North Texas Homeowners Eligible For Federal Disaster Assistance Through HUD
President Biden's major disaster declaration allows HUD to offer foreclosure relief and other assistance to impacted families living in 77 Texas counties.
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President Biden's major disaster declaration allows HUD to offer foreclosure relief and other assistance to impacted families living in 77 Texas counties.
Last year a pair of Texas teens launched their own event after the national contest was canceled, but the Scripps National Spelling Bee has announced it's return this year with a virtual and in-person event.
A heartfelt community has come together to help support and encourage two Forney middle school students who are battling leukemia.
A North Texas man died last week after officials said his car slid off a roadway and into a ditch due to ice.
Katie Ramsey, a Keller resident, says it will be months before her home is livable.
Dallas resident DeAndre Upshaw said it was "very shocking" when he opened his latest electricity bill.
After almost two weeks of a deep freeze and two winter storms, temperatures will stay above freezing Saturday night across the Metroplex.
Texas residents in many areas of the state are now able to apply for federal assistance if they were affected by the historic and devastating winter storms this week.
A man has been charged with capital murder after three people were found dead inside a burning home in the Collin County city of Celina, police said.
Thousands of North Texans have no water due to broken pipes or no way to boil water, due to no electricity.
Boil water notices are in effect throughout many North Texas cities due to issues caused by winter storms this week.
The below-freezing temperatures have kept travel issues intact throughout North Texas. Many gas stations are also running out of fuel, but AAA Texas says drivers should not panic.
The Dallasites101 community has created a crowdsourced spreadsheet for North Texans to find open businesses amid power outages and water issues.
Fort Worth emergency management said water distribution is the number one issue they're working on.
"This is not a rolling blackout, this is a blackout," says Stephanie Randall. "I don't know where rolling came from because there's no rolling over here."
Tarrant County has declared a state of disaster as the county "has suffered severe damage to critical infrastructure" and probable injuries to its residents, a document from the county stated.
Some North Texas cities have opened up warming centers to the public as the dangerously cold temperatures, along with power outages, continue.
Fort Worth is extending its boil water notice due to rolling power outages impacting the city's ability to treat and move water to customers.
"We can do the treatment, the heavy salts, the sand, plow things out of the way but still at the end of the day, the surface is frozen," an NTTA spokesperson warned.
North Texas musician Keite Young says his music is inspired by community and change.
Thousands of residents in Fort Worth were issued a boil water notice Monday due to a water treatment plant experiencing multiple power outages.
As the historically cold temperatures and power outages continue throughout North Texas, non-essential businesses are being urged to conserve electricity in addition to residents at their homes.
North Texas continues to see record-breaking cold temperatures after a winter storm moved through the area.
The bottom line is temperatures are dangerously cold across North Texas, and on top of that we've got more winter weather on the way.
If you have to get out on the roads Monday in Dallas, the Department of Public Works has 32 sanding truck that will be running nonstop operations through Monday night.
