Alex Driggars

WOLFFORTH — Voters in Frenship Independent School District will decide in November whether the district can raise property taxes to avoid a budget deficit and issue millions of dollars in bonds to build new schools and purchase upgraded technology.

Faculty and staff in the Lubbock Independent School District, one of the city's largest employers, will be paying more for their health insurance next year after a Thursday school-board vote.

The Lubbock County Commissioners Court's budget discussions hit a wall Monday when two commissioners skipped the court's regular meeting in protest of a proposed property tax increase that the rest of the court says is necessary to keep the county safe.

Lubbock Fire Rescue and public works crews are continuing work this week to extinguish smoldering debris left over from a fire last week in east Lubbock.

Lubbock ISD and Reliant on Wednesday revealed the district's new "Innovation Station," a mobile classroom built by students aboard a renovated school bus, which will serve as a unique and nimble space for students to learn outside of the traditional school building.

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A West Texas police chief was arrested and suspended last week, accused of tampering with government documents.

Next year's proposed tax rate, which got an initial not from the council Tuesday, was a compromise between the initial proposal and a no-new-revenue rate.

The City of Lubbock's Electric Utility Board last week approved a measure that could lower customers'electric bills starting in November.

Friday marks a milestone for a Lubbock institution. The First Friday Art Trail turns 20 years old and will celebrate its anniversary with the September trail Friday evening.