It seems like every other weekend there’s a new event, festival or school break, bringing with it another tidal wave of tourists pouring onto the island. This weekend, it’s the annual Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas Triathlon, scheduled to start at 6:45 a.m. Sunday.
There’s plenty of room to discuss, debate and argue about where Galveston might develop workforce housing and which organizations should head those efforts.
It’s good news that a bill proposing tougher penalties for catalytic converter theft recently cleared a key committee in the Texas Legislature.
The fundamental question about whether Galveston Independent School District, and the rest in the county for that matter, should begin recording closed sessions is “Why not?”
Last week, The Daily News reported police were searching for two people accused of stealing part of the Korean War Memorial in downtown Galveston. As a community, we should be appalled.
The Galveston City Council vote Thursday narrowly approving a contract with the Park Board of Trustees is bound to be an improvement but is far from the last word on questions about the board’s money-making efforts, especially those in competition with the private sector.
League City leaders such as Mayor Nick Long are right to be adamant about not committing public money to replace the Beacon Point Lighthouse, which until recently stood on an island near the entrance of Clear Lake.
As The Daily News has been reporting on for months now, Galveston County had the second highest number of drug overdose deaths in the state of Texas in 2020 — roughly 200 per 100,000 — according to the Texas Department of Health Services.
As a state representative, Mayes Middleton displayed a laudable dedication to constituent service and to just being in and involved in this part of the district.
Supporters of a move to rename the Pelican Island Bridge for County Commissioner Ken Clark should slow down, listen and consider alternatives.
Bills by state Sen. Mayes Middleton and state Rep. Greg Bonnen that would allow relatives of crime victims to view case information such as autopsy reports that are generally withheld from the public might be well-intentioned, but it’s deeply flawed.
Last week, Houston resident Robbie Levi Kimball and one of his dogs were hit by a dump truck and killed on the causeway. Kimball’s other dog, an 11-year-old beagle-mix named Sooki, survived and was taken to the Galveston Island Humane Society.
Twice recently, League City Councilman Justin Hicks has gotten hot over city employees “leaking” information to the media.
Speeding in school zones is back in the news.
Congratulations are in order for Hitchcock High School and its boys basketball team for winning a first-ever state championship title Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
The Daily News, for fear of seeming self-serving, has until now refrained from commenting about Island Soul, a glossy magazine produced by Galveston’s Park Board of Trustees and subsidized with public money in the form of hotel occupancy tax revenue — that stuff of so much recent controversy.
Warmer weather, spring break and busy beach days are almost upon us, and with it comes a reminder of a critical topic: water safety.
Many times the phrase “if you build it, they will come” is a justification for development.
First, to our readers regarding those internet forum rules, thank you.
For the first time ever, The Daily News is accepting public nominations for its annual Citizen of the Year award.
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