Economy

Tyler attorney and historian Randy Gilbert believes almost anything can be recycled -- even old rundown houses -- and he's even thought up a way to do it.

Budget talks between Minnesota's Democratic Governor and Republican legislative leaders have broken down, and Minnesota has begun a historic shutdown of the state government.

The Texas Forest Service says the ongoing east Texas wildfires are not just burning a lot of trees and some houses.  They're also burning up a lot of money and jobs.

Lufkin's Ellen Trout Park and Zoo are getting some much needed improvements, thanks to its partnership with the Lufkin Host Lions Club and the City of Lufkin.

In a classic reversal of an all-too-familiar story, a Florida homeowner got the ultimate revenge on Bank of America for ignoring his efforts to get the bank to correct a serious mistake.  He foreclosed on the bank.

Like most other state-funded programs, public library summer reading programs in Angelina County and all over Texas are feeling the pinch of tighter purse strings.

The Texas panhandle is the last place on earth you would expect to see a vineyard and a winery, but they're there, several in fact, producing wines and selling them nationwide.  They're also hoping to attract oenophiles and create a "wine tourism" industry in the hottest and driest part of a state famous the world over for being hot and dry.

The first Texas power plant to use renewable wood waste to generate electricity is close to powering up.  The Aspen Power plant on Lufkin's north side is the first of its kind in the state of Texas, and one of only a handful in the entire country.