Though the southern region of the U.S. saw a one percent drop in growth for the first time since 2021, Texas was still deemed popular for migrants. This marks the third consecutive year that the Lone Star state has had the largest numerical population increase in the country.
The 2020 census recorded just over 29 million residents in Texas. And from June 2024 to July 2025, the data shows a net gain of 391,243 residents. As of July 2025, Texas has an estimated 31.7 million residents, according to Census data.
Interestingly enough, the states with the largest population numbers — California, Texas, New York and Florida — were also the states with the largest numbers of residents moving away. Census Bureau data also shows that Texas was the biggest supplier of new residents to nine other states– Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Let’s take a closer look at Texas’ growing population.
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[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]
Where are new Texas residents migrating from?
Though Texas had the highest population growth number, for the first time since 2021, the state had a drop in growth percentage rate. Texas saw a growth rate of 1.2 percent from June 2024 to July 2025, according to the Census Bureau.
South Carolina had the nation’s highest growth percentage, with a 1.5 percent rate. Factors that affect the growth percentage include size of the state and the amount of new residents added to its population.
The addition of new residents to Texas didn’t make as much of an impact (compared to South Carolina), as the state is much larger in scale and population size.
A Texas Migration Report that analyzed moving data from June 2024 to May 2025 showed that people from California, Florida, Colorado, Arizona and Illinois, respectively, moved to the Lone Star state the most.
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Which Texas cities are growing the most?
According to the Texas Migration Report, Dallas-Fort Worth is the leading metroplex for new residents.
In the following order, these metro areas grew the most from May 2024 to June 2025:
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Rangers shortstop Corey Seager is in entering the fifth year of his 10-year, $325 million contract.
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The Category 7 tornado that is the Los Angeles Dodgers cut a swath through the hopes of at least a dozen MLB clubs long before the regular season begins.
The Texas Rangers are not the Pirates, Rockies, Marlins or the other handful of teams that play the same game as the Dodgers, but aren’t in their league. The Rangers are also no longer in the upper echelon, where they previously paid to belong.
Since the 2025 season ended, the Rangers are acting like one of the clubs that expects the league to save them. The team is gambling that MLB will implement a hard salary cap in its next collective bargaining agreement with the MLB Players Association, a deal that expires Dec. 1.
There is often alarming rhetoric and threats between the players and ownership when it comes to CBA negotiations, but this time it sounds more like 1994, when a players’ strike wiped out the World Series.
The Rangers’ ‘big market’ challenge
The last time the contract between the players union and the league expired, in the winter of 2021, resulting in a lockout that did not affect the regular season, the Rangers didn’t worry about anything. Rangers owner Ray Davis told then-GM Jon Daniels to spend some of their money; just before the CBA expired, the team signed expensive free agentsCorey Seager, Kole Calhoun, Marcus Semien and Jon Gray.
The next year, they signed free agent pitcher Jacob deGrom. In the span of two offseasons, the Rangers committed to more than $740 million for five players. Consistently, Davis approved moves that added to the payroll, including a 2-year, $37 million deal for DH Joc Pederson, signed in December 2024.
That spending aggression has stopped. The change in the regional TV sports model affected the Rangers, as the once-lucrative deal with Fox Sports Southwest, eventually Bally, was effectively scrapped two years ago. That loss of revenue is not everything, but it’s not nothing.
Rangers GM Chris Young is adamant that given the size — and growth — of Dallas-Fort Worth, the Rangers should never have to go through a rebuild and unload their top players.
DFW is the fourth-largest media market in the U.S., behind New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. There is usually a direct correlation between media markets and the top payrolls in MLB. The Rangers are an outlier; their projected payroll of $214 million in 2026 is 14th in the league; they were sixth in 2025.
Davis and the ownership group are feeling the fatigue of covering a top five, or 10, payroll, something they’ve done consistently in nearly 15 years of running the franchise. With the prospect, and increasing pressure reportedly from other franchises on MLB to create a new payroll structure, the Rangers are one of many teams not active in free agency for the 2026 season.
