because American Flag on His Cap Was .2 Inches Too Large

(The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.) A New Jersey high school swimmer from Morristown High was disqualified from a… ...

Jonathan Turley Skewers the New Legal Strategy of Hunter Biden on Laptop

We’ve reported on the effort by Hunter Biden’s attorneys to get more aggressive, appealing to the Justice Department and the Delaware attorney general to go after people for “accessing, copying,… ...

Client Alert: Ten Major Issues Facing Higher Education Institutions in 2023

The last few years have been eventful and, at times, difficult ones for institutions of higher education. Institutions have been deeply impacted by issues ranging from the COVID-19 pandemic, to... ...

39th Annual Governor’s Volunteer Awards Recipients

These awards, presented in conjunction with OneStar Foundation, honor the exemplary service of individuals, groups, and organizations that have made a significant contribution to Texas communities through service and volunteering in the past year. ...

‘Don’t forget to ice it’: Texas man saves dog after slipping on ice


“Looks more like taking your dog for a slide.”

 “Looks more like taking your dog for a slide.”  ...

MD Anderson, biotech co. team up to improve cancer therapy

Dr. Jennifer Wargo, director of MD Anderson's Platform for Innovative Microbiome and Translational Research, said the partnership with Federation Bio is significant because it aims to bypass issues that complicate traditional bacterial transplants. ...

Turning Problematic Sea Algae into a Replacement for Plastic in Common Products

After a Finnish scuba diver saw how harmful out-of-control algae blooms could be to the marine environment below their green clouds, she founded a refining company that harvests the algae and turns it into all kinds of products. Certain components of algae have similarities to petroleum-based chemicals, and this similarity allows for the replication of
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New Bank in The Spirit of Walden Will Lend and Invest Only in Local New England Agriculture

In New England, entrepreneurs have taken an unorthodox path to support local and sustainable agriculture—they started a bank. Encapsulating the spirit of Thoreau, Walden Mutual Bank, newly approved by the FDIC, is reviving the mutual savings bank in order to direct a community’s savings towards supporting local food operations that are trying to grow US agriculture
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Survey: This is how Texas loves their chicken wings


The Super Bowl is right around the corner and that means it’s chicken wing time for so many households and sports bars throughout the country. The question becomes, how does each state prefer

 The Super Bowl is right around the corner and that means it’s chicken wing time for so many households and sports bars throughout the country. The question becomes, how does each state prefer  ...

Trainees translate research, display creativity in SRP video competition

The NIEHS Superfund Research Program hosted the contest to encourage early-career researchers’ science communication efforts. ...

Coastal Football Adds to 2023 Signing Class – Coastal Carolina University Athletics

CONWAY, S.C. – New Coastal Carolina head coach Tim Beck and his staff continued to add to the Chanticleers' 2023 signing class, announcing 20 new additions to the program on the first day of the February signing period. ...

Stephenville community news in brief – Stephenville Empire-Tribune

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The Rio Grande Valley is at the epicenter of an Alzheimer’s spike amo…

Compared to other large states, fewer state dollars go to Alzheimer’s disease services in Texas. Now with more national attention on research here, could that change? ...

Man Sprints Along 4-Lane Snowy Highway to Stop Woman’s Runaway Car

When a Massachusetts woman lost consciousness at the wheel of her car on the highway, she can thank her lucky stars she did it in view of Adolfo Molina. The tall and powerful Dominican sprinted across a 4-lane highway in the snow to try and stop her car as it brushed against the guardrails while
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Texas power woes linger as New England girds for deep freeze


The mayor of Austin, Texas, has apologized and says the city let its citizens down after a winter storm that has left thousands without power for days. Mayor Kirk Watson

 The mayor of Austin, Texas, has apologized and says the city let its citizens down after a winter storm that has left thousands without power for days. Mayor Kirk Watson  ...

Koe Wetzel Joins Josh Abbott & Larry Joe Taylor For Ray Wylie Hubbard Cover, “Screw You, We’re From Texas”


A RIFF on what country is really about.

