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CENTRAL TEXAS

Dos Olivos Market makes a grand appearance in Harlingen

HARLINGEN – If you’re a fan of Spanish wine, olive oil and things rare to the Texas palate, you don’t have to travel across the ocean any longer. Dos Olivos Market just opened its doors at 6710 W. Expressway 83, and visitors poured in to sample the ambience and novelty of a market and restaurant with not only Spanish delicacies but Texas beer and barbecue. “Dos Olivos is an original marketplace that welcomes our guests and everyone to encounter a learning experience from wine, beer, menu,” said Rebecca Varela, co-owner. Carlos Armando Varela, importer and wholesale services manager for the Spanish products at Dos Olivos, eagerly gave explanations and demonstrations. “It’s definitely very high quality olive oil,” Dittman said.

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University of Texas scientists: Crazy ants may have finally met their match

University of Texas scientists have discovered a way to ward off crazy ants, an invasive species known to drive out native insects and small animals and even damage homes.State of play: UT researchers found that a naturally occurring fungus can infect local populations of crazy ants without human intervention.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeWhy it matters: Tawny crazy ants, first discovered near Houston, have infested parts of t

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Population growth challenges Texas' Hill Country

Booming population growth, coupled with changing climate patterns, unslakable groundwater thirst and political challenges, leave the Texas Hill Country newly vulnerable. Driving the news: A recently released report from the Texas Hill Country Conservation Network reveals a region facing profound threats to its future. The network is a partnership of dozens of organizations working across an 18-county region of Central Texas to protect waterways, vistas and wildlife.Stay on top of the latest mark

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Trans kids and supporters say new Texas law will keep them out of school sports

Data shows less than half of LGBTQ youth participate in sports, and it’s predicted the number of transgender youth is even smaller. “This we know stokes fear, and it divides us.”Advocates for transgender youth say they are bracing for the impact of the law’s implementation and the heightened scrutiny of transgender youth and their bodies. Under the new law, a modified birth certificate would only be accepted if it was changed to correct a clerical error. Julia, who’s in the process of getting her gender marker changed on her birth certificate, said she had been optimistic that a new birth certificate would allow her to compete with other girls. I see it as other people’s problem,” she said of the Texas law.

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VTX1 buys Georgetown internet provider

Wireless provider VTX1 Companies has acquired an internet service provider based in Georgetown, Texas, as the Raymondville-based firm continues to expand its footprint in the state. VTX1 announced it has purchased SOS Communications, which has been operating in central Texas since 2007. The SOS acquisition is the fourth in under five years for VTX1, which provides residential and commercial internet service, and expands the internet provider’s customer base to more than 37,000 clients. VTX1 currently occupies over 8,000 route miles of network facilities statewide, along with 279 fixed wireless towers. The SOS acquisition will expand VTX1’s service territory to approximately 46,500 square miles and grow their fixed wireless inventory by 18 percent, company officials said.

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