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DIFFA/Dallas Holiday Wreath Collection Turns 26
The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA/Dallas) recently celebrated its 26th Holiday Wreath Collection at Trade Mart to ring in the holiday season.
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Texas Moves Toward Statewide Online Testing
Texas is once again shaking up its standardized testing contracts, signing four-year agreements totaling $388 million with two companies to develop and administer its controversial State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exams for public school students.
STEAM
What’s a Not-So-Little Competition Between Robots During a Pandemic?
The robots are in full competition mode and on their way to Dallas for The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s VEX Robotics World Championship, presented by the Northrop Grumman Foundation in April.
Coronavirus
DMN: Nearly 50,000 Sign Up On COVID-19 Vaccine Registry
Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Dr. Phil Huang told the Dallas Morning News Monday that nearly 50,000 signed up on a new website that allows Dallas County residents to register for COVID-19 vaccines.
STEAM
Hands-On Learning Expands Horizons
Show students video of high-altitude balloon missions and give them new perspectives on their world.
Society
Dallas Junior Forum Serves ‘From the Heart’
With the pandemic restricting opportunities to gather in person, Dallas Junior Forum members adapted fundraising and volunteer service to meet the needs of their nonprofit partners.
Coronavirus
County Announces COVID Vaccination Registration
Dallas County residents who fall into the 1A or 1B state categories can register and be pre-screened for their opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, county officials said over the weekend.
Military Service True Believer Reagan Mathes in the Navy Now
Reagan Mathes’ journey to becoming a U.S. Navy ensign began in childhood with an early fascination the Dallas native traces back to a veteran family member.
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Best of 2020: Love in the Time of Social Distancing
The pandemic canceled, postponed, or altered many a couple's wedding plans this year, and in May we introduced you to one couple who was faced with just that issue.
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Best of 2020: The Mask Making Neighbors
As the pandemic hit Dallas, a new endeavor began - making masks. In April, we introduced readers to some of their mask-making neighbors.
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Best of 2020: Patriot Pride
The last 18 months or so haven't been kind to Thomas Jefferson High School - an EF3 tornado struck the school in October 2019 and required a move to Thomas Edison Middle School, and then the pandemic hit and moved everything online last spring.