{"id":272444,"date":"2026-04-30T04:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/272444\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:34:07","slug":"bbb-of-southeast-texas-reveals-semifinalists-for-2026-diamond-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/272444\/","title":{"rendered":"BBB of Southeast Texas reveals semifinalists for 2026 Diamond Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEAUMONT (KFDM) \u2014 For the first time, the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas launched its &#8220;Paint the Town Blue&#8221; initiative to announce semifinalists for the newly-branded Diamond Awards for Excellence. <\/p>\n<p>The organization chose to transition from the Torch Awards, which annually honors businesses that adhere to BBB ethics, to a more competitive program. <\/p>\n<p>Semifinalists were surprised at their company buildings or offices after a news conference at the BBB office on Laurel Avenue. Each received an award package, blue signage for their door and blue yard signs.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced at the Diamond Awards for Excellence on June 4 at the Beaumont Civic Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEAUMONT (KFDM) \u2014 For the first time, the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas launched its &#8220;Paint the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-272444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}