James Hartley

The #ArcticBlast that put much of Florida into a deep freeze also created these mesmerizing #CloudStreets caught by @NOAA's #GOESEast. Learn more in our #SatelliteSnapshot: bit.ly/3NVBiT5

Collin County is expected to have power restored first, while Tarrant County customers without power will have to wait until late tonight | @keranews keranews.org/news/2026-01-2…

Council chambers and overflow room are full. Speakers will be limited to 1 minute. Mayor Jim Ross asks the folks in the council chambers to be respectful of those with different opinions and to refrain from booing

We'll have a story out tonight about the meeting and the vote

Standing room only (and almost none of that left) with people still trying to get in at tonight's Arlington council meeting. The council is expected to vote on whether to reinstate its anti-discrimination ordinance after months of debate and delays keranews.org/news/2025-12-0…

Joshua Jahn, 29, has been identified as the gunman who opened fire outside an ICE facility this morning. Here's what we know about him so far | KERA News keranews.org/news/2025-09-2…

Arlington's city council is considering a 3 cent property tax increase in 2026. It comes as the city works against deadline to close a $25 million budget deficit the city manager says was caused in large part by changes at TAD | KERA keranews.org/news/2025-08-1…

Arlington's debt from construction of AT&T Stadium is slated to be fully paid Friday, a decade ahead of schedule and saving the city millions in interest and fees | KERA keranews.org/news/2025-08-1…

ICYMI: People who live in RV parks are still grappling with the loss of community and, for some, the only home they had after flooding in Central Texas on July 4. For All Things Considered on NPR npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-…

The move strips $2.7 million in funding from KERA. KERA provides non-profit, community-focused news from across North Texas keranews.org/news/2025-07-1…

This area is under a flood watch until 9 p.m.

Heavy rain in Kerrville again. One person told me Highway 39, open only to emergency crews and residents since the flooding July4 weekend, is impassible. One state trooper at the highway told me it is 100% closed, including for most emergency and rescue crews

Arlington Mayor Jim Ross is on a payment plan with the IRS for $174k in back taxes. Two of his colleagues on the council told me the mayor's personal finances haven't impacted his job, and they would have called him out if they had keranews.org/news/2025-07-0…

Arlington has already identified $19 million in cuts, but property tax increases and exemption reductions could be part of the recipe for closing the rest of the $25 million budget gap | @KERAnews keranews.org/news/2025-06-2…

The World Cup is less than a year away now. I talked with Bekah Moore yesterday about preparations. You can listen to that conversation and learn more with this story: keranews.org/news/2025-06-1…

Happening now: Tarrant leaders are hearing from more than 200 speakers ahead of a vote on redistricting. Opponents started the day by protesting outside the admin building ahead of the meeting keranews.org/government/202…

The redistricting has been divisive. Precinct 2 Commissioner Alisa Simmons, one of two Democrats on the court, says it's an attempt to force her out by breaking up her supporters. Her supporters say it's gerrymandering keranews.org/news/2025-05-0…

Today, two of those mayors sent emails to County Judge Tim O'Hare to inform him they wanted to retract their signatures. Four other mayors wrote their own letter in support of redistricting keranews.org/news/2025-05-3…

ICYMI: Arlington's city council approved a resolution in opposition to the ongoing redistricting attempt in Tarrant County keranews.org/news/2025-05-2…