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Texas State Parks is turning 100. Tell us your favorite Lone Star escape.
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI can still smell the campfires. A good part of my youth was spent hiking, swimming, camping,...
Live updates: Crews work to contain Chalk Mountain, Palo Pinto wildfires in North Texas
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoFire crews continue containment efforts on the Chalk Mountain Fire, which is the largest in the area...
Palo Pinto Mountains State Park coming together steadily, potential opening 2025 or sooner
Weatherford Democrat, Texas via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDec. 12—STRAWN — The superintendent of the first state park in North Texas in 25 years gestured across a placid, 91-acre lake there one day recently. "You see those trucks over there on the ...
A century outdoors: TP&W announces 2023 centennial year from Palo Pinto Mountains State Park
Weatherford Democrat, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 14—STRAWN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department celebrated its 100th birthday on Tuesday by throwing a party in its latest gift to Texans. Palo Pinto Mountains State Park is on target ...
The state’s longest trail is in North Texas. And it could soon become a state park
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCyclists, runners and walkers call this North Texas trail a slice of paradise. And if it becomes a...
Parker, Palo Pinto counties discuss water partnership
Weatherford Democrat, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 20—MINERAL WELLS — A joint meeting of the Mineral Wells city council and the board governing Lake Palo Pinto about forming a two-county water authority with Parker County ended with a decision ...
Point A to Point B -- Exploding traffic volumes in Parker, Palo Pinto counties leave officials...
Weatherford Democrat, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 21—Getting from Point A to Point B in Parker and Palo Pinto counties is a game of catch-up. Or, Whack-a-Mole. "There's never been more going on since I've been county judge than right now ...
Turkey Peak Reservoir 'moving forward' toward 2027 opening, MW council and lake board learn
Weatherford Democrat, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 26—MINERAL WELLS — Efforts to build a new lake in Palo Pinto County by 2027 are on schedule, the Mineral Wells City Council and the board of directors for the county's namesake lake learned ...
Almost $900K in grants awarded to park projects in Hays, Travis counties
KXAN via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoAUSTIN (KXAN) — Almost $900,000 in grants has been awarded to various park projects in Hays and...
Palo Pinto County mulling 'electioneering' regulation after raucous primary crowds at MW Annex
Weatherford Democrat, Texas via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMar. 28—PALO PINTO — County commissioners are mulling a set of electioneering regulations after candidate supporters created commotion at the Mineral Wells Annex on voting day. A draft order ...