MLB’s ‘Dodger’ Problem
The sustained success of the Dodgers has increased the temperature on MLB commissioner Rob Manfred to correct the imbalance in the league.
The two-time defending champion Dodgers’ 2026 payroll is projected to be $414 million, which includes the MLB payroll tax. That would be more than the combined payrolls of three teams — the Guardians, Rays and Marlins. The Dodgers’ payroll is expected to be $90 million to $100 million more than any other team.
When the team signed top free agent Kyle Tucker to a four-year, $240 million contract in January, the reaction in baseball was, “That’s enough.” All this does is increase the overall price on salaries.
This has happened before in the last 30 years, but the gap between big spenders and those who don’t has never been so wide.
Since big money started to pour into MLB in the early ‘90s, the perception/concern is that too many teams essentially act as farm systems for the Dodgers, Mets, Yankees, Cubs and Red Sox.
Since 2015, one team outside the top 10 in payroll has won the World Series: the Braves in 2021. Their payroll was 11th. Six times since 2015 the World Series champion’s payroll ranked in the top five.
The players union will fight anything that obstructs spending. The owners will insist the only way to get a balanced field among 30 teams is a cap, which will make the game more affordable to families. They’re lying about the last part.
According to a report by ESPN, there is momentum among owners to dig in for a salary cap.
The Rangers in MLB’s future system
MLB is the only major sports league without a hard salary cap. The league established a payroll tax in 1997, which was later branded a Competitive Balance Tax, but this is not a drag on salaries.
The MLBPA has routinely exploited the fractured state of the MLB owners to win this point in negotiations. Historically, there are just enough owners to stop the league from going all in to enforce the financial restrictions and penalties that exist in the NBA, NFL and NHL.
The last 30 years of pro sports has shown the owners will overspend, driving up the salaries on coaches and players.
Even if the Rangers are in a top-five media market, they’ve never had top-five media market revenues, which did not stop Hicks or Davis from spending like it. Under Hicks, spending did not lead to winning, which ultimately convinced him build through the farm system.
Under Davis, spending resulted in a World Series, and now a place where they are betting that the next CBA will allow them to contend for another title without having to spend like the Dodgers.
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A Texas couple has pleaded guilty to federal charges after prosecutors revealed they used social media to defraud dozens of homeowners out of nearly $5 million under the guise of custom homes and renovations.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, Christopher and Raquelle Judge, a married couple from Fort Worth, admitted to carrying out an elaborate scheme to deceive customers through their home renovation business, Judge DFW LLC, between August 2020 and January 2023.
The pair billed themselves as a one-stop shop for custom architecture, interior design and construction services, luring customers through social media to advertise their business while falsely claiming Christopher was an experienced architect.
Christopher and Raquelle Judge pleaded guilty to federal charges after prosecutors uncovered a nearly $5 million fraud scheme in which the couple scammed dozens of Texas homeowners over fake renovation projects.(Chris And Raquelle Judge/Instagram)
“They came out to our house… and really pitched themselves as like this Chip and Joanna Gaines type of vibe,” Lane Simmons, one of the Judges’ clients, told WFAA.
Federal prosecutors revealed the couple would present clients with below-market bids to secure building contracts, before starting projects that were never finished and ultimately left victims with incomplete residences.
In the town of Runaway Bay, Christopher Judge reportedly was slapped with a total of 424 citations for code enforcement violations, which ultimately led to the FBI taking up the case.
Christopher Judge pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and faces up to 20 years behind bars in federal prison. Raquelle Judge also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which has a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison. (Chris And Raquelle Judge/Instagram)
“There were families whose kids did not get Christmas for a year or two,” Kalie Simmons, another victim of the Judges, told FOX 4. “There were families that filed bankruptcy.”
Plea documents indicate the Judges defrauded over 40 victims throughout six Texas counties, involving at least 24 different construction projects.
