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Barrios Technology employees contributed to another successful United Way campaign for 2016-17. Barrios employees rose to the challenge in supporting the less fortunate in the community by donating $91,188 to the cause.

Mayor Matt Doyle recognized three College of the Mainland graphic arts students for their work on projects for the city on Aug. 3.

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An influx of deep Gulf moisture, a low pressure trough to the west and a cold front expected to move into Texas by Sunday will bring us periods of shower and thunderstorm activity through the weekend into next week. Some heavy rain will be possible in our area, especially from Sunday night into late Monday or early Tuesday. In addition, the front should move to the coast by late Monday or early Tuesday, delivering more seasonably appropriate temperatures to Galveston County.

How does anyone live in the United States today without some form of identification? If you don't have identification you cannot conduct much business.

Galveston and eight other counties are under a heat advisory until 7 p.m.

On Sept. 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike sent storm surges crashing into Galveston, Galveston Bay and the Bolivar Peninsula. Broken glass and debris littered streets, and high winds damaged homes and businesses across the region. Galveston was shut down for weeks.

Recently, the Gulf Coast Council AT&T Pioneers donated supplies of snacks and soda tabs to the Ronald McDonald House and bears were donated to the Dickinson Police Dept.

A carving by Earl Jones, commissioned by the 1867 Settlement group, will be auctioned off Saturday.

I don't understand why the NFL will not let the Dallas Cowboys wear a black patch or badge on their helmets to honor the five police officers that were killed in Dallas, but Colin Kaepernick, can get away with not standing up to honor our flag and our country — and do it on TV.

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A mid to upper-level low, an influx of deep moisture and a sluggish cold front that should stall somewhere over Southeast Texas could bring a good chance of rain this weekend. How much rain falls in Galveston County may be dependent upon where the frontal boundary stalls, with some models keeping the front north of Houston, and others taking it south to the coast. Rain chances locally would be higher if the front does make it to the coast before hitting the brakes.

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Due to an AT&T outage in the area, The Daily News' phone lines are down and we are operating on limited internet connectivity.

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Tropical Depression #9 was upgraded to Tropical Storm Hermine at 1 p.m. today. At that time, Hermine was located at 24.7 N and 88.0 W (or about 395-miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida). The storm was drifting north at 2-mph. Sustained winds were 40-mph and pressure was 1000 MB (29.53"). Tropical Storm Warnings and a Hurricane Watch are now in effect for the west coast of Florida.

“Eleven Decades of Advancing the Arts” is the theme of the Galveston Art League 2016 Gala, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Galveston Island Convention Center, 5600 Seawall Blvd., in Galveston.

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Last time, we talked about how to run uphill. Now it’s time to talk about how to make it down the other side.

The first week of July 2016, the graduating class of 1966 held its 50th class reunion. A glorious time was had by all that attended. We reflected joyously on our years as Lincoln High School Eagles and accomplishments of the entire school district.