Pleasant Grove High School journalism students won 27 of the top awards in the Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE) Best in Texas competition announced this weekend. The journalism department received five Superior, 11 Excellent and 11 Honorable Mention awards for their print newspaper writing and design work. In addition, Read more…
The Texas HighSteppers of Texas High School earned the Large Team National Grand Champion Title during the Danceline USA National Championship Competition in San Antonio, TX. The team also received the Platinum Sweepstakes (for 95 average from each judge on each dance), First Place Best in Category for Novelty & Read more…
At the peak of the pandemic, Mayo Manufacturing Corporation produced PPE for healthcare workers, first responders and Texas natives. If every mask Mayo made was represented by a penny, and we stacked all of the pennies- the stack would be as tall as the tallest building in the world! Check out goTXK.org for more Read more…
Ben Neuman, PhD is a world renowned virologist and former head of the Biology department at TAMU-T and is a local expert on COVID-19. He has been interviewed all over the world and was part of the committee which helped name the virus. He has 25 years of research experience with Read more…
Find what you are passionate about and get involved! Here is a list of some of the local organizations. Check out goTXK.org for more celebration of our innumerable Texarkana superlatives!
Not only is Trinity Christian School the only K-12 private school option within 30 miles of Texarkana, Trinity also recently added football to their athletics program and won the state championship in junior high boys basketball. Read more about this amazing accomplishment here! Check out goTXK.org for more celebration of our innumerable Texarkana superlatives!
Arkansas High School’s Razorback TV News received national recognition this week from the Student Television Network, earning the programs third consecutive Broadcast Excellence Award. Previously, schools were required to submit one show to be judged by industry professionals. This year the judges reviewed a variety of student content that was produced Read more…
Texarkana College’s professor of music, Marc-Andre Bougie, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Choral Music Division of The American Prize National Nonprofit Competition in the Performing Arts for a requiem he composed during the pandemic. The competition is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the classical Read more…
The Arkansas High School Collegiate Academy is a partnership between the Texarkana Arkansas School District (TASD) and the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. The goal of the academy is to provide students with a two or three-year curriculum that allows them the opportunity to complete a high school diploma and an Read more…
Kiplinger recently ranked Texarkana nationally among the top 25 cities for the lowest cost of living? We ranked 17th due to positive ratings for low unemployment, low grocery costs, and home expenses. The cost of living in Texarkana falls a favorable 13.4% BELOW the national average! For a link to Read more…