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Hemphill Remembers the Columbia Disaster 20 Years Later

In the days following the Columbia space shuttle’s disintegration over East Texas 20 years ago, the Piney Woods of ... Read More »

Sixteen years after his death in October 2006, Freddy Fender still isn’t in “hillbilly heaven.” That would ... Read More »

Open Road | January 2023 Parting the Waters Generations of family ... Read More »

If you’re a fan of “The Chicken Dance,” you probably know about New Braunfels. The playful polka is a mainstay at ... Read More »

For 30 years, Michael Martin Murphey, 77, has been ringing in the holiday season with his Cowboy Christmas ... Read More »

The first person we saw upon entering The Strand in Galveston was Charles Dickens. It was an early December ... Read More »

Heading west from Georgetown, away from the crowded Interstate 35 corridor, the countryside turns green with ... Read More »

Open Road | December 2022 Too Wild To Love A multigenerational ... Read More »

The settlers who first came to the Harper area in the 1860s were drawn by rolling Hill Country grasslands ... Read More »

Sam Sanders’ popularity as a radio and podcast journalist is driven by his insightful takes on news and ... Read More »

$Ring In the Holidays With Tried-and-True Tejano Traditions$

My older sister was once the Virgin Mary. At 7 years old, she had been cast as the mother of Jesus for our ... Read More »

Charley Crockett was born in San Benito, the South Texas hometown of Freddy Fender. He came of age in Dallas, ... Read More »

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