Court documents also showed the pair commingled victims’ payments in their primary business account, often pulling installment payments from individuals to fund unrelated construction projects – amassing a total of around $4.8 million in losses.
Federal prosecutors say the pair then spent the money on mortgage payments, living expenses and even plastic surgery while evading questions from their victims regarding delays in construction and incomplete projects.
“You just need to be careful about who you give the money to,” Roper, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, told FOX 4. “If it’s too good to be true, it’s probably not true.”
“You gotta wonder what happened to the money,” Roper said.
Last month, Christopher Judge pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and faces up to 20 years behind bars in federal prison. Raquelle Judge also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which has a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison.
Fox News Digital was unable to immediately locate Christopher Judge’s attorney for comment. Raquelle Judge’s attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The pair is scheduled to be sentenced separately later this year, according to federal prosecutors.
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More homebuyers in Fort Worth are discovering they can bring something to the negotiation table that has eluded them for years: leverage.
For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, Fort Worth real estate agents are seeing rising inventory and slower price growth — in other words, a more buyer-friendly market.
“Every real estate market has its ups and downs and levels,” said Shawn Buck, president of the Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors. “Right now in Fort Worth, we’re really just balancing out, which is a great thing, specifically for buyers and getting them into a market where they can have more leverage when buying a home.”
A balanced housing market equates to exactly six months of available inventory, meaning it would take six months to sell every house currently on the market if no new homes were listed. Right now, Fort Worth is seeing about three to six months of inventory, which creates the most balanced market the city has seen since before the pandemic, Buck said.
High mortgage rates and other economic pressures over the last few years pushed many buyers out of the market. With mortgage rates falling and price growth slowing, pending home sales grew nearly 4% in November, the largest jump in contract signings since early 2023.
November housing prices in Fort Worth were 6% lower than one year ago, and active listings were up by over 3%, according to Realtor association data. Closed sales declined by over 11%, reflecting softer demand for homes. In Tarrant County as a whole, home prices in November averaged $336,450, down by 5.2%.
Buck said the Fort Worth area’s shift to a more buyer-friendly market comes after years of “chaos” created from the pandemic and a subsequent mass population increase in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.
“With the mass migration to Texas, DFW was a large recipient of that,” Buck said. “We had a much higher demand than our housing mortgage, so that can very much cause a seller’s market in that time. Now, we’re really just balancing out, which is a great thing for buyers.”
Buck also said buyers are able to negotiate more now than they have since before the pandemic in 2020.
In November, 708 homes were sold in Fort Worth — just over 11% less than November 2024. The median price in November was also less than November 2024, and the monthly housing inventory rose.
The Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors also said that the average home spent 64 days on the market in November, which was nine days longer than this time last year.
Those numbers were similar in Tarrant County as a whole. Over 1,400 homes were sold across the county in November, also about 11% lower than November 2024. The median house price dropped almost 6% compared to the same time last year, and houses spend five more days on the market in November than they did in November 2024.
Buck said he doesn’t have any crystal ball, but he fully expects the Fort Worth market to remain in a more balanced state for the time being, he said.
“Listening to economists, looking at all the market reporters, all those things, I think that we’re going to stay in the more balanced market for the foreseeable future,” Buck said. “Now, if rates were to come down drastically that could change, but with the growth and development and the job market and people moving to DFW, I think we will continue seeing this balanced level market.”
A more stable market is a good thing for both buyers and sellers, and now is the perfect time to buy a home whether you’re a first-time buyer or a tenth time buyer, Buck said.
“No realtor really likes having that chaos of an unbalanced market for that long like we saw during and after COVID,” Buck said. “We like the seasonality, we like the trends. And as we move back toward a more stable and balanced market, there is consistency, which is a great thing for both buyers and sellers.”
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Passengers wait in line at a TSA security checkpoint inside Terminal C at DFW International Airport on March 1, 2023.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth Airport has made some changes to help offset increased traffic and longer wait times for fliers traveling during the holidays.
