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- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Robbie and Tracy Shoults of Bear Creek Smokehouse
Meet Bear Creek Smokehouse co-owners Robbie and Tracy Shoults and learn how the Marshall-area family business has grown since 1943.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: How Megan and James Heath Grew Pack N Mail
Meet Pack N Mail owners Megan and James Heath, the Longview and Gilmer entrepreneurs recognized by the SBA in 2026. See their story, services, and practical small-business lessons.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Connor Walters and Silver Grizzly Espresso
Meet Silver Grizzly Espresso co-founder Connor Walters and learn how the Longview coffee shop built craft, community, and a downtown gathering place.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Laura Nevils and Books & Barrels
Meet Books & Barrels owner Laura Nevils and learn how the downtown Longview bookstore supports readers, local authors, events, and community.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Daren Horton and Gecko Pest Control
Meet Gecko Pest Control owner Daren Horton and learn about the Marshall company's services, history, community work, licensing record, and customer checklist.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Shawn Ingram and Custom Graphics TX
Meet Shawn Ingram of Custom Graphics TX, a Longview branding shop combining in-house production, local business connections and practical skills access.
- ArticleRebuild
An Angel Tree for Careers: A Local Business Can Cover Somebody's Whole Seat
A local business can cover a dental assistant student's whole $3,000 seat. Why Premier Dental Academy of Longview's Sponsor-a-Student program earned my trust.
- ArticleEast Texas
Should Longview Trade Some Left Turns for a Safer Fourth Street?
Longview is studying Fourth Street traffic and safety. Should the city limit some left turns and driveways, or would that hurt local business access?
- ArticleRebuild
They Stopped Sending the Work Out and Built the Shop
Family owned in Marshall since 2002, they brought fabrication and powder coating in house in 2013. Five questions to run before you make the same call.
- ArticleEast Texas
Longview’s $76 Million Dairy Plant Enters Its Construction Window: Jobs, Water, and What to Watch
Longview’s planned $76 million dairy plant lists a July 20 construction start. See the official timeline, 150-job projection, water questions, and next steps.
- ArticleRebuild
We Built Twelve Free Tools For People Who May Never Pay Us a Dime
The wall is almost never the tuition. Inside the free tools shelf I built for an East Texas dental assistant school, and why giving it away is the best decision on the site.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Set Its Own Minimum Wage Above $7.25?
Texas still uses the $7.25 federal minimum wage. Here are the strongest arguments for a higher state floor and for letting local labor markets set pay.
- ArticleThe Work
The Objection Was Never the Tuition
A dental school published thirteen free tools, including one for childcare and bills and one that is a script for talking to your family. That is what a real funnel looks like.
- ArticleNews
Longview’s Christmas Parade Applications Open Today
Longview’s 2026 Christmas parade application window opens September 5. Review the $50 fee, Texas Christmas theme, space limits, and next steps.
- ArticleThe Work
A School That Stopped Renting Its Own Front Door
How we replaced hand-run applications and rented software with an enrollment engine the school owns outright.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
A Missed Call Needs a Useful Text, Not an Apology
A missed-call text should reduce uncertainty and create a next step. Use this five-part response rule to recover the conversation without sounding automated.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
A Fast Homepage Can Still Feel Broken
A homepage can load quickly and still feel broken. Use this three-signal audit for LCP, INP, and CLS to find slow responses and shifting layouts.
- ArticleRebuild
We Ran Out of Teachers Before We Ran Out of Students
The dental academy bottleneck moved from students to teachers. So we published the pay, the commitment, and every dollar an applicant will ever be asked for.
- ArticleEast Texas
Should Longview Allow More Duplexes, ADUs, and Smaller Homes?
Longview's housing plan recommends duplexes, ADUs, smaller lots, and zoning reform. Here are the local facts and the strongest arguments on both sides.
- ArticleRebuild
They Said I Was Finished. I Built a School That Puts People Into $42k Jobs.
For a long stretch of my life, the official story was that I was done. Finished. A cautionary tale. Let me show you what a finished man builds. In Longview, Texas, there is a dental assistant school called Premier Dental Academy. I built th
- ArticleBusiness, Systems & Technology
The First FedEx Night Moved 186 Packages Through One Hub
FedEx began with 14 aircraft, 389 workers, and only 186 packages. Its hub system showed why connected operations can matter more than isolated effort.
- ArticleTexas & Community
Should Texas Make It Easier to Repair the Devices You Own?
Texas has enacted a right-to-repair law for many consumer devices. Here is what it covers, what it excludes, and the strongest case on each side.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
I Stopped Building Pages. I Started Building Doors.
One homepage written for everybody is a homepage written for nobody. How I route five different visitors, capture intent on the first tap, and why the list is the only thing you own.
- ArticleBusiness
36 Robocalls Hit My Business Line In 72 Hours
A rotating number robocall campaign hit my business line 36 times in three days and my own AI receptionist answered it. Here is the record and the five minute fix any small business can copy.
- ArticleThe Work
A School Published Every Dental Office Within Fifty Miles
Premier Dental Academy of Longview published 232 verified dental offices across 28 East Texas towns, free, with no rankings. Why that directory is the most valuable page on the site.
- ArticleAI & Technology
ChatGPT Work Changes the AI Job: From Answering Questions to Finishing Work
ChatGPT Work explained: current availability, GPT-5.6 models, pricing, scheduled tasks, Sites, practical opportunities, risks, limits, and one test to try.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Publish Job and Wage Results for Every Workforce Grant?
Texas funds customized workforce training for private employers. Should every grant publish completion, placement, retention, and wage results for taxpayers?
