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Cars drive through the FM 407/FM 2499 intersection at the border of Flower Mound and Highland Village

Flower Mound | Highland Village | Argyle

Over $3M FM 407 intersection improvements underway, to last until April 2026

By Connor Pittman

Once complete, northbound and southbound traffic will have two dual left turn lanes, three through lanes and a dedicated right turn lane, while eastbound and southbound traffic will have two through lanes, a dual left turn lane ad dedicated right turn lane.

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Gov. Greg Abbott speaks Jan. 8 in Austin, ahead of a winter storm that hit North Texas.

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Eggrolls in Harvest Hall

Grapevine | Colleyville | Southlake

Dynamite Eggrolls serving speciality egg rolls in ...

Torchy's Tacos is opening a location in Celina though an opening date is unknown. (Courtesy Torchy's Tacos)

Prosper | Celina

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Kona Grill was located in the West Parker Village shopping center. (Michael Crouchley/Community Impact)

Plano North

Kona Grill Plano location closes permanently

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McKinney

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McKinney

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The Texas Motor Speedway TIF district has grown in value by 2,798.8% since inception. (Courtesy Visit Fort Worth)

Keller | Roanoke | Northeast Fort Worth

Driving Development: Northeast Fort Worth area sees growth, economic boost from Texas Motor Speedway exposure

By Cody Thorn

The track has a crowd capacity of more than 200,000 people, making it one of the largest sports venues in the United States, and delivers around $300 million a year to the North Texas economy, according to the track website.

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Plano ISD employees will receive two additional days of bereavement leave. (Community Impact staff)

Plano North

Plano ISD employees to receive two more days of bereavement leave

By Adam Doe

The policy change came after receiving feedback from district employees

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Prosper | Celina

Prosper readies for FM 1461 expansion with ...

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McKinney

TxDOT to break ground on Spur 399 ...

TxDOT will close all travel lanes twice between June 13-16 to allow for the construction of steel girders for the Main Street overpass.

Flower Mound | Highland Village | Argyle

Portions of I-35E to close June 13-16 ...

North Texas Tollway Authority will raise rates by an average of 1 cent per mile starting July 1.

Grapevine | Colleyville | Southlake

NTTA to increase toll rates July 1

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Richardson

DART to hold community meetings in Richardson, ...

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McKinney

Collin County to move to hand-marked ballots for November election

By Adam Doe

Current estimates say the transition from machine to hand-marked ballots will cost roughly $2.4 million.

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Children's Lighthouse opened a new location in Celina providing safe, trusted childcare for childen 6 weeks to 12 years old.

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McKinney

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Prosper | Celina

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Shinola's storefront in downtown Plano is set to close on June 21. (Michael Crouchley/Community Impact)

Plano North

Shinola to close downtown Plano location

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Grapevine | Colleyville | Southlake

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WoundX plans to open in Argyle in September.

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Texas Legislature

Gov. Greg Abbott speaks Jan. 8 in Austin, ahead of a winter storm that hit North Texas.

South Central Austin

Amid persistent drought, Gov. Abbott says Texas is prepared to build out, protect water supplies

By Hannah Norton

As people and businesses continue to flock to the Lone Star State, Texas lawmakers passed legislation this spring that is aimed at helping communities create new water supplies and repair aging water systems.

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Check out recent real estate data from Richardson. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)

Richardson

Richardson home sales down nearly 30% in April

By Michael Crouchley

Check out the latest real estate data for Richardson ZIP codes.

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Keller | Roanoke | Northeast Fort Worth

Learn more about 3 health care updates from local hospitals

By Gabby Bailey

John Peter Smith Hospital, Medical City Alliance and Texas Health Alliance