This story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for the ICN newsletter here. The prolific oil and gas wells of Texas also generate billions of gallons of salty liquid known as produced water.
The traditional five-day celebration of the Indian holiday of Diwali is compacted into one spectacular night at what’s billed as the largest city-sanctioned and -sponsored such festival in the United States. Put on by Anuja SA — a nonprofit created to promote the sister city alliance between San Antonio and Chennai, India — this year’s […]
If someone tries to tell you no adventurous touring acts come through San Antonio, feel free to tell them they’re crazy. Whether you want to see an Italian prog group perform a horror soundtrack live, witness a guy dressed like Evel Knievel play post-punk blues on a resonator guitar or be enthralled by an Aussie […]
Chick-fil-A is once again using free food to entice people to download its online app. San Antonio-area Chick-fil-A stores will dole out free eight-count nugget entrées Nov. 1-8 to folks who use the company’s app, according to officials with the Georgia-based chain. The offer is good at nearly two dozen area locations.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday issued a statement saying he and House Speaker Dade Phelan have reached a deal on education vouchers by expanding the current special session agenda to include teacher pay raises and more school funding. However, lawmakers at the Texas Capitol are light on details, and at least one state representative […]
Texas college students report ghost sightings at a rate well above the national average, according to a new study, which calls the state’s higher-ed campuses some of the nation’s most haunted. Indeed, three Lone Star State colleges made the report’s top 10 — more than any other U.S. state. Despite its relative newness, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is […]
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland wants to dispatch 700 Air Force basic trainees to area homes this Thanksgiving for home-cooked holiday dinners. The base’s annual Operation Home Cooking tradition, now in its 48th year, enables volunteer families in the Alamo City to share the holiday with Air Force personnel in their sixth or seventh week of basic training. […]
Following San Antonio’s Sunday blowout loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, Celtics legend and ESPN commentator Kendrick Perkins said Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich needs get his No.1 draft pick more involved in offense. Rookie Victor Wembanyama scored 11 points, grabbed five rebounds and blocked one shot in a relatively meager 26 minutes of play during […]
District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo this summer filed a council consideration request to designate opioid-related overdoses a public health crisis and focus on efforts to help reduce fatalities among those already grappling with addiction issues. The harm reduction component of the plan includes boosting community access to Narcan, the nasal spray form of naloxone, a […]
A new drinkery called The Break Room will open in San Antonio’s far northeast neighborhood of Live Oak next fall, lifestyle site What Now San Antonio reports. The new watering hole will take over the space that formerly housed Halftime Lounge, 8084 Pat Booker Road, near the road’s intersection with Loop 1604. Break Room co-owner […]