The Tyler Loop

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The Tyler Loop Interview: Darryl Bowdre of We Remember Tyler

March 23, 2023

“I love my babies. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy”: One mother’s struggle to survive in pro-life Texas

March 12, 2023

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The Tyler Loop Interview: Jasmine Farrish of Nurse Family Partnership and the Community Wellness Center

March 8, 2023

The Community Wellness of Tyler hosted Black Birth Matters Tyler Feb. 4 to honor ancestors, bring awareness of current health disparities...

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“This is not possible; I’m a healthy person without any family history of cancer.”

February 26, 2023

The Tyler Loop Interview: Jackie Clay of East Texas Human Needs Network

February 19, 2023

“China prepared me to expect difficulties.”

February 8, 2023

The Tyler Loop Interview: Gloria Mays Washington of the Texas African American Museum

February 2, 2023

Who are Tyler’s fashion influencers?

February 2, 2023

“She lifted me up and carried me to the first aid station where I could get my ankles wrapped.”

January 29, 2023

Texas ag agency says climate change threatens state’s food supply

January 8, 2023

After a hospital stopped delivering babies, Deep East Texas faces a growing maternity care crisis

January 8, 2023

A boil-water notice in Houston made national news. In rural Texas, it’s a way of life.

December 11, 2022

Out of the Loop

Meet the storytellers, musicians, and organizers of Out of The Loop

April 12, 2019

Meet the storytellers of Out of the Loop 7: True stories from Tyler and East Texas

April 22, 2022

A field of weeds or an oasis of flowers? How an incident in Brookshire’s gave Yasmeen Khalifa resolve to show up in Tyler

February 25, 2020

Out of the Loop 4 premiers Nov. 7

October 29, 2020

When it comes to the future of East Texas wine, Michael McClendon is crushing it

May 19, 2019

Curtain call: What you missed at Out of the Loop 7

May 3, 2022

Data-Driven Reporting

Tyler’s traffic is as awful as you think it is (and we’ve got proof)

May 8, 2017

Tyler’s unemployment rate has never been lower. So, we’re all getting raises, right?

July 12, 2018

How People Who Love People worked to unmake segregation in Tyler 50 years ago

September 2, 2020

How will the COVID Christmas surge affect Tyler in the weeks ahead?

December 29, 2020

Behind the churn in Tyler’s restaurant scene

February 28, 2018

Has Tyler’s economic boom helped everyone? We crunched the numbers

April 13, 2017