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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Faced with a small tax base and a street system in need of investment, local officials are studying some alternative funding solutions. -
An vacant apartment block at the property known locally as the Ponderosa Apartments burned down May 20.
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There have been no reports of injuries from the blaze at the troubled property on Live Oak Street
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City Manager Howdy Lisenbee says this April online survey will be followed by similar outreach efforts.
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James Branam will be the principal at Bonham High School beginning with the 2022-23 academic year.
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A state official says Texas community college enrollment is down 12.8% since 2019
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Greenville and Sulphur Springs voters gave local school district bonds a thumbs-down at ballots on Saturday
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A recent survey suggests financial problems and other factors make college life unsustainable for some.
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The move would not become policy unless approved by the State Board of Education, which is expected to consider the matter in June.
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Texans will decide on two proposed amendments to the state constitution, along with other local ballot initiatives and races.