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should East Texas Slow Down Lithium Development Until the Rules Catch Up?
East Texas lithium could bring jobs and domestic battery supply, but residents want clear rules for brine wells, water, reporting, liability, and cleanup.
- ArticleEast Texas
Marshall’s Hazard Mitigation Plan Is Open for Comment: 19 Projects—and Draft Gaps to Fix by July 31
Marshall’s draft hazard plan proposes 19 resilience projects. See the priorities, incomplete data, public-comment deadline and how residents can respond.
- ArticleTexas News
New World Screwworm Is in Texas: What Livestock Owners, Hunters and Pet Travelers Need to Do Now
New World screwworm is confirmed in Texas. Learn the warning signs, reporting numbers, live maps and Mexico's August 3 pet-travel document rule.
- ArticleFaith & Today
The Good Samaritan and the Texas Floods: What Neighbor-Love Requires Now
Luke 10’s Good Samaritan shows what neighbor-love costs. See the Bible story, verified Texas flood facts, reflection questions, and safe ways to help.
- ArticleRyan's Take
Should Texas Stop Changing the Clocks Twice a Year?
Texas voted for year-round daylight saving time, but federal law still requires seasonal clock changes. Here are the strongest arguments for each choice.
- ArticleHistory & Service
The Three Digits That Replaced a Wall of Emergency Numbers
Before 911, callers needed separate local police, fire, and ambulance numbers. One shared front door made emergency help easier to reach and route.
- ArticleOpinion
Should Texas Make Election Day a State Holiday?
Texas polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and state law protects some voting time. Would an Election Day holiday improve access or add cost without fixing gaps?
- PhotoLocal investigations
Sheriff BJ Fletcher allows dangerous illegals to operate freely in Harrison County. He must be removed and replaced.
**Tonight, May 22, 2026.** An Obama-appointed federal judge in the Middle District of Tennessee — **U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr.** — **DISMISSED** the federal human-trafficking case against **Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia** (
- ArticleNews
What Longview Residents Need to Know Before Labor Day Monday
Longview city offices, transit, and the library close for Labor Day. Here is what resumes Tuesday and what residents can do at Teague Park Monday.
- ArticleOp-ed
Weaponized: Lawfare in Harrison County, and the Lawyer I Can't Find
I believe Harrison County's government has been weaponized against me — multiple charges, a civil suit, and no attorney in East Texas willing to take my case. Here is what lawfare looks like up close, and how you can help me keep fighting.
- ArticleThe Work
Let the Readers Build the Database
RepWatchr has 16,834 profiles and 59,657 sources. I did not put them all there. How a published receipt standard turns an audience into a data asset you actually own.
- ArticleRebuild
I Built the Tools Into the Marketplace. Then I Made the Exit Free.
Gideon Commerce is a seller operating system, not a listing box: AI listings, profit math, manifest tools, pickup codes. And the cross-listing CSV export out is free on purpose.
- ArticleA Personal Note
I've Never Asked for Help. I'm Asking Now.
 *This isn't an investigation or a case file. It's a personal note. I'm going to be straight with you, because that's the only way I know
- ArticleAI & Technology
ChatGPT Voice Now Controls Work and Codex on Desktop: Availability, Credits and Risks
ChatGPT Voice can now steer Work and Codex on desktop. See current availability, the separate voice and task meters, risks and one safe test.
- ArticlePolitics
House Passes Stopgap Funding Through December 4: What H.R. 9770 Does—and What Happens Next
A facts-first guide to H.R. 9770, the House-passed stopgap funding bill: the December 4 deadline, programs continued, restrictions, Senate path, and shutdown risk.
- ArticleBusiness & Technology
The Broken Laser Pointer That Proved the Market Was There
In September 1995, the first item sold on the site that became eBay was a broken laser pointer. The unlikely sale proved a marketplace could exist.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Outdoor Rule of Leaving One Place Better
A warm Ryan Nichols outdoors article about rebuilding through stewardship, a safe 30-minute shoreline practice and one visible act of care.
- ArticleFaith & Today
Nehemiah Inspected the Ruins Before Rebuilding: What Marshall's Water Crisis Requires Now
Nehemiah's rebuilding story meets Marshall's water infrastructure decisions. Read the Bible context, verified local facts, open questions, and next steps.
- ArticleWall of Shame
Threats Against Ryan Nichols: The Treece Messages and the Church Gun Story
I asked privately for a public comment to come down. The receipts show what came back — Messenger threats in the Treece thread, and a false 'gun' narrative I deny and want the Harrison County bodycam to settle.
- ArticleLocal investigations
“I Will Come to You”: The Facebook Exchange I’m Putting on the Record
Screenshots document a Facebook dispute over reported allegations involving Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur and Mike Jones later writing to Ryan Nichols, “I will come to you!!!”
- VideoLocal investigations
Who Is Draining Little Cypress Bayou?
Video from the bank of Little Cypress Bayou shows large hoses pumping water out. No meeting, no permit found yet, no public notice. Ryan Nichols is asking who authorized it.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
My Cost Per Lead Tripled Inside a Fifty Mile Circle
A client lead cost went from $15 to $46 with no change to the ad, page, or offer. The audience ran out. Real numbers, the fix, and when the fix is wrong.
- PhotoInvestigative Journal
Mother's Day at My Church. The Story Being Told In Public Isn't What Happened.
Ryan Nichols' first-hand account of the Mother's Day 2026 church-parking-lot incident in East Texas — and the blanket social-media gag order he says is unconstitutional and is challenging.