Fort Worth

Through hard work, getting in the trenches, construction company CEO leads by example

Sharon Douglas is not afraid to jump off a building, pull over on the side of the road to ask someone she doesn’t know for a job cleaning their construction site, or fiercely defend her family. Douglas stood up to men and worked to fight the glass ceiling in her...

Colonial wins! Sam Burns won the Charles Schwab Challenge (and the car) but the golf course won the day

“The winner today was Colonial,” said CBS TV commentator Ian Baker-Finch, summing up a wild and windy final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at Fort Worth’s Colonial Country Club. The always challenging par 70 layout gave the world’s best golfers all they could handle and then...

Two months into pilot program, Fort Worth exchanges Bitcoin mining machines

Fort Worth is exchanging its three bitcoin mining machines for a single, more energy efficient model, less than two months after the city announced plans to make itself a capital for cryptocurrency and emerging technology.  “What I would say is, this was definitely a learning opportunity for us in the...

Hot Fort Worth housing market cools as interest rates, prices increase

Rising interest rates and higher prices are helping cool the red-hot housing market in the Fort Worth area. Inventory of homes for sale in Fort Worth nudged upward in June due to the higher cost of buying and financing a home, according to the latest data from the Greater Fort...

Saturday is Election Day for cities, schools, water board

Saturday is Election Day for North Texas city councils, school boards and other local government districts. Countywide polling locations for Tarrant County voters will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Election results will be posted on the county’s election website after the polls close. A total of 69,211 votes...

Feeling crowded? Fort Worth’s population keeps on growing

If Fort Worth’s highways, restaurants and grocery stores and other gathering spots seem more crowded than usual, it isn’t your imagination. The latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that Fort Worth added more people to its population between July 1, 2021 and July 1, 2022, than any...

BNSF Railway’s new Trinity River bridge now open

BNSF Railway has marked a significant milestone in its North Texas double track project with the opening of its newly constructed Trinity River bridge near downtown Fort Worth. The first train crossed the bridge earlier this month. The bridge, which is now open for freight and passenger trains, is the first...

American Paint Horse Association appoints new CEO

Veteran equine industry executive David Dellin has been appointed chief executive officer of the American Paint Horse Association. As CEO, Dellin will lead Fort Worth-based APHA’s family of brands: the nonprofit American Paint Horse Association, its wholly owned for-profit subsidiary Marked For Greatness Properties LLC, and the charitable American...
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