Mark Haslett
News DirectorMark Haslett has served at KETR since 2013. Since then, the station's news operation has enjoyed an increase in listener engagement and audience metrics, as well recognition in the Texas AP Broadcasters awards. Before coming to Northeast Texas, Haslett worked for High Plains Public Radio in Amarillo, where he worked as News Director and later as Director of Programming. His work has been broadcast on KERA, KCUR and other public radio stations, as well as the NPR Newscast. Haslett has also worked as an editor and reporter in both news and sports 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 (now-defunct) WRBC-AM in Jackson, Miss.
Haslett's other professional interests include teaching and massage therapy. He holds a master's degree from the Department of Literature and Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce and has taught English as a Foreign Language in Campeche, Mexico. Haslett earned a B.A. in English from Tufts University in Medofrd, Mass. He is also a Licensed Massage Therapist and is a graduate of The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin.
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Located northeast of Bonham, the reservoir was constructed by the North Texas Municipal Water District as a water source.
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Community members and students expressed their support for Williams at a Tuesday morning rally, as well as at the board meeting.
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The manufacturer plans to open a production facility at the former Fritz Industries location.
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Ford High School and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will host the event, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
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Police said the man stole a police officer’s taser and pointed it at the officer.
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Northeast Texas Republican incumbents in the Texas House of Representatives had mixed results in Tuesday's GOP primary elections.
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Contested nominations include the offices of county attorney, tax-assessor-collector and one commissioners court place.
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The Wisconsin-based company, which makes distribution systems and supplies, plans to hire almost 200 people at a new Greenville location.
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The Texas statute, along with a similar Florida law, are being challenged as unconstitutional.
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The meeting is the third in a series of meetings hosted by the city government in February to receive public input on the next draft of the planning document.