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Wanna ride your bike from Fort Worth to Dallas? Here's how soon it could happen
With two new bridges installed in Arlington this week, another gap in series of bike trails between Fort Worth and Dallas has been closed. → Read More
Water levels are good but remember: Fort Worth residents use the most in August
The Tarrant area water supply is in good shape but experts suggest residents still conserve because we are headed into the hottest part of the summer. Fort Worth reported that on June 14, 2018, residents used its highest amount of water in quite some time — 296.6 million gallons. → Read More
Don't want your pet microchipped? In Fort Worth, it could cost a sizable license fee
Earlier this year the Fort Worth's Code Compliance Department recommended several changes to the city's animal ordinance. Among them, microchipping pets, stricter pooper scooper rules and stronger leash laws. → Read More
Need Internet access? Soon you'll be able to borrow it from the Fort Worth library
Soon, Fort Worth Library patrons can check out a mobile Hotspot device to get free, unlimited Internet access in their homes. The program moves Fort Worth on to a growing list of cities offering access that is checked out just as a book. → Read More
Fort Worth's Dickies Arena gets its ceremonial last piece of steel
Construction on Dickies Arena began in February 2017 and Monday's topping out ceremony marks the 50 percent completion point. Mayor Betsy Price said the arena will be come "the beacon on the hill" in the Will Rogers Memorial Center. → Read More
Fort Worth's Dickies Arena gets its ceremonial last piece of steel
Construction on Dickies Arena began in February 2017 and Monday's topping out ceremony marks the 50 percent completion point. Mayor Betsy Price said the arena will be come "the beacon on the hill" in the Will Rogers Memorial Center. → Read More
It's been 20 years, but could commercial airline service be returning to Meacham Airport?
According to Airline Weekly, the founder of JetBlue is looking to raise $100 million to start Moxy Airways and Fort Worth's Meacham Airport is reportedly on a list of three airports to get the service starting in 2020. → Read More
SafeHaven of Tarrant County will receive federal funding from Fort Worth after all
Fort Worth was not recommending Emergency Solutions Grant funding, but after meeting with SafeHaven officials, both have resolved issues. The money comes from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development. → Read More
HUD Secretary Ben Carson promotes Fort Worth center designed to tackle poverty
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson tours city's Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Tuesday, where an EnVision Center will open. The center is being designed to help people out of poverty, public housing. → Read More
This Fort Worth real estate investor buys substantial position in Contango Oil & Gas
Fort Worth-based real estate investor John Goff and his family holdings have bought into Houston-based Contango Oil & Gas Co. This month, they've invested $19.4 million in the independent company, which has holdings in Texas and Wyoming. → Read More
Local agency that helps domestic violence victims may lose some federal grant money
For the first time, Fort Worth's Community Development Council is recommending that SafeHaven of Tarrant County not be awarded a $75,000 Emergency Solutions Grant from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development for 2018-19. → Read More
Fort Worth extends $10 pet adoption fee through June to help shelter overcrowding
Overcrowding at Fort Worth's Chuck Silcox Animal Care & Control Shelter has continued so the city has extended a $10 pet adoption fee through June. Potential owners are able to interact with the pet before adopting. → Read More
Fort Worth first transit-oriented development is back on track in this location
The $94.3 million development is a project of Trinity Metro and Fort Worth Housing Solutions, which will lease the land and develop the project. The tract is now a park-and-ride lot and bus stop just south of the T&P Lofts. → Read More
Developer, production studio seeking to expand film industry to city's Near Southside
Red Productions and Kelly Capital Partners are asking the city to support a Media Production Development Zone, a sales tax incentive administered by the Texas Film Commission. The zone must first be approved by the Fort Worth City Council. → Read More
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price needs your votes for this international award
Mayor Betsy Price was unaware she had been included on the long list of nominees put forth by London-based City Mayors Foundation, a philanthropic group, for the World Mayor Prize. The prize has been every two years since 2004. → Read More
Hello in an email from Fort Worth Council District 4 may soon become konnichiwa
In July, Fort Worth Council District 4 director Alicia Ortiz is moving to Nagoya, Japan. Councilman Cary Moon will keep Ortiz on overseas to handle district affairs, working 14 hours ahead of Fort Worth via a virtual office. → Read More
Tension over Fort Worth's pension continues to mount as time ticks away for a solution
A task force set up two and half years ago to fix mounting problems with Fort Worth's employee pension fund continues to work toward final recommendations. Recent reports by three credit rating agencies suggest changes need to come soon. → Read More
Fort Worth one of 17 U.S. cities to get program to help people leave public housing
The announcement comes a year after HUD Secretary Ben Carson visited Fort Worth. The city and Fort Worth Housing Solutions will learn details about what resources and money will be available for the EnVision Center. → Read More
Bitter hotel dispute between Fort Worth developers won't be resolved until August
The Fort Worth City Council Tuesday postponed voting on the matter at the request of District 3 Councilman Brian Byrd. Byrd asked that Waterside's zoning request that would accommodate a hotel within the development be heard Aug. 7. → Read More
This project was approved by Fort Worth voters in 2014. It's only 40 percent completed
Garland-based Denco Construction Services was awarded the contract in May of 2017 and three months later the go-ahead to start the Golden Triangle Branch Library. Councilman Dennis Shingleton said he wants the pace to pick up. → Read More