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National Powersports Auctions breaks ground on new Denton location

Powersport vehicle auction company National Powersport Auctions will open a new facility in Denton in 2027, company Marketing and Events Manager Rylee Primicias said. The company broke ground on the new location Feb. 19.

The details: The company currently has a location in Dallas, and the Denton facility will replace the Dallas location as the company's only Texas facility, Primicias said. The new facility will have roughly five acres for boat and RV storage, as well as 16,000 square feet for office space to give the company the ability to house more corporate staff, Vice President of Operations Jeff Kinney said at the ground breaking.

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Q&A: Meet the candidates for Denton ISD board of trustees, Place 6

There are two candidates running for the vacant Denton ISD board of trustees Place 6 position in the upcoming May 2 election

The details: Greg Petolick and Vicki Byrd are both running for the position after Lori Tays resigned in January due to health concerns.

Byrd is currently the District 1 council member on Denton City Council, while Petolick is an accounting professor at Southern Methodist University.

Candidates were asked to keep their responses under 50 words, answer the provided questions, and avoid attacking their opponents. Answers may have been minimally edited or cut to adhere to those guidelines, or for style and clarity.

Looking ahead: April 2 is the last day to register to vote in the May 2 election, and early voting is scheduled for April 20-28. Voter information can be found through the Texas Secretary of State website.

 
On The Transportation Beat
DART, Trinity Metro, Denton County Transportation Authority release new regional fare pricing

Trinity Metro, Dallas Area Rapid Transit and Denton County Transportation Authority updated and created a more consistent pricing structure across partner agencies, which started March 1, according to a news release.

The regional one-day ticket price was lowered, while regional reduced fares have been adjusted as part of the alignment to ensure long-term consistency and sustainability in regional pricing, the news release states.

What’s happened: The updated fare is $9 for a one-day ticket, and the cost for monthly tickets is $192. The new reduced regional fare is $4.50 for a one-day ticket and $96 for a monthly ticket.

To purchase a reduced fare, customers must present valid identification, be between the ages of 5 to 19 years old or 65 years or older, or be a person with a disability or a Medicare cardholder, according to a news release.

The details: The agencies connect Fort Worth, Dallas and areas of Denton County, according to a news releases issued by each entity.

 

Your Weekend To-Do List

Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

Movie night

Pizza and wine pairing

March 20, 7-9 p.m.
Frisco

March 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Grapevine

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Margarita Festival

Stained glass workshop

March 21, noon
Northlake

March 22, noon-2 p.m.
Denton

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To submit your own event, click here.

CI Texas
Texas families now have until March 31 to apply for education savings accounts, judge rules

Texas families now have an additional two weeks to apply for the state’s new education savings account program, a Houston federal judge ruled March 17.

What's happening: U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ordered the state comptroller’s office to extend the application deadline to March 31 over concerns that no Islamic private schools had been greenlit to accept state ESA funds. In two lawsuits filed in early March, four Muslim parents said they felt deterred from applying for education savings accounts because the Islamic schools they send their children to were not among the 2,200 schools authorized to participate in the program.

Parents previously had until 11:59 p.m. March 17 to apply for the program.

Latest update: In a March 17 news release, the comptroller’s office confirmed that applications would be accepted through March 31 in compliance with the judge’s order.

Over 229,000 students had applied for the $1 billion program as of March 17, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said. The state will use a need- and income-based lottery system to determine who is accepted.

 

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