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Mark Haslett comes to KETR having served at High Plains Public Radio in Amarillo, where he worked as News Director and later as Director of Programming. His work has been broadcast on National Public Radio, KERA, KCUR and other public radio stations. Haslett enjoys the privilege and responsibility of keeping communities well-informed. He has also worked as an editor and reporter at newspapers in the Southwest and Midwest. Haslett developed a passion for radio as a youth, when he helped his father, a program host at WRBC-AM in Jackson, Miss. He enjoys travel and has worked abroad in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Haslett is a graduate of Arlington High School and earned a B.A. in English from Tufts University in Medford, Mass.

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Northeast Texas Weather
1:11 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

Live-blogging Tuesday's weather

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Rainwater floods the Interstate 30 access road between exits 93 and 94.
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Rainwater floods the Interstate 30 access road between exits 93 and 94.
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KETR news staff are live-blogging today's weather events in Northeast Texas.

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Severe Weather
12:19 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

Severe Weather potential prompts school closings

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With the high potential for severe weather this afternoon, some schools are deciding to release their students early, so they can make it home to their families.

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Northeast Texas Weather
9:25 am
Tue May 21, 2013

Severe weather possible in NE Texas today

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The National Weather Services advises that large hail is possible today - and that tornadoes are also possible.

City of Greenville
3:30 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

Councilmen, Alexander offer closing thoughts

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Jeff Dailey: "I've also seen other behaviors and other actions that you may have never seen."
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Dan Perkins: "I'm not aware of any parameters given to Mr. Alexander by this council that he has not met."
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Steven Alexander: "Demand excellence. Raise the bar of expectation for Greenville."
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If you couldn't attend Tuesday night's late-running Greenville city council meeting, here are audio clips from the minutes after the council emerged from its executive session.

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Keystone XL Pipeline
10:39 am
Thu May 16, 2013

TransCanada crews begin work at Red'Arc Farm

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In this undated 2013 photograph, Julia Crawford Trigg stands alongside the fence dividing her property from the area granted to TransCanada.
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Rain, thunder and lightning did not deter TransCanada workers from beginning major operations at Julia Crawford Trigg's Red'Arc farm in northwestern Lamar County on Thursday morning.

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Northeast Texas Weather
9:54 am
Thu May 16, 2013

Storms rolling through NE Texas on Thursday

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The National Weather Service advises that storms will occur northeast of a Gainesville to Emory line through midday today.

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News and Culture Notebook
9:44 am
Thu May 16, 2013

Storm pics, videos collected by DFW media

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A tornado near Watherford on May 15.
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Northeast Texas was spared from the worst of last night's storms, but to the west, the North Texas communities of Granbury, Cleburne and Ennis suffered devastation and, in Granbury, deaths.

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City of Greenville
4:36 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Conflict with L-3 doomed Alexander's tenure

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Councilman Jeff Dailey explains his decision to vote to remove Steven Alexander as city manager. At right are city secretary Debra Newell, Alexander, city attorney Daniel Ray, councilman Dan Perkins and mayor Steve Reid.
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A somber crowd of citizens stayed late into the evening to hear the council's decision.
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Greenville resident Craig Bird, at left, was one of 40 who addressed the council Tuesday night.
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Both supporters and opponents of former Greenville city manager Steven Alexander agreed that the troubled relationship between the city and its largest employer led to Alexander's dismissal.

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City of Greenville
11:19 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

Greenville fires city manager

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Following an emotional but civil evening of public testimonials, the Greenville city council voted 5-2 to terminate the contract of city manager Steven Alexander.

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KETR's Locker Room
2:00 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

Big sports questions answered by radio veterans

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Cooper Welch
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Taylor and Ryan are out of town, so KETR's Kevin Jefferies and Mark Haslett joined Cooper Welch on the Locker Room today to discuss some big sports questions, and talk a little NBA and NHL playoff action.

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