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Capital Metro Breaks Ground Next Week on New Downtown Station
New station – ETA spring 2021 – envisioned as “public gathering space and mobility hub”
"...is set to begin construction on its new Downtown Station (as shown in this rendering) one block east of..."

March 29, 2019 News Feature

Trouble at Station 15
Austin firefighter sues city after officials stonewall unequal treatment
"...When Nona Allen joined the Austin Fire Depart­ment in 2007, sitting alone on the cement floor..."

Jan. 16, 2009 News Feature by Caitlin Meredith

The Color of Fire
The Austin Fire Department is making another attempt at staff diversity – will it do any better this time?
"...were actually related to legitimate matters in the Austin Fire Department. Over the testy objections (public and private) of..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Fire at AFD
Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr leads a department flaming with labor, race, and gender politics
"...On a rainy weekday in September, Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr is sitting in her office...."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Warrant Issued for Former Austin Fire Lieutenant's Arrest
James Baker allegedly videotaped female colleagues in the shower
"...An arrest warrant’s out for former firefighter James Baker, who stands accused of invasive video recording,..."

Nov. 16, 2017 News Post by Nina Hernandez

The Long Road to Responsive Fire Coverage
It appears the city’s in no big rush
"...remains in the process of plugging holes in its fire coverage map. That's not likely to change anytime soon...."

Dec. 8, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

KOOP Arson: The jazz behind the fire
Music dispute is reported motive behind crime
"...would drive a man to walk into a radio station, pour gasoline over the equipment, and set it ablaze?..."

Feb. 8, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest
Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf
"...an epic ATX arc, wherein the hero leaves College Station and builds a global music promotions empire that he..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Eastciders on Barton Springs Is Gone, Hi Sign Brewing Turns Six, Fogo de Chão Flexes Plantwise, Live Fire Beefs It Even Better, There’s Bourbon and Biscuits at Stella San Jac, and (how do you like it?) More, More, More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
"...be just that familiar and lively venue near Springdale Station for a while, we – we like them apples,..."

March 22, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fire Management, Not Deejays
"...future, look what they'll get: total dilution. A radio station and indeed a local culture indistinguishable from any other..."

Aug. 6, 2009 Postmarks

After the (SXSW) Party: Where's the Fire?
Party shutdowns unleash backlash against SXSW
"...March 15 SXSW afterparty, at around 12:30am, an Austin Fire Department marshal showed up and shut down the fun...."

April 6, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Fire in the Night, Music in Bone-Deep Bassnote Throbs
Reveling among the multiform delights of Art Outside
"...you about the men and women with the live fireworks exploding off the tops of their heads...."

Oct. 29, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

From Westeros to College Station
George R. R. Martin to give milestone book to Texas A&M
"...end of next month. The announcement came from College Station this morning that the award-winning author of A Song..."

Jan. 29, 2015 Books Post by Robert Faires

Barbara's Fire
Attorney, teacher, and veteran fighter for freedom, Barbara Hines retires from a career mentoring students
"...before traveling by bus to the San Ysidro border station, where they presented themselves as asylum seekers. "Their months-old..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Texas D vs. Baylor Fire Bolt
Winner take all
"...In College Station you can find billboards still up in summer heralding..."

Dec. 1, 2011 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Fire No Joking Matter, Ever
"...a tragic loss not so long ago when a fire at the Station nightclub claimed the lives of 100..."

March 8, 2005 Postmarks

The Fire This Time
Third fire strikes KOOP radio
"...Bad things come in threes: After a pair of fires at its former Downtown location – the second razing..."

Jan. 7, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: Where's the Fire?
How urgent is the plan to aid the music and creative sectors?
"...Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, you could smell smoke from a wildfire. When musicians and artists told the Arts and Music..."

July 1, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Council: Public Safety & Their People
Fire stations, police officers, and the money assigned to both
"...identified five parts of the town that needed a fire station, and it shouldn't come as a surprise that..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Feel the Burn
Austin author and wildland firefighter Mary Pauline Lowry takes readers inside the fire line in her novel Wildfire
"...women's rights activist, and has served as a wildland firefighter on the Pike Interagency Hotshot Crew. Now she spends..."

July 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

New Health Clinic Opens to Serve Travis County's "Eastern Crescent"
CommUnityCare brings care closer to thousands at Hornsby Bend site
"...land right off FM 969, next to Hornsby Bend's fire and EMS station, CommUnityCare and Central Health celebrated on..."

March 9, 2020 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Budget Battles, Round One:
Austin firefighters start a blaze of their own in response to the department's controversial budget-cutting proposal.
"...most expensive services in the city General Fund; police, fire, and EMS consume nearly all of the city's sales-..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Accommodating Women: The AFD vs. Nona Allen
"...a little more than a year since the Austin Fire Depart­ment's only African-American female firefighter, Nona Allen, filed suit..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Wildfire Prevention Waiting for Ignition
City of Austin's wildfire prevention efforts lag behind the threat
"...Fire is always on the mind of Bob Nicks, the..."

Aug. 31, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

At Your Service
Suburbanites Doubt the City's 411 on 911
"...that the city won't be able to respond to fire and emergency calls as quickly as her current provider,..."

Nov. 14, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

The Tools of the Trade
Southwest Texas State's Jazz Program
"...in the field. These facilities take form in the Fire Station, a commercial recording studio owned by the university..."

June 13, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

The General Obligation Bond Package
"...Public Safety Combined Emergency Center 0 22,900 22,900 Central Substation & Forensic Facility $19,546 19,546 EMS Addition to Fire..."

Aug. 14, 1998 News Feature

City Tells Firefighters Volunteering Not Allowed
Union chief sees double standard on charity projects
"...answer sounds like to some members of the Austin Fire Department, whose decision to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity,..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Public Notice: Plans for the Future
The CodeNEXT process is upon us
"...Friday, Oct. 16, at 8am at the Crestview rail station, 6920 N. Lamar. The next two are 8am Wed.,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Culture Flash!
Whole Foods is about to get more arts-friendly, Austin moves closer to Puerto Rico, Shear Madness has a new detective running the show, and art at the new fire station really rocks.
"...in Public Places collection gets unveiled this week at Fire Station 43 in Circle C. W. Gary Smith's Karst..."

Nov. 18, 2005 Arts Column by Robert Faires

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