What’s that? An inquiring reader emailed: “Can you please tell me what that huge — by local standards — building is that is located to the west, sort of behind Buc-ee’s in Texas City? It looks too big for a hotel or multi-family residences.”
Christine Jorgensen is an old hat at creating, marketing and rallying the troops to help charities raise money for their causes. At age 19, she graduated from the Art Institute of Houston. She sprang to prominence after winning the 1st Red Adair Offshore Blowout in Galveston.
Brain fog, fatigue, pains, hair loss and breathing trouble are some of the symptoms people recovering from COVID-19 report months after their initial diagnoses.
Early voting for runoff races in Galveston, Dickinson and League City begins on Monday.
On a warm fall day, Moody Gardens Convention Center, 7 Hope Blvd. in Galveston, was buzzing with excitement as attendees made their way to the Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 13th annual Galveston Women’s Conference.
The Galveston Island Humane Society pets of the week are Star and Alcol.
This week’s Galveston County Animal Resource Center pets of the week are Pidgeon and Money.
This week’s Gulf Coast Tiny Paws Rescue pet of the week is Cocoa.
The Friendswood Animal Control pet of the week is Arlene.
One of the best things about municipal elections in most of Texas is they’re nonpartisan.
Over the past several years, this weekend has been one of the best for flounder fishing. This year, the flat fish are here and running. However, the weather looks to be an obstacle in getting out to catch them.
This just hurts: For the first time in 65 years, children who call NORAD on Dec. 24 might not get to speak to a living, breathing person to learn the exact location of you-know-who during his Christmas Eve flight around the world.
Holiday shopping time is here, and, as usual, there are plenty of new goodies that make great Christmas or Hannukah gifts for runners. Regardless of their pace or usual distance, runners love to be recognized with a gift that makes their pursuit even more enjoyable.
Galveston County has hired a design firm to look at a possible expansion of its 14-year-old justice center.
People are buying more online and stores are spacing out their deals to capture the fewer dollars at large this holiday season.
Many families had to forgo their gathering for Thanksgiving this year, choosing a few empty places at the table now to avoid permanent empty places for years to come.
Anglers visiting Galveston this weekend should find today to be the best day for fishing conditions, as a light to moderate south to southeast wind is in the forecast. Rain could be the fly in the ointment as there is a good chance of thunderstorms throughout the day.
Locals are taking it outside or keeping it small to avoid passing COVID-19 along with the mashed potatoes.
Despite some theater chains being closed and many big-budget Hollywood releases still on hold, new films are still coming out each week. With the Golden Globes, the Oscars and others all pushed to early spring, most films that were already gunning for awards consideration are debuting as planned.
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