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TUCUMCARI, N.M. (KRQE) – Businesses in Tucumcari are working to repair historic neon signs that were damaged in a May hail storm. The “golf ball-sized” hail hit the city and impacted signs along Route ...

FALL RIVER — The owners of the historic Nite Owl Diner are looking to brighten up the Flint neighborhood again. The city’s Community Preservation Committee on Monday will be asked to spend $125,000 ...

CHICAGO — Dylan Thomas once wrote: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” He wasn’t talking about Chicago, but he could have been when it comes to this city’s disappearing neon signs. These ...

In his upcoming book ‘Neon Road Trip,’ photographer John Barnes captures a luminous part of advertising history Jennifer Nalewicki - Travel Correspondent For two-and-a-half years, photographer John ...