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Jefferson County’s tax office in Port Arthur will remain closed until August, despite community outrage and calls to reopen.
Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King Arthur and Merlin, with its preservation considered a miracle.
Port Arthur police investigate a shooting on Forrest Drive that left one injured. The victim's condition is unknown. Stay informed with updates from 12News.
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — One mother in Port Arthur is demanding transparency from the police department after her daughter died in a suspicious manner.
Environment Port Arthur’s 30-Year Fight for Environmental Justice A report from the fencelines in the booming Southeast Texas petrochemical corridor.
A U.S. court has removed an emissions permit for Sempra's Port Arthur LNG export terminal in Texas, but the company said construction of the facility will continue for now.
Energy & Environment Port Arthur LNG facility on hold as federal appeals court vacates Texas-issued emissions permit The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled this week that the Texas ...
The Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 expansion project in Texas has received permit approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Lone Star Cajuns are staking claim to Port Arthur, an industrial city of some 50,000 people, as The Cajun Capital of Texas.
Port of Port Arthur, Texas, will receive $13.6 million in a federal USDOT grant that port officials say will significantly upgrade the East Texas facility during the next year.
Port Arthur was a boom town, born in the weeks after oil was struck at Spindletop Hill, in nearby Beaumont on Jan. 10, 1901. The Lucas Gusher shot oil 150 feet in the air, 100,000 barrels a day ...
Residents of Port Arthur are calling for a federal civil rights investigation into the state of Texas’ role in allowing the Oxbow Calcining plant to operate without modern pollution control.