 A RIFF on what country is really about.  ...

‘Losing a gem’: Texas at risk of losing 1,800-acre state park


The new owner of the property wants to end the lease with the state.

 The new owner of the property wants to end the lease with the state.  ...

Hiker Captures Video of Rare Ice Disk Vortex Spinning in Scottish Winter Weather Phenomenon–WATCH

A hiker captured the incredibly rare phenomenon of an ice disk on a mountain walk in the Scottish Highlands. 32-year-old David Brown from Dunoon, Scotland was hiking up the “Munro,” a Scots word for a peak above 3,000 feet in elevation, when he came across the rare sight with his father. “I was hiking Beinn
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Vaccine for Mostly-Lethal Marburg Virus Shows Promise in First Human Study

A vaccine for the lethal Marburg virus has shown huge promise in early human trials with all participants easily tolerating the shot, and showing robust antibody responses. Developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) an additional Phase 1 safety trial is set to be performed in Kenya, Uganda, the
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‘Princely’ Tomb of a Hunnic Warrior and his Horse Unearthed in Romania

Reprinted with Permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet focusing on travel, foreign policy, health and fitness, and more. Workers building a new highway in Romania were forced to call archaeologists when it became clear they were digging straight through the tomb walls of a “princely Hunnic warrior.” Dating to the 5th century
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Watch China’s Spacecraft Land on the Moon in This Trippy Video

In 2020, China was preparing for its second landing on the moon as part of a sample-return mission of lunar regolith. Dramatic belly-cam footage was captured of the lander’s descent and touchdown. It shows the craft approaching the Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) region of the moon at high speed and at an angle. What
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To Boost Produce Pollination, Tiny ‘FAIRY Robots‘ Can be Propelled by the Wind Like Seeds

In the future, millions of artificial dandelion seeds carrying pollen could be dispersed freely by natural winds and then steered by light toward specific areas with trees or flowers awaiting pollination. The genesis for such wild imagination is the recent invention of a polymer-assembly robot that flies by wind, is controlled by light, and inspired
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Rare Species of Feline Dubbed the ‘Original Grumpy Cat’ Found Living On Mount Everest

A DNA analysis confirmed that the rare and little-known Pallas’ cat lives on the body of Mount Everest—three miles above sea level. The discovery was made along Sagarmatha National Park on Mount Everest’s Southern Flank in Nepal after a month-long expedition collecting environmental samples. Scat recovered from the two separate sites located 3.7 miles apart
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Try Your Hand at Haiku: Newspaper in Japan Selects Poems Each Day from Reader Submission

Five minutes slow My wall clock celebrating A new year That was today’s poem for the English-language haiku section on the website of Japan’s oldest daily newspaper, the Mainichi. 365 days a year, the Mainichi publishes reader-submitted haiku in English from readers all over the world. In certain circumstances, the editors will include critical comments
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Making Building Materials Out of Fast-Growing Grasses Capture More Carbon Than Trees for US Startup

A startup looking to find better ways to mass-produce lumber for construction has swapped trees for grass. It turns out that with sophisticated laminating and molding machines, the fibers of certain grass species can be just as strong as wood, but lighter, and orders of magnitude faster to produce. Entrepreneur Josh Dorfman founded Plantd with
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Japanese Archaeologists Find Beautiful Bronze Mirror Buried With a 7-Foot-Long Sword

The Japanese penchant for wielding large curved swords goes back much further in time than previously thought, the new excavation of a 4th-century tomb revealed. In the western city of Nara, a tomb inside a funerary mound uncovered a 7.5-foot-long sword and a large bronze mirror, which amount to first-of-their-kind-finds on the islands. The tomb
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The Best Boutique Hotels to Book in Austin, Texas


Here’s where to stay in Austin, Texas.

 Here’s where to stay in Austin, Texas.  ...

Texas power woes linger as Arctic air heads for New England


As rising temperatures offered some hope for frustrated Texans shivering in their homes days after losing power in a deadly winter storm, another wave of frigid weather was taking aim

 As rising temperatures offered some hope for frustrated Texans shivering in their homes days after losing power in a deadly winter storm, another wave of frigid weather was taking aim  ...