Still, travelers should expect substantially increased traffic in and around the airport and increased wait times in TSA lines. Nearly 5 million people are expected to fly to, from and through DFW Airport between Dec. 18 and Jan. 6, according to a DFW Airport news release. Overall passenger traffic during the holiday travel period is also projected to increase by more than 3% compared to last year.
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DFW Airport changes ahead of holiday travel rush
Because of construction in the area, Terminal C is expected to have the heaviest traffic. Construction at Terminal C includes a pier-style expansion of 115,000 square feet, nine new gates, new concessions and a new parking garage. A new 15-gate Terminal F, set to open in 2027, is also under construction in the area which could complicate parking and traffic flow.
The airport has reconfigured traffic patterns for the next several days through Terminal C to alleviate congestion. Signs have been installed to guide traffic through the most highly congested areas of the airport.
Because of the construction, Terminal C has just two garages open — the North and Central garages — rather than three, as the south garage remains closed for reconstruction.
The airport has also launched an access point to Terminal A to alleviate traffic congestion for the holidays. The new right-hand access point, opened Dec. 19, removes detours that were previously in effect. The access point opened sooner than the airport anticipated and was fast tracked due to the holiday season.
When are the busiest travel days?
Dec. 19 through Monday, Dec. 22, is projected to be the busiest travel period. Dec. 23, 24 and 25 are still expected to be busier than normal as well. DFW also marked Dec. 26 through Dec. 28 as another one of the busiest periods of the holiday season.
DFW projected that more than 265,000 passengers flew to and from the airport on Dec. 19, and a similar number is expected on Dec. 28. The airport marked those two days as the busiest individual days of the holiday travel period.
Daily volumes throughout the holiday travel period are expected to be more evenly distributed than during the Thanksgiving travel period. But terminal curbsides are expected to be near the levels they were during Thanksgiving. The busiest periods for curbside pickups are projected to be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 26 and Dec. 27.
The airport recommends travelers arrive at least two hours before their flight boards for domestic flights and three hours for international flights.
“Ensuring enough time will assist customers that encounter traffic, construction impacts, congested parking areas, and busy check-in and security screening areas,” the news releases reads.
What to know about public transit
Airport officials encourage travelers to use public transportation.
The most convenient public transit option from downtown Fort Worth is the Trinity Metro TEXRail, which runs from downtown Fort Worth, Haltom City, North Richmond Hills and Grapevine. The TRE line from downtown Fort Worth stops at the CentrePort/DFW Airport Station, where passengers can the take the TRE Link Shuttle bus from the stop to the airport, with transfers at each terminal.
Samuel O’Neal is a local news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram covering higher education and southwest Fort Worth. He joined the team in December 2025 after previously working as a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He graduated from Temple University, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the school’s student paper, The Temple News.
Three-year-olds play while being cared for at Kids’ Place Child Development Center on Jan. 15, 2025, in Fort Worth.
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Local child care providers underscored their role as the workforce behind the workforce during a panel discussion this week that was part of Global Entrepreneurship Week North Texas.
Owners and operators of child care programs across Dallas-Fort Worth gathered on Thursday night at Spark, a coworking space in Arlington, to share insights on how their sector serves the economy as a whole while outlining what obstacles they face alongside families in need of care and early childhood education. Texas is estimated to be losing out on $9.4 billion annually because of child care woes, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
“Child care is the backbone of the economy and the workforce,” said Jerletha McDonald of ADFW Family Child Care Network, who moderated the discussion.
“When educators open up their homes (and) centers each morning, they’re not just caring for children, they’re making it possible for parents to work, for businesses to run and for communities to thrive,” she said.
The panel included:
Carmeia White, Kami’s Home Daycare
Roslyn Chaney, Future Scholars’ 24/7 Childcare and Transportation
Wa’Keisha Chase, Little Einstein’s Learning Center
Danyell Smith, Journeys Child Development Center
Monicha Neal, Treasure Chest Learning Center
Chaney’s and White’s home-based programs are open 24 hours to accommodate parents who don’t work traditional 9-5 shifts. They serve parents who work in hospitals, manufacturing plants and restaurants, for example. White noted how she can have a child in her care for 14 hours on a Sunday so that their parents can go to work.
