Many tourism operators are expecting a busy spring break, which will roll into a crowded summer.
Some business owners ready for profits to reach pre-COVID levels are greeting the news eagerly, while others worry removing the government mandate will make it more difficult to enforce orders they still want to keep.
Alamo Drafthouse, famous for serving beer and meals with a movie, filed for bankruptcy protection as part of an asset agreement, according to reports.
Major makeover: If it has been a while since you’ve been inside the building formerly housing Col. Bubbie’s Strand Surplus Senter, you’re in for a surprise.
Cove Matrix Development is pursuing about as many as 300 acres with plans for more than 700 homes over the next 10 years.
Several years ago, a friend of mine and I woke up well before dawn several days a week to train for a 60-mile charity walk. We headed to the seawall to build up our stamina. Then, the seawall was mostly dark and the only amenities were a few port-a-potties along the route.
Bars closed in Galveston County by pandemic restrictions can reopen, while other businesses can allow more customers in their doors.
As a self-sustaining city entity, the Galveston Wharves is always looking for new funding and partnership opportunities to help us create economic growth, jobs and other benefits for the Galveston region.
Signs of life? Readers are buzzing about the installation of plywood at the long vacant 1891 Henry Beissner House in Galveston and wondering whether it’s a sign restoration is imminent.
Sales of Galveston residential properties rose 23 percent in 2020 as intense demand and tightening inventory set off bidding wars, sending prices soaring and the island deep into a seller’s market.
When it comes to supporting nonprofits and philanthropic organizations, it’s good to see city leaders walking the walk. In the park board’s and city of Galveston’s case, they will be dunking the dunk to help support Galveston’s United Way.
Beer buzz: The island’s largest brewery is about to get even larger.
The Galveston Wharves ended 2020 with a positive cash flow despite the pandemic and the related suspension of our cruise business. How, you may ask, did we stay in the black while losing a major revenue source for most of the year?
Artist Boat is leading Houston-area intermediate students with habitat restoration adventures to Galveston this month. Students will get hands-on learning about the coastal environment by restoring dunes with plant vegetation on the beach along certain areas of the seawall.
Apple declined to partner with the woman over her diverse emojis and instead took the idea, the lawsuit asserts.
NextDecade made the decision to file paperwork abandoning the project after determining the Texas City site was unsuitable for development, company officials said.
Fertitta will be the company’s largest shareholder with an interest of about 60 percent in the company and stock valued at more than $2 billion.
Checking in — again: In a dizzying turn of events, relentless rumors were revived this week that Texas-based hospitality, management and investment group SRH Hospitality Galveston Investments was closing on the acquisition of The Tremont House in Galveston, a historic property at 2300 Ship M…
There are so many historic, significant and special places in Galveston. This is especially true when it comes to African-American history.
Galveston council members still haven't decided whether agreements with large listing platforms would be in the city's best interest.
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