Biden Gets Confused About the ‘Women’ in His Admin and Where He Is

Joe Biden has a constant problem of confusion and delusion. This week, for example, he not only repeated his long-debunked story about talking to a dead Amtrak conductor and forgot… ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders Will Give the GOP Response to Biden’s State of the Union

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been tapped to give the Republican Party’s response to President Joe Biden’s upcoming State of the Union Addressed, scheduled for February 7, 2023. Sanders,… ...

‘Begged Me for an Endorsement’: Trump Lays It on Bigly, Claims He Saved ‘Dead’ DeSantis’ Career

Love him or loathe him, there are givens about the 45th president of the United States that are hard for the objective among us to dispute. Among them, when Donald… ...

Chinese Nationals Caught Entering US at Southern Border Paid $35K Each to Smugglers

In an unsurprising yet disturbing incident, three Chinese nationals have been apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol while attempting to enter the United States illegally from Mexico. The trio paid… ...

RedState Celebrates Black History Month: Dr. Ben Carson

Happy Black History Month! The story of Black America is one of a struggle for freedom, of overcoming impossible odds, of using the opportunity of America to prosper and innovate.… ...

Sabine County, East Texas was once a safe haven for slaves


Sabine County, Texas-

 Sabine County, Texas-  ...

Hakeem Jeffries Just Made a Damning Admission About the Dems’ Agenda During Socialism Vote

The founding principles of our country are based on the preservation of our individual rights and freedoms. It’s why the very nature of our country is the antithesis of socialism… ...

US Government Tracking Chinese Spy Balloon Over Continental United States

Just days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to travel to China for “high-level talks,” the Pentagon announced that the US government has detected a Chinese spy balloon… ...

LAPD Stops Potential Mass Casualty Shooting in Hollywood, Man in High-Rise Had Rifles Pointed Down at Park

The Los Angeles Police Department stopped a potential Las Vegas-style mass shooting Wednesday night in Hollywood as they arrested a man with a cache of weapons in his 18th floor… ...

New Data Shows Just How Much The Lincoln Project Grifted in 2022

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. The Lincoln Project recently bragged about ‘successes’ in 2022, making their scam even… ...

GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde Shares AR-15 Lapel Pins With Republican Colleagues; Democrats and Gun-Control Karens Lose Their Minds

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline has a bone to pick with the accessory… ...

Texas Republicans See Attacking Trans Kids As Political Win


The far-right hopes to drag more moderate conservatives into a full-scale culture war.

 The far-right hopes to drag more moderate conservatives into a full-scale culture war.  ...

Governor Abbott Urges Texans To Report Ice Storm Damage

Governor Greg Abbott today urged Texans impacted by this week's winter weather to report property damage by submitting an online iSTAT damage assessment survey. Governor Greg Abbott today urged Texans impacted by this week's winter weather to report property damage by submitting an online iSTAT damage assessment survey. Ice accumulation in North, Central, and West Texas has resulted in broken tree branches affecting power lines and causing localized power outages.

"The State of Texas continues deploying assistance and providing all available resources to those impacted by this week's severe winter weather," said Governor Abbott. "As communities across the state begin to recover, Texans who have experienced property damage to their homes and businesses as a result of this winter weather event are encouraged to report it through the iSTAT survey. I thank all of our utility workers working to restore power in their communities and our emergency response personnel who are continuing to help their fellow Texans as they begin to move forward."

"As ice begins to thaw in many communities, the winter weather impacts to homes and businesses are revealing themselves," said Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd. "I urge any Texan who sustained property damage to report it in order to aid officials in identifying community needs. I thank the dedicated first responders and energy sector personnel working around the clock to restore power and keep people safe during this winter weather event."

Texans can report ice storm damage to homes and businesses using the Individual State of Texas Assessment Tool (iSTAT) damage survey. The iSTAT damage survey can be filled out in English and Spanish online by visiting damage.tdem.texas.gov and clicking on "Ice Storm/Winter Weather January 29 - Ongoing."

