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Kathryn Jones, a veteran journalist, author, and longtime Texan, has also written for The Dallas Morning News, Time magazine, The New York Times, and Texas Monthly. She has been inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters.

Articles by Kathryn Jones

An East Texas County Fights a Bitter Battle Over a Reborn Hospital

As a rural hospital in Crockett struggles with the cost of indigent and other unpaid care, a torn community weighs how to keep its local hospital open and financially viable.

by Kathryn Jones

A canoe floats down the Brazos River under a big partly cloudy blue sky, with two people rowing it. The shore, covered with rocky scrub and low forested hills borders the river.

Breaking the Brazos

Development is straining the river that Spanish explorers once called "the Arms of God."

by Kathryn Jones

An Easy Fix: Don’t Let 18-Year-Olds Buy Assault Rifles

Federal law requires handgun owners to be at least 21 years old. That's not the case for AR-15s.

by Kathryn Jones

Will Uvalde Be Enough?

The body count linked to Texas’ lax gun laws continues to mount—this time in an elementary school.

by Kathryn Jones