Work begins on a $490 million project to help fill North Texas’ water demand. The new lake still may not be enough
Lake Ralph Hall is the latest project to help the region contend with one of the fastest-growing populations in the country.
The first scoop of dirt was dumped in a truck following the Upper Trinity Regional Water District groundbreaking ceremony for Lake Ralph Hall and Leon Hurse Dam near Ladonia, Texas, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The lake will provide 54 million gallons of water per day for some 29 communities in Denton and Collin counties. The $490 million project should begin delivering water by 2025. The lake is named after Hall who was a United States Representative for Texas s 4th congressional district.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
A New Plan Shows How Badly Dallas Needs To Protect Its Trees
The Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan is here after a couple years in the works.
By Alex Macon
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June 3, 2021
10:54 am
Dallas has almost 15 million trees, with a tree canopy covering about 32 percent of the city. It’s not enough. Not in a hot climate that’s getting hotter, in a city defined mostly by concrete, where air pollution is a perennial problem and extreme weather events threaten what trees we do have.
That’s why the city’s urban forest an easy way to refer to all the trees in Dallas, from the thickets of the Great Trinity Forest to the live oak near your apartment building is so important. And it’s why the Texas Trees Foundation developed its Dallas Urban Forest Master Plan, which the nonprofit has just released and will formally present to the City Council next week.
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Letters to the Editor - Three cheers for neighborhood heroes, Dallas Water Utilities staffer, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins
Readers appreciate help from neighbors during the freeze, the help from a Dallas Water Utilities staffer and the leadership of Judge Clay Jenkins.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins conducts a press conference about COVID-19 vaccine operations with FEMA, on Feb. 23, 2021 at Fair Park in Dallas.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
1 Heroes in the neighborhood We were without power from 2 a.m. Feb. 15 to 1 p.m. Feb. 17. Two of our neighbors checked on us. Ande and Brock brought us soup and coffee on both days. Sean and Julie brought us food and helped us start our small generator. Wednesday evening, our Meals on Wheels client, an older lady who lives alone and is in a wheelchair, phoned crying and said she had water all in her home. Sean had a car that would drive in the snow, and he took us over to her home.
Police rescue woman, her dog from flooded SUV in White Rock Creek in Far North Dallas
Around 12:20 a.m. Thursday, police responded to a high-water rescue call in the 6400 block of Spring Valley Road between Hillcrest and Preston roads.
Police rescued a woman and her dog from a flooded SUV stuck in White Rock Creek early Thursday.
Around 12:20 a.m. Thursday, police responded to a high-water rescue call in the 6400 block of Spring Valley Road between Hillcrest and Preston roads.
When officers arrived, they found a vehicle in the creek, police said. An officer guided the woman through the water to safety, according to Dallas Fire-Rescue.