Hood County

Hood County commissioners voted down a second proposed moratorium on large-scale data centers and will ask the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to clarify whether the county has legal authority to impose one.

HB 2559 raises questions about Hood County's authority to halt Al data centers as state lawmakers push back on local moratorium efforts.

Residents once again packed the Hood County Commissioners Court meeting, raising environmental, water and land-use concerns over a proposed data center as officials debated their authority under state law.

Residents in Hood County voiced their disdain for a proposal 2,600 acre data center with hope to function as soon as 2027.

Hood County Commissioner's Court renamed Williamson Road near Granbury to Charlie Kirk Memorial Parkway. Kirk was a influential conservative leader who was assassinated in September.

Supporters said Tuesday's vote to incorporate Mitchell Bend — population 600 — was one of their last options to try to control noise pollution coming from the nearby Bitcoin mine.

A federal court rejected Marathon Digital Holdings' request for a temporary restraining order against Mitchell Bend's incorporation election.

Florida-based Marathon Digital Holdings claims Mitchell Bend's vote to incorporate as Texas' newest city is "unlawful."

Residents in Hood County, south of Fort Worth, say their elected officials are keeping them from voting to incorporate their community, giving them more power to control noise and environmental pollution from a nearby data facility. Rural North Texans say a Bitcoin mine is 'ruining their lives' while elected officials deny them a vote

The sound from fans used to cool a giant network of computers is so loud that residents report headaches, stress and fleeing livestock.

An initial denial to remove two LGBTQ books from the children's section of the Hood County Library led to a 7 year political battle for control in North Texas.

A 68-year-old man accused of veering his car into a motorcycle, injuring both of its riders, was arrested Monday on aggravated assault charges.William…