Troy Pickering at SIMFLO and SitePro announcement. Staff photo. When you turn on the water or go to the gas station, you expect things to work. Many of the custom-made […]
Category: Business
Lubbock soon to have four Bolton Oil Change locations and other companies moving in too
Bolton Oil Change, coming soon, 6605 Milwaukee Avenue Bolton Oil Change is adding two more locations since LubbockLights.com broke the story in July of the company returning to Lubbock after […]
Bernards still struggling after 87/41 intersection reopened by TxDOT
Bernards in South Lubbock County Even though the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reopened the U.S. Highway 87/Farm to Market Road 41 intersection, business is not back to normal for […]
Lubbock fixing industrial and commercial landscaping requirements that went too far
An example of commercial landscaping in Lubbock Lubbock’s landscaping requirements might have gone too far nearly a year ago when the city adopted the Uniform Development Code. There’s an effort, […]
With nearly 7 million guests per year, Lubbock considering a visitor center
Composite of various images from Visit Lubbock website Lubbock has nearly 7 million visitors every year – not quite double from 2010 and there’s good reason to think the number […]
Bolton Oil Change coming back to Lubbock with two locations in the works
1900 block of Milwaukee Avenue Bolton Oil Change – five years after selling to Take 5 – will open two new oil change locations in Lubbock, LubbockLights.com learned late Monday […]
Update on Downtown Lubbock Park, which when finished, should help downtown’s ongoing comeback
Image from downtownlbk.us Decades back, downtown Lubbock was the place to be with department stores Hemphill-Wells and Dunlap’s and movie theaters the Lindsey and Clifton. Ongoing efforts to bring downtown […]
Realtor settlement in Missouri promises cheaper commissions, but may not have as much impact in Texas because of how it treats buyer’s agents
A home for sale in the Tech Terrace Neighborhood of Lubbock A legal settlement in Missouri this year promised to make real estate commissions cheaper nationwide for people buying or […]
Lubbock shooting range taps into rising popularity of shotgun events with corporate and charity events
Hub City Clays, image courtesy of Colt Blackwell Colt Blackwell grew up in Lubbock around guns all the time. He was even named after a gun company – Colt. So […]
When you come across old coins, please don’t clean them and here’s what else you need to know
You find some old coins while going through a relative’s belongings after their death. They’re dirty and you think they’d look better cleaned up and shiny. Don’t. You’re wiping away […]
Proposed aquarium still has a long way to go before adding to Lubbock’s quality of life
(Future site, Lubbock Aquarium) Eight years ago, Kai Evans and her husband began creating Adventure Park. Now, Evans and a team of volunteers are in the process of creating the […]
After seven silent years, can Lubbock’s feuding storage brothers make peace? ‘That’s what I want,’ says one
(Image: Discount Storage and Affordable Storage, both in the 9600 block of University Avenue) David Postar hopes one day he and twin brother Michael can have a relationship. They haven’t […]
How Cook’s Garage grew from restaurant serving a side of music to huge concert space … (and about all those signs)
What started out as a warehouse on the lot of a family business, Cook’s Garage has become a venue for concerts, car shows, rodeos and more. Cook’s – where U.S. […]