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Local residents take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston.

In East Texas, Death Of George Floyd Brings Activism To A Region Of Rare Protest

Wade Goodwyn

More than a half century after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, there remains little tradition of protest in East Texas, and scant experience with organizing.

Caddo Mounds State Historic Site Manager Tony Souther plants muscadine grapes in a ceremony honoring the one-year anniversary of the tornado that struck the site and destroyed its visitor's center.

As Caddo Mounds Reopens, Tornado Survivors Heal Together

Michael Marks

From Texas Standard : Caddo Mounds State Historic Site sits in a small prairie, tucked just inside the pine curtain of East Texas. If you stand on the...

A feral hog bleeds from the snout as it continues to ram its face to escape a steel trap.

Community

Feral Hogs Kill Woman in East Texas

Paul Flahive

Christine Rollins, 59, was found dead Sunday morning in the front yard of a Chambers County home belonging to an elderly couple who she cared for. Rollins…

Lake Fork, Texas, where high school fishing teams get as much attention as varsity football.

Environment

In Lake Fork, A Tiny Plant Threatens Trophy-Sized Fish, And A Way Of Life

Michael Marks

From Texas Standard: Anglers come from all over the world to fish Lake Fork, a 27,000-acre lake in east Texas with a reputation for producing monster...

Water over the road, as seen on the way to Beaumont, Texas.

Beaumont Reels From Harvey's Gut Punch: 'Detours And Over-The-Road Flooding Are Everywhere'

David D. Brown

From Texas Standard: Texas Standard has been traveling along the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Harvey: first Corpus Christi , then Galveston , and...

Homes are surrounded by floodwater after torrential rains pounded southeast Texas following Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 31, 2017 in Orange, Texas. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

East Texas Suffering Under Weight Of Harvey's Destruction

NPR's Debbie Elliott has been tracking Harvey's destruction in rural East Texas, and joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson with the latest.

People wait in line to buy water at the Coastal Industrial and Specialty gas welding supplies store after the water supply to the city of Beaumont was shut down after Hurricane Harvey passed through on Aug. 31, 2017 in Beaumont, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Beaumont, Texas, Struggles With Floods And Lack Of Running Water

The city is without running water after service from the main pump station broke down due to rising waters from the Naches River.

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Deadly East Texas Tornado Could Require Year-Long Cleanup

DALLAS — It could take at least a year for the East Texas town of Van to rebuild from a tornado that cut a 10-mile-long path through the community,…