Lubbock Avalanche-Journal is a newspaper based in Lubbock, Texas, U.S. It is owned by the Morris Communications Company.

The Lubbock Avalanche was founded in 1900 by John James Dillard and Thad Tubbs. According to Dillard, the name "Avalanche" was chosen due to his desire that the newspaper surprise the citizens of Lubbock. The newspaper was sold to James Lorenzo Dow in 1908. In 1922, the Avalanche became a daily newspaper (except for Mondays) and a year later added a morning edition. The Avalanche merged with rival publication the Lubbock Daily Journal in 1926 to form the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Among locals, the paper is commonly referred to as "the A-J."

The Amarillo Globe-News Publishing Company, headed by Eugene A. Howe and Wilbur C. Hawk, would later own the majority of Avalanche-Journal. In 1951, the Whittenburg family in Amarillo, acquired the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, after their Panhandle Publishing Company was merged with Amarillo Globe-News Publishing Company. In 1972, both the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and Amarillo Globe-News were acquired by Morris Communications Corporation of Augusta, Georgia.

Gilberto Hinojosa is a former Cameron County, Texas, judge and is the current Cameron County Democratic Chairman. He served as the head of Cameron County's government from 1995 to 2006.

While living in Washington, DC, Hinojosa worked as a Staff Attorney for the Migrant Legal Action Program, Inc.^{[citation needed]} He later became the Director of the Migrant Division of Colorado Rural Legal Services, Inc., in Denver, Colorado.^{[citation needed]} Upon his return to his native Texas, Hinojosa continued practicing law as the Managing Attorney for the Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc., located in Brownsville, Texas.^{[citation needed]} Although he briefly partnered with another law firm it was only until 1995 that he established his law firm of Magallanes & Hinojosa, P.C., in Brownsville, Texas.^{[citation needed]}

Hinojosa was elected Cameron County Judge on November 8, 1994. During his administration, international bridges to Mexico were built and the restoration of the 1912 era courthouse was completed.^{[citation needed]} The Dancy Building now houses the present county administration.

Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor.

Lewis has released two albums to date, Spirit and Echo, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. A multi-platinum selling artist and three-time Grammy Award nominee, her most successful single, "Bleeding Love", reached number one in over thirty countries around the world, and was the best-selling single worldwide in 2008. Other notable singles include "Better in Time", "Happy" and "I Got You". She was proclaimed 'Top New Artist' by Billboard magazine in 2008.

Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, took place in 2010, and her third album, Glassheart, is scheduled for release in 2012. It was preceded by "Collide", a single from the album, which became her seventh top-five hit in the United Kingdom. Lewis's net worth was estimated at £12 million in April 2012.