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New Names on Old Ground

Nov 3, 2026

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6 min read

New Names on Old Ground

Ariat takes the arena, canals take the Coyote lot, and a 1917 target gets a park of its own.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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Ghosts, Goodbyes, and a Drive-In That Won't Stay Dead

Oct 27, 2026

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4 min read

Ghosts, Goodbyes, and a Drive-In That Won't Stay Dead

A drive-in that might rise again, ArtsGoggle's last bow for a while, a mystery tenant at Walsh, good news on Las Vegas Trail, and the case for living next to a cemetery.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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Room to Grow

Oct 20, 2026

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5 min read

Room to Grow

A city paving 50 acres a week spent this one deciding what to save

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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A Star, a Grocery Store, and 100 Candles

Oct 10, 2026

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7 min read

A Star, a Grocery Store, and 100 Candles

Goldee's lands Fort Worth's first Michelin star, H-E-B finally picks its corner off Chisholm Trail, and Opal Lee turns 100 with a bulldozer running.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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A Whole Summer of Rain, Delivered Thursday

Oct 3, 2026

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6 min read

A Whole Summer of Rain, Delivered Thursday

DFW got three months of rain in a day, the Star Café's neon went dark, Roy Pope is getting a second act, and Fort Worth buyers are holding the cards.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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Nineteen Years, One Punter, and a Lot of Dirt

Sep 26, 2026

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6 min read

Nineteen Years, One Punter, and a Lot of Dirt

Aledo's 19-year district streak ends, Panther Island finally hires a digger, a quarry trades its Ferris wheel for a trail, and Granbury's LakeView Landing gets close.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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TEXRail Gets $25M, Your Water Bill Gets Bigger, and Trader Joe's Finally Comes North

Sep 19, 2026

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4 min read

TEXRail Gets $25M, Your Water Bill Gets Bigger, and Trader Joe's Finally Comes North

Plus: Fort Worth's honest housing report card, Sundance Square's Cars and Culture Show, and Aledo ISD's first-ever Texas Cup

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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Last Reel, New Ground

Sep 14, 2026

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4 min read

Last Reel, New Ground

A Fort Worth institution said goodbye, and downtown kept building anyway

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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What's Got Roots...

Sep 4, 2026

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6 min read

What's Got Roots...

a dry, brittle week where some longtime places couldn't hang on, a couple of new ones planted a flag anyway, and the ground itself is reminding everybody what happens when you don't tend your roots.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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Aces, Asterisks, and a Guy Back on the Mound

Aug 21, 2026

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4 min read

Aces, Asterisks, and a Guy Back on the Mound

An A for Aledo ISD (and Benbrook Middle High School), a pause button for data centers, new roads for a growing county, and a hometown pitcher who waited 679 days for his shot back.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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Goodbye Old Friends, Hello New Corners

Aug 14, 2026

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4 min read

Goodbye Old Friends, Hello New Corners

A billion-dollar plan dies, a $606M one rises, a grocery store fills a corner, and twenty rattlesnakes remind us nothing in Texas just quietly goes away.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

Westoplex

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Budgets, Bulldozers, and a Grocery Run

Aug 6, 2026

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4 min read

Budgets, Bulldozers, and a Grocery Run

A steady city budget, one last goodbye to the old arena, and a grocery store that opened its doors in Weatherford this morning — here's what caught my eye this week.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

June 2026

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June in Westoplex: 80+ Events Across 6 Cities 🤠

Jun 1, 2026

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6 min read

June in Westoplex: 80+ Events Across 6 Cities 🤠

Rodeos, concerts, free Juneteenth events, lake days, and more.

Josh Harville
Josh Harville

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