Gary Borders
Host of "Borderline"Gary Borders has been an East Texas journalist and editor for more than 40 years. He works now as a freelance writer, editor and photographer. You can see his work at garyborders.com. He has written for World Wildlife magazine, Texas Monthly, Texas Observer and Airstream Life.
During his career, Gary served as editor and publisher of newspapers in Longview, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Mount Pleasant, San Augustine, Cedar Park and Junction City, Kansas. He also taught journalism at Kilgore College. He began writing a column in 1982 and has written at least once weekly since without fail, though there are quite a few he would like to retract. The New York Times News Service distributed his column nationally from 1995 through 2009. His pieces have been published in the Detroit Free Press, Miami Herald, Austin American-Statesman, Palm Beach Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and — his personal favorite — the Maui News.
Borders has published two collections of columns, the “Loblolly Chronicles” in 2010 and “Behind and Beyond the Pine Curtain” in 2005. The University of Texas Press published “A Hanging in Nacogdoches” in 2006, his account of a brutal murder in 1902 in the state’s oldest town, and the trial that followed. He is currently researching another book, which should be completed by the end of 2015. He is also threatening to release another collection of columns.
Borders and his wife, Dr. Julie Teel-Borders, a professor at LeTourneau University, live in Longview with their daughter, Abbie, a senior at Trinity School of Texas. He also has two grown daughters, about whom he has been writing columns since Ronald Reagan was president. They have long ceased to be embarrassed about it, though Abbie protests occasionally.
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Airs Friday, September 20, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders pays tribute to the Red Sox legend, Big Papi, as he returns to Fenway…
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Airs Friday, September 13, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders takes us with him on a recent excursion to the Green Mountains of Vermont.
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Airs Friday, September 6, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders takes us Trout Fishing along the Rio Costilla in New Mexico.
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Airs Friday, August 30, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Today, commentator Gary Borders celebrates another trail conquered as he shares his thoughts and passions from…
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Airs Friday, August 23, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Today, commentator Gary Borders turns 64, and shares snippets’ of his long strange journey.
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Airs Friday, August 16, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders shares his love of books, as he clears out old books to make room for more…
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Airs Friday, August 9, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders shares the tale of The Apology Table, a tragic storm, and how the table rose…
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Airs Friday, August 2, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders remembers back 50 years to the landing on the moon, and looks forward to…
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Airs Friday, July 26, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders learns the art of worm grunting and the history behind this age old practice.
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Airs Friday, July 19, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. This week commentator Gary Borders remembers the history behind the LeTourneau Domes and the man who created them.