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High Island
Ranchers indicted on fraud charges
HIGH ISLAND — Six ranchers are accused by federal prosecutors of falsely claiming that more than 500 head of cattle washed away in Hurricane Rita.
August 20, 2009 - News
Reopening ER takes more than meets the eye
GALVESTON — Despite not taking on any water during Hurricane Ike, the University of Texas Medical Branch is still not operational seven months later.
April 26, 2009 - News
Driver thrown from tumbling car dies
HIGH ISLAND — Speed and alcohol contributed to a Houston man’s death in a wreck on Bolivar Peninsula, authorities said Monday.
March 10, 2009 - News
High Island teachers take on more responsibility
BOLIVAR — High Island school district teachers, attempting to return to a normal school routine, are living in rental houses and shelters with their students.
October 26, 2008 - News
FEMA center moving to High Island
HIGH ISLAND — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will close its registration center at Ball High School on Friday night.
September 26, 2008 - News
DPS: High Island residents given limited access
HIGH ISLAND — Authorities began Thursday allowing residents to return to High Island to retrieve belongings and survey damage to homes.
September 18, 2008 - News
High Island school district can hike taxes
Voters on Tuesday gave High Island school district overwhelming approval to tax them $1.17 per $100 of taxable property value.
November 07, 2007 - News
School district gets OK to hike taxes
HIGH ISLAND — Voters on Tuesday gave High Island school district overwhelming approval to tax them 13 cents more than the state-mandated rate.
November 07, 2007 - News
High Island school wins environment award
HIGH ISLAND — The High Island Independent School District won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2006 PISCES Award.
October 10, 2007 - News
Entire peninsula gets its power back
HIGH ISLAND — Power has been restored to all Bolivar Peninsula residents, allowing schools closed since Thursday to reopen Monday.
September 18, 2007 - News
Power on for most of High Island
HIGH ISLAND — A spokeswoman for Entergy says most of Bolivar Peninsula's power should be restored by Tuesday or earlier.
September 16, 2007 - News
High Island begins recovery
HIGH ISLAND — Volunteers and residents band together to help those who bore the brunt of Hurricane Humberto.
September 15, 2007 - News
Humberto not likely to start trend
Although Humberto made history with the speed it developed, experts say there's no reason to rethink evacuation policies.
September 15, 2007 - News
Bolivar takes beating from Humberto
HIGH ISLAND — Residents try to move on after the Category 1 hurricane roared through the eastern reaches of Bolivar Peninsula.
September 14, 2007 - News
Developer bites on last bit of raw beach
HIGH ISLAND — A Dallas real-estate firm purchased one of the largest remaining beachfront propoerties on Texas' coast.
August 28, 2007 - News
Crews temporarily plug Gulf oil spill
HIGH ISLAND — A pipeline rupture sent 44,500 gallons of oil into Gulf waters, and the company is trying to find a permanent fix.
January 02, 2007 - News
Storm damages bird sanctuaries
HIGH ISLAND — Volunteers with the Houston Audubon Society spent 280 hours in recent weeks restoring the habitat in its bird sanctuaries.
November 21, 2005 - News
Bolivar schools may reopen next week
HIGH ISLAND — High Island school district officials said schools on Bolivar Peninsula would reopen 48 hours after electricity was restored.
October 04, 2005 - News
Students receive almost $200K in scholarships
HIGH ISLAND — Almost $200,000 in scholarships and grants were awarded to students in High Island this year.
June 11, 2005 - News
HIISD candidate says drugs pressing issue
HIGH ISLAND — The Daily News asked a few questions of High Island school district candidates.
May 05, 2005 - News
Land sale ruffles residents’ feathers
HIGH ISLAND — County leaders on Monday agreed to sell the Houston Audubon Society unimproved rights of way in High Island for $18,500.
March 29, 2005 - News
Officials to vote on land sale
HIGH ISLAND — The Houston Audubon Society wants to buy from the county about nine acres of undeveloped right of way.
March 28, 2005 - News
Man dies apparently after helping boys
HIGH ISLAND — An Orange man was pronounced dead in a Galveston hospital Saturday after being pulled unconscious from the water.
March 20, 2005 - News
Science lab funded by 2002 bond issue
HIGH ISLAND — Science classes moved into the new lab this semester at HIHS after a $90,000 renovation made possible by a bond election.
March 10, 2005 - News
Motorcyclist killed in crash
HIGH ISLAND — A head-on collision killed a Nassau Bay man and injured six people who were in the car that hit him Thursday.
December 04, 2004 - News
Dead man's family sues oil company
HIGH ISLAND — The mother of a man who died after suffering an apparent stroke on an oil platform is suing the company he worked for.
December 03, 2004 - News
School district seeks transfer students
HIGH ISLAND — Increasing their average daily attendance income might be the only way High Island ISD can keep its school open.
October 04, 2004 - News
Officials look for clues about body
HIGH ISLAND — The County Chief Medical Examiner hopes an autopsy will provide clues about a decomposed body found Sunday by a shrimper.
April 22, 2003 - News
West Nile virus found in mosquitoes
HIGH ISLAND — The West Nile virus was identified in three pools of mosquitoes sampled from High Island, the Galveston County Mosquito Control District reported Friday.
August 10, 2002 - News
West Nile virus confirmed in county
HIGH ISLAND — Galveston County Mosquito Control Director John Marshall confirmed Friday that the first case of West Nile virus had been found in Galveston County.
July 27, 2002 - News
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