Local
Y staff work to get back on track; volunteers, donations needed
By Roger Cowles For The Port Arthur News Bud Oliver, director of the YMCA of Southeast Texas, boated up to the Port Arthur branch on ...
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News
FEMA comes to Port Arthur; Dozens wait in line for help
Seven-year-old triplets Shelly, Juan and Ashley didn’t seem to mind standing in line at the Federal Emergency Management Agency bus Thursday in the 1900 block ...
by Roger Cowles, Thursday, September 7, 2017 9:18 pm
News
Jon Huntsman puts up $2 million
By Roger Cowles For the Port Arthur News Huntsman Corp. founder and Executive Chairman Jon Huntsman Sr. announced the donation of $2 million — $1 ...
by Roger Cowles, Wednesday, September 6, 2017 11:43 am
Flood Stories
New Orleans chef hands out hot meals
“Friends from New Orleans came to help us,” is how the Rev. Donald Frank described the scene at New Hope Baptist Church on Monday. Those ...
by Roger Cowles, Monday, September 4, 2017 7:05 pm
Columns
Telling stories in ‘Profile 2016’
Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow, and the Weather Channel app shows mild — dare we say spring-like — temperatures for the next two weeks. ...
by Roger Cowles, Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:37 am
BREAKING NEWS
Three 18-Wheelers Collide on the Interstate in Jefferson County
At approximately 11:14pm, on Sunday night, there was a three (3) vehicle crash on Interstate 10 near Major Drive. The crash involved three truck tractor ...
by Roger Cowles, Monday, December 7, 2015 6:44 am
Local
New 3D mammograms expected to help save lives
The pink balloons and festive decorations in the auditorium softened the seriousness of the topic as The Medical Center of Southeast Texas staff unveiled new ...
by Roger Cowles, Friday, October 16, 2015 9:11 am
Editorials
Dusting off Mercer Report sign of progress
News that Port Arthur City Manager Brian McDougal is taking the Mercer Report off the back shelf and clearing off the three-years of accumulated dust ...
by Roger Cowles, Friday, October 2, 2015 8:48 am
Editorials
Census number shows ‘Obamacare’ has cut uninsured rate in Texas
U.S. Census numbers released Wednesday show that the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, fueled a decrease of 700,000 in the number of uninsured ...
by Roger Cowles, Thursday, September 17, 2015 9:28 am
Check this Out
Honor those affected by breast cancer in special tribute section
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and The Port Arthur News is planning a special section honor breast cancer survivors and pay tribute to those ...