AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ power grid manager has been fired following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days. The board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas fired CEO Bill Magness on Wednesday. He is the highest-ranking official to lose his job in the wake of one…… MORE
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Today, Sunny, Windy, 73 / 53, Winds S15-25G Friday, Spotty showers early, PtCldy, Windy, 66 / 46, Winds NW15-20 Saturday, Clearing, 64 / 44 Sunday, Mostly Sunny, 67 / 50 Monday, PtCLdy, 72 / 56… MORE
Texas Power Grid CEO Fired After Deadly Blackouts
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas’ power grid manager has been fired following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days. The board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas fired CEO Bill Magness on Wednesday. He is the highest-ranking official to lose his job in the wake of one…… MORE
Texas Schools, Stores Divided on Masks as Mandate Ends
DALLAS (AP) — The end of Texas’ mask mandate is giving Lucy Alanis second thoughts about one of her occasional indulgences during the coronavirus pandemic: dining in at restaurants. “I guess I’m a little scared,” said Alanis, 27, a florist in Dallas. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s repeal of most COVID-19 restrictions — saying it was…… MORE
Chris Krok Show: This Nurse is FED UP!
An exhausted nurse in a local DFW-area hospital has seemingly gone viral criticizing Governor Abbott’s order to end the statewide mask mandate and fully reopen the state, saying on Instagram that she “gives up” and saying that people either “don’t understand or don’t care.” She also used an expletive while saying that people are dying.…… MORE