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Weather Whys: The jet stream
Q: You often hear about the jet stream. What is it?
A: The jet stream is one of the most influential forces of weather that is known, says John Nielsen-Gammon of the Texas A&M Department of Atmospheric Sciences. "The jet stream is a river of ai ...

Love run, health expo slated for Saturday
Eagle Staff ReportThe Junior League's Downtown Love Run and Healthy Living Expo is set for Saturday in Bryan.The event will include a 5K and 3K run and will start at 9 a.m. at Ambrose Furniture, 401 S. Main St. Visitors can learn more about healthy l ...

Storm was likely cause of Bryan blaze
Eagle Staff Report
Lightning may be to blame for a fire that consumed a vacant restaurant building Friday evening near Yesterday's bar on Texas Avenue in Bryan.
More than two dozen firefighters from Bryan and several from College Station responded ...

Mitt Romney gets easy win in Nevada

LAS VEGAS -- Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace.
In victory, the former Massachusett ...

Program to show live 19th-century farming
Eagle Staff ReportVisitors to the Barrington Living History Farm near Brenham will have the chance to see farm animals working a field to prepare it for planting during a program offered on Feb. 11 and 12.During the "Beasts of Burden" program, visito ...

Pets need some prep for new babies

LOS ANGELES -- Parents have months to get ready for a baby. Experts say the countdown should include prep time for pets too. A baby changes everything for a pet -- from how its home looks, smells and sounds to what the rules are.
Low energy, frie ...

Texas A&M team helps craft Medicaid care formula

The Department of State Health Services recently began using an assessment form created by a team of Texas A&M System researchers to better evaluate how much home care is required for children with special needs covered by Medicaid.
A team of ...

College Station reins in green projects

The College Station City Council opted to go green in 2008, making its intentions clear in the first sentence of a new 66-word policy statement: "College Station is committed to being a leader in resource conservation and protection of our environm ...

Calendar
Mark Your Calendar
The American Heart Association's Heart Ball, featuring the Karan Chavis Band and The Buckinghams, will be on Feb. 10 at Miramont Country Club. There will be music, dancing, a live auction and more. Individual tickets are $125 each ...

Brazos Valley cleans up after storms

Brazos Valley residents on Saturday began what was, for some, the arduous task of cleaning up the debris and devastation left in the wake of Friday night's torrential rainstorm.
A total of 6.45 inches of rain was measured through Saturday morning ...

More veterans seeking college educations

As war waged nearby in bloody Al-Anbar province, Cody Bingham daydreamed of being out of the Iraqi desert and in a Texas A&M classroom
"When you're in-country, you have a lot of downtime to plan for the future," said Bingham, 28, who served t ...

Teens to perform in concerto finals
Special to The Eagle
Three of the community's most talented young violinists will compete Sunday in the finals of the 14th Annual Brazos Valley Youth Concerto Competition. They will perform before a panel of judges and an audience at 3 p.m. at Peace ...

Vacant restaurant on Texas Avenue consumed by fire
Lightning may be to blame for starting a fire that consumed a vacant restaurant Friday evening near Yesterday's bar on Texas Avenue in Bryan.
More than two dozen firefighters from Bryan and several from College Station responded to the raging blaze ...

Storm slams Brazos Valley with flooding, hail, high winds
Eagle Staff Report
A fierce storm packing hail, high winds and driving rain blew through the Bryan-College Station area Friday night, causing widespread street flooding and spawning a possible tornado in Snook.
"It was a very powerful storm," said ...

Planning and Zoning Commission OKs home nursing care rules

The city of Bryan is moving forward with new regulations on personal home care facilities that have previously been allowed to operate with little to no oversight.
City staff has worked for about two years to review the homes, which cater to elde ...

New look for Olsen Field
Members of the Texas A&M baseball team stretch before practice at Olsen Field Friday. The Aggies will start the new season on Feb. 17 against the University of Illinois-Chicago at the newly-renovated Olsen Field at Bluebell Park.

Texas A&M event to examine teaching with technology

A year away from being a septuagenarian, Texas A&M professor Dennie Smith taps his iPad to manage his Facebook and Twitter accounts.
So it was in the spirit of his embrace of technology that he used an educational grant to loan iPads to 36 st ...

Economy trumps all in Nevada
LAS VEGAS -- In Nevada, people could once buy homes and feed their families with money earned from free-spending tourists who flocked to Sin City for relaxed gambling and liquor laws.But things have changed dramatically in the four years since the Wh ...

Economy a wild card in election

WASHINGTON -- The stronger the economy gets, the more the presidential race comes down to what voters believe: Are things actually getting better? Or is it all still a mess?
If the economy's direction is the key, President Barack Obama's hand jus ...

Billy Currington announced as Chilifest's headliner
Eagle Staff Report
Promising a "bigger and better than ever" event, Chilifest organizers announced Friday that this year's festival will be headlined by country singer Billy Currington.
The annual Chilifest, which has contributed millions to local ...

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MARK YOUR CALENDARSThe Corn For Cash event will be held Feb. 11 at the Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site in Anderson, off Highway 90. Get a look at how an early settler to Texas turned dealing in corn into a way to finance the Stagecoach Inn. Presenta ...

Bremond nursing home fires employee
Eagle Staff ReportAn employee at Bremond Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was fired after administrators discovered the person appeared to be stealing money from patients, officials said. The issue was brought to light "recently," said Merideth Mart ...

Texas A&M reports record spring enrollment
Eagle Staff Report
Enrollment at Texas A&M University has hit a record high for the spring semester, with a total of 46,717 students on the roster as of the 12th day of classes.
That is an increase of 295 students from the number enrolled for t ...

Fundraiser highlights cooks' talents

Some of the decorated booths were as elaborate as the food served by the cooks at the fifth annual "50 Men Who Can Cook" fundraiser.
Among them was a 3-D cardboard replica of the Eiffel tower illuminated by white Christmas lights that showcased mi ...

Tornado warning issued for Brazos, Burleson
A tornado warning has been issued for Brazos County and eastern Burleson County; some small hail already has been reported.
The National Weather Service's Doppler radar indicated severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado just after 6:30 p. ...