“We allow them to accept jobs so they can increase their income and stay employed,” Chaney said.
Jerletha McDonald of ADFW Family Child Care Network, left, moderates a panel discussion about child care entrepreneurship on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, at Spark coworking space in Arlington during Global Entrepreneur Week North Texas. The pictured panelists, from left to right, are child care providers from across Dallas-Fort Worth: Monicha Neal, Carmeia White, Danyell Smith, Roslyn Chaney and Wa’Keisha Chase. Lina Ruiz lruiz@star-telegram.com
The providers said they’ve had issues with staffing and navigating the state’s child care subsidy system, which provides scholarships to low-income families. The waiting list for this financial assistance has more than 100,000 children statewide.
“Finding someone that actually can pass a background (check) and that would actually be qualified to be employed with us is a huge challenge,” said Chase of Little Einstein’s Learning Center.
“Not only that, but the challenging behaviors of the children. There has been an uptick in the amount of children that we’re receiving that are possibly on the spectrum, and the teachers that we’re able to employ don’t want to come and work for the amount that we’re able to pay them,” she said.
McDonald, the moderator of the discussion, asked providers what lawmakers can do to help the child care sector thrive and address the obstacles they’re facing. Chaney echoed Chase’s point about serving children with special needs, calling for more resources around inclusion training to be made available to early educators. Additional funding for scholarships will take children off the waiting list and create a domino effect that increases enrollment for providers so more families can be served, Chaney said.
“I think there should be higher reimbursement rates, workforce resources for the staff, and 24-hour child care has to be recognized as essential infrastructure,” Chaney added.
McDonald said providers need to band together and advocate for these changes to move forward. She highlighted a few pieces of legislation that were passed by lawmakers during the state’s recent legislative session earlier this year.
There was $100 million allocated for child care scholarships through funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, or TANF, that was expected to serve about 10,000 children over the next two years. But rising child care costs have caused part of this investment to be absorbed by inflation, according to Texans Care for Children. Other bills addressed red tape for home-based providers and prioritized early educators eligible for scholarships for their own families through the state’s waiting list.
“We need to advocate for one bill across the state of Texas saying that we need more money going towards our Child Care Development Block Grant. That’s where the funding comes in to support our programs,” McDonald said of the federal funding source that provides subsidized child care services to eligible families.
Lina Ruiz covers early childhood education in Tarrant County and North Texas for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A University of Florida graduate, she previously wrote about local government in South Florida for TCPalm and Treasure Coast Newspapers.
Bhaveshkumar Dahyabhai Shukla, a citizen of India, pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact aboard an American Airlines flight, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Montana.
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A New Jersey man was sentenced Thursday to more than eight months in federal prison after he admitted to sexually assaulting a woman onboard an American Airlines flight to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, officials said.
Bhaveshkumar Dahyabhai Shukla, a 40-year-old citizen of India, pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact in July, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Montana.
Shukla was flying from Bozeman, Montana, to DFW Airport in January and was seated next to a woman and her daughter on the plane, according to the release.
Shukla initially acted as if he were sleeping, but then began to rub the woman’s leg near a pocket on her hip, federal authorities said. The woman believed Shukla was attempting to pick her pocket, so she and her daughter went to the restroom in an attempt to defuse the situation.
After the woman and her daughter returned to their seats, Shukla continued rubbing the woman’s inner and outer thigh, and the woman told him to stop touching her, according to the release. Shukla also tried to speak with the woman’s daughter.
During some turbulence, the woman turned her back to Shukla, and he began rubbing her lower back and buttocks, officials said.
A witness seated in the row behind the woman confirmed that Shukla was touching the woman for a large portion of the flight time, according to the statement.
