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TxDOT to close southbound main lanes of I-35 in Northeast San Antonio this weekend
The closure will begin at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, and continue through 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31.
Sanford Nowlin
Sanford Nowlin is editor-in-chief of the San Antonio Current. He holds degrees from Trinity University and the University of Texas at San Antonio, and his work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Orlando Weekly, NewsBreak, 420 Magazine and other publications.
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San Antonio’s Casa Rio moving ahead on $3.5 million rooftop bar project
The concept was originally slated to launch at the end of this year, but it will now debut closer to the end of 2027.
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Feds raid general contractor known for work on San Antonio projects such as The ’68 Apartments
The raid reportedly stems from a whistleblower complaint about the company’s work for an affordable housing complex in Converse.
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Trump immigration crackdown worsening Texas restaurants’ labor shortage
More than a third of Texas restaurants said they lost workers due to immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, fewer than half said they have enough employees.
Posted inThings to Do
Latin comedy OG Alex Reymundo playing 5-show stand at San Antonio’s LOL Comedy Club
The LA-based standup appeared in The Original Latin Kings of Comedy and has toured extensively with Ron White.
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Federal judge rules that most of ex-Alamo CEO’s legal claims can proceed in court
Kate Rogers alleges Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham engineered her ouster from the Alamo Trust and violated her free speech rights.
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Silicon Valley company to build $200 million plant in San Antonio that will employ 3,000 people
The 1 million-square-foot production facility planned for the Brooks development is the metro’s biggest economic development win since Toyota’s truck plant.
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Federal judge rules Texas’ drag ban is unconstitutional prohibition of free speech
Tuesday’s decision reverses a separate court ruling earlier this year that allowed the Republican-backed law to go into effect.
Posted inMusic
San Antonio loomed large in the late Dolly Parton’s country music career
The iconic singer-songwriter was a regular performer in the Alamo City as she rose to fame. Later in her career, she played a 2016 benefit concert at the Tobin Center.
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San Antonio grocer H-E-B undertaking $16 million renovation of its Las Palmas store
Renovations on the 44-year-old store are expected to wrap up in late 2027. The store will stay open the entire time.
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San Antonio fire union votes to censure city’s chief, citing ‘loss of confidence’
San Antonio Fire Chief Valerie Frausto received praise from the union’s top official when she took the role in October 2024.
Posted inTexas News
County Republican Party in North Texas faces backlash after posing anti-Muslim question to nominee
During an interview with a justice of the peace candidate, a GOP precinct chair reportedly asked if the man could train police dogs to attack Muslims.
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UT-San Antonio begins new semester Monday after pushing back due to cyber breach
Classes were originally scheduled to begin last Wednesday.
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Hemp retailers, including San Antonio’s Kingpin Kush, sue to block enforcement of Texas’ THC ban
‘An administrative agency should not be able to rewrite the law that the Texas Legislature passed,’ the SA retailer said of Texas’ ban on THC products.
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There’s so much poop in Texas waterways that swimming could make you sick, new study finds
The San Antonio River and Cibolo, Leon and Piedras creeks were among waterways that had unsafe fecal contamination levels on a quarter or more of the days tested.
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Top political watcher declares the Talarico-Paxton race a ‘toss-up’
The respected Cook Political Report also updated its rating on Texas’ gubernatorial race from ‘solid Republican’ to ‘leans Republican.’
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Former head of San Antonio’s Telemundo 60 TV station dies in helicopter crash
TV executive José Alberto Suárez was one of five Americans killed when their helicopter went down in Kenya.
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San Antonio nonprofit SNIPSA hosting puppy and kitten speed-dating event Saturday
The adoption session will take place at Poppy’s Coffee House.
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Overtime Theater’s High Tea at Medusa’s Court offers unlikely mix of characters
In the play, Medusa, soothsayer Cassandra and songstress supreme Billie Holiday meet Photis and Lucius, the main characters of Apuleius’ The Golden Ass.
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ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard dies at age 77
Beard, a hard-hitting and precise drummer, was a key member of one of Texas’ defining musical exports.