schools
Galveston, Texas City, Clear Creek, Friendswood, Dickinson and Santa Fe ISDs received the Career and Technical Association of Texas' District of Distinction recognition for the 2026-27 academic year....
safety
One firefighter was taken to the hospital after 100 firefighters battled a 2-alarm fire in the Meyerland area of Houston on Tuesday evening.
Local
Site development for the active adult community of about 3,500 residences will begin this week at the tract between state Highways 3 and 146, north of the Emmett F. Lowry Expressway and extending toward Moses Bayou.
Government
The hotel now seeks a right-of-way agreement — essentially a lease allowing improvements while retaining city ownership — from city council to convert about 21,000 square feet of the avenue into a park accessible to hotel guests and the public.
business
Restoration crews with R. Alden Marshall & Associates finished polishing and applying a protective wax coating to the monument’s bronze plates and statues Tuesday, giving the landmark a fresh sheen after it was last restored in 2015....
Local
The United States faces a nationwide manufacturing labor shortage, with more than 800,000 unfilled manufacturing positions and an estimated 4 million jobs needing to be filled over the next decade, according to figures cited by summit organizers....
Local
The Harvest Moon Regatta, an overnight sailboat race from the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier to Port Aransas, will officially begin at 2 p.m. Thursday....