Shukla will likely be deported to India after he is released from custody, officials said.
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A second detainee has died after a shooter opened fire on a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility last week, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Fox News.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) identified the victim as Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, who they said died after being removed from life support following the Sept. 24 sniper attack.
García-Hernández leaves behind four young children and his wife, who is expecting their fifth child.
Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, shown via a family GoFundMe page, was identified as the second detainee killed in the Dallas ICE facility sniper attack on Sept. 24, 2025. On the left, emergency vehicles respond to the scene.(Aric Becker/AFP via Getty Images; GoFundMe)
“My husband Miguel was a good man, a loving father and the provider for our family,” his wife Stephany Gauffeny said in a statement. “We had just bought our first home together and he worked hard every single day to make sure our children had what they needed.”
“His death is a senseless tragedy that has left our family shattered. I do not know how to explain to our children that their father is gone,” she added.
García-Hernández was originally from Mexico and in the U.S. illegally. He was arrested by police in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 8 and charged with driving while intoxicated, evading arrest with a vehicle and fleeing police. That same day, ICE officials filed an immigration detainer against him.
Records show García-Hernández had also been charged with failure to identify himself to law enforcement officers in 2011 and 2017. After the 2017 arrest, ICE lodged a detainer but he was released before immigration authorities could take custody.
The attack also killed detainee Norlan Guzmán-Fuentes, 37, of El Salvador and wounded Jose Andres Bordones-Molina, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela.
Law enforcement agents look around the roof of a building near the scene of a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.(Julio Cortez)
Officials said Joshua Jahn, 29, carried out the sniper assault and wanted to incite terror by killing federal agents. Jahn fatally shot himself following the attack.
The shooting happened while ICE officers were bringing detainees into the agency’s Dallas facility. ICE sources told Fox News the detainees were inside a law enforcement van when the gunfire erupted. Federal officials said anti-ICE messaging was engraved on rounds found near Jahn’s body.
FBI Director Kash Patel said Jahn downloaded a document before the attack titled “Dallas County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management,” which listed DHS facilities.
Between Aug. 19 and Aug. 24, Jahn also searched apps that tracked the presence of ICE agents, Patel said. In the hours before the shooting he looked up ballistics information and the “Charlie Kirk Shot Video.”
Joshua Jahn allegedly shot at an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday and a bullet with “ANTI-ICE” on it was found at the scene.(FBI; Contributed to Fox News)
Investigators also recovered a handwritten note in which Jahn wrote: “Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?’” Patel said evidence gathered so far indicates a “high degree of pre-attack planning.”
Fox News’ Adam Sabes and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Fiji Airways announced on Tuesday its first ever non-stop flights between Nadi, Fiji, and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. There’s also a promotion with airfare starting from $699 roundtrip.
The new non-stop 13-hour service will operate three times per week every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Fiji Airways will service this route with its Airbus A350-900 XWB aircraft. It features 301 economy class seats and 33 business class lie-flat, all aisle access seats. The inaugural flight is scheduled to depart on December 10, 2024.
Speaking on the new route, Fiji Airways Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Andre Viljoen said “Introducing a direct service between Fiji and Dallas is a really exciting milestone for Fiji Airways, as we continue to increase Fiji’s connectivity with the United States and beyond offering our guests more convenient travel options.”
The new service to Dallas will complement various other initiatives announced by the airline recently, including its plans to join the American Airlines’ AAdvantage® loyalty program in the coming year and becoming the 15th full-member of the oneworld alliance in 2025.
To celebrate the announcement, Fiji Airways has launched special introductory return airfares from selected points in Texas to Nadi, Fiji, starting from just $699. The airline has also launched airfares from Dallas to Fiji Airways points in Australia and New Zealand starting from $899.
Fares are now available for purchase on the Fiji Airways website at fijiairways.com or via your preferred travel agent. Sale ends 14, August 2024.
