Real names. Real journalism. Real community.

Tarrant County. Reported by neighbors.

Independent local journalism from Fort Worth to Arlington, the HEB cities to the lake, the Stockyards to Southlake.

Independent local reporting from Fort Worth to the county line — covering the cities, the school districts, and the commissioners court that actually run Tarrant County.

Communities we cover

Arlington

Tarrant's second-largest city — the sports capital that built itself in the gap between Fort Worth and Dallas.

Fort Worth

The county seat — where Tarrant County's commissioners, courts, and core institutions live.

Grapevine

The historic Main Street city that hosts DFW Airport and calls itself the Christmas Capital of Texas.

Mansfield

Southeast Tarrant's fastest-growing city — historic downtown, MISD, and a population that has doubled since 2000.

Southlake

The Northeast Tarrant affluence story — Carroll Dragons, Town Square, and the highest-income census tract in North Texas.

Why a county desk?

Local news in Tarrant County has thinned out. The daily metro chases regional stories; the social feeds chase outrage; the school board meeting nobody covers makes a decision that shapes a kid's whole year. Tarrant County Desk exists to put a reporter, with a real name, in those rooms.

We follow the work of the Fort Worth commissioners court, every incorporated city in the county, every school district, and the people who run them. We publish names. We publish context. We publish corrections quickly when we get it wrong. Read our editorial standards →

1% of every dollar this site earns this quarter goes to Tarrant Area Food Bank. Real community means measurable support — not just a coffee mug with the word on it.