The information provided in the iSTAT damage survey helps emergency management officials gain an understanding of damages that have occurred and identify any immediate resource needs. Survey information also helps officials determine if the state meets federal requirements for various forms of federal disaster assistance. Reporting damage through the iSTAT tool is a voluntary activity and is not a substitute for reporting damage to your insurance agency. It does not guarantee disaster relief assistance.

Texans can access additional winter weather resources and safety information by visiting tdem.texas.gov/disasters/january-2023-winter-storm.

English and Spanish tutorial videos explaining how to fill out iSTAT surveys are available. ...

BREAKING: Ilhan Omar Officially Gets the Boot

And just like that, Democrats have learned what consequences are. After a heated and largely hysterical fight on the House floor, Rep. Ilhan Omar has been removed from the House… ...

Companies With Close Ties to CCP Are Buying up U.S. Military Academies, Including the One Donald Trump Attended

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) is sounding the alarm about an unsettling trend of companies with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party buying up U.S. military academies, including the one… ...

This is Texas’ favorite type of french fry: Report


The potato is everyone’s favorite vegetable and it can be prepared in almost every way possible, but one of the undeniably best ways is frying it.

 The potato is everyone’s favorite vegetable and it can be prepared in almost every way possible, but one of the undeniably best ways is frying it.  ...

Ice Storms Once Again Bring Power Outages to Texas but Don’t Be Quick to Blame Abbott

Power loss during the winter is a contentious issue in Texas, and sure enough, it happened in various cities again, namely around the Austin area. This has caused many people… ...

BREAKING: GOP Councilwoman Gunned Down Outside Her New Jersey Home

Tragic news is breaking from Sayreville, New Jersey. Republican Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, 30, was found shot to death in her white Nissan SUV after it crashed near her apartment complex.… ...

Got beef? Here’s where more Portillo’s locations opening up in North Texas


What’s life without another location serving up some Chicago-style hot dogs, beef, burgers, and more? Portillo’s is setting up some more shops around North Texas for your dining pleasur

 What’s life without another location serving up some Chicago-style hot dogs, beef, burgers, and more? Portillo’s is setting up some more shops around North Texas for your dining pleasur  ...

Texas eatery has one of the most unique tater tot dishes in America: report


While everyone is so heavily focused on french fries, there’s a potato dish that could be falling by the wayside that we need not let happen, tater tots are on the most underrated sides in th

 While everyone is so heavily focused on french fries, there’s a potato dish that could be falling by the wayside that we need not let happen, tater tots are on the most underrated sides in th  ...

Agronomy and Horticulture seminar starts Feb. 3

The spring Agronomy and Horticulture seminar series begins with "Soybean Response to Micro-rates of Dicamba and 2, 4-D" presented by Nebraska's Stevan Knezevic on Feb. 3. ...

Cruz control: Texas Republican keeps his distance from 2024 White House hunt

His state’s law would let him seek Senate reelection and the presidency at the same time. But for now, the 2016 primary’s first arrival is playing it cool. /quality/90/?url=https://static.politico.com/ab/0f/f354b7e74b61ade28425b9da99f3/https-delivery-gettyimages.com/downloads/1442818985″ title=”Cruz… ...

Los Angeles International Airport Loses Power For an Hour Showing the Limits of an All-Electric Future

The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) suffered a power outage on Wednesday afternoon. The outage was brief, first reported around 2:30 p.m., then resolved within an hour – around 3:30… ...

Afghan Taliban Decrees Mannequins’ Faces Be Covered (or Their Heads Be Cut off) in Their Bid to Erase Women From Society

(The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.) For women in Afghanistan, life has gotten a whole lot worse since President… ...

Things to do in East Texas this weekend


The weekend is almost here. If you’re looking for something to do, check out this list of events and activities around East Texas.

 The weekend is almost here. If you’re looking for something to do, check out this list of events and activities around East Texas.  ...