The sun trying to break out from behind clouds above the Bosque County Courthouse in Meridian, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. More rain is expected across North and Central Texas Thursday with some parts getting up to 3-4 inches.
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Many in Dallas-Fort Worth got a taste of storms to come as thunder rumbled and lightning flashed in the wee hours of Thursday, but the worst of the severe storms are expected to hit later in the day, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth office.
“Some showers and storms may occur overnight [Wednesday into Thursday], but widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected across most of the area on Thursday and Thursday night,” the NWS forecast states. “While scattered strong storms are possible Thursday morning, the main timing for flooding and severe thunderstorms will be Thursday afternoon and evening.”
The main threats from the new storms are hail and damaging winds with the slight possibility of tornadoes. Flooding is feared mostly in areas south of I-20 with 1 to 3 inches of rainfall expected across the region, and even higher totals in some areas. Parts of Central Texas may see rain totals of up to 3-4 inches.
The timing of storms to hit Dallas-Fort Worth Thursday. National Weather Service
In addition to the heavy rainfall threat, a few strong to severe storms are expected on Thursday. The greatest potential for severe weather will be across the western zones to Central Texas from mid morning through the evening. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats, but we can’t rule out a tornado or two. National Weather Service
The weather disturbance began early Thursday morning, stretching from Wichita Falls all the way to Houston, according to Fort Worth meteorologist Matt Stalley. But the flashy show is but a prelude for the hammer dropping later in the day.
“This sub-severe activity is likely to continue through the morning while eventually moving off to the northeast,” Stalley wrote on the NWS website. Outside of some small hail and brief heavy rainfall, this activity will be rather inconsequential compared to [the storms] later [Thursday].”
Starting north and west of the Dallas-Fort Worth region, the new storms will intensify just after daybreak as it begins its move eastward from El Paso. By between 7 and 10 a.m., the NWS expects this roiling mass to slam into unstable air over North and Central Texas, likely giving it the lift that can spawn storms with feared ferocity.
“This activity will be capable of very heavy rainfall with rates perhaps near 2” per hour, as well as large hail and damaging wind threats, the primary of which will be dependent on eventual convective mode,” Stalley wrote.
More rain is expected through Friday morning but things are bound to dry out by the weekend, according to the NWS forecast.
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Press Release –
Sep 15, 2022
FRISCO, Texas, September 15, 2022 (Newswire.com)
– Diamondback Jiu-Jitsu Academy opened its doors on Aug. 24, 2022 at 8981 2nd St. #200, Frisco, Texas 75034 and offers a variety of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes for adults and children from all experience levels. Owner and head instructor Matt Jones is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Professor Matt Jones started his Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training with Professor Evaldo Lima in 2004. During his time in Long Beach California, Matt was fortunate enough to train with Rodrigo Gracie, Royce Gracie and had the honor of meeting the legendary Helio Gracie. This experience greatly influenced Professor Matt’s value in self defense, healthy diet, and learning in a positive atmosphere. Matt founded an authentic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy that focuses on adult and kids classes, small group classes, private lessons and competition teams. Additional classes include Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Wrestling and curriculum on gun and knife self defense. The kids program starts at age 5 and gives students an early focus on staying active and making positive life choices.
“A Jiu-Jitsu Professor in this discipline should lead and teach by example. They should participate in tournaments, regularly spar with their students and any newcomers with talent walking through the door. Honor those that came before by teaching those that come after,” said Matt Jones.
Recent student tournament achievements in Frisco, Texas include:
2022: 9x Gold, 10x Silver and 5x Bronze medals for Jiu Jitsu World League, Texas 2021: Youth team took 2nd place for Jiu Jitsu World League Elite 8, Texas 2019: Adults team took 2nd place for Jiu Jitsu World League Elite 8, Texas
Matt uses his experience to inspire and propel his students to the next level of their practice in an enjoyable and positive Jiu-Jitsu journey.
To learn more about Diamondback Jiu-Jitsu Academy membership and see the full class schedule, email them, call their phone number and or message them on social media.
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