At $750,000, the investment by the Galveston Island Park Board to help fund a project that would put up to 900,000 cubic yards of sand on local beaches is a bargain and one to support.
Critics of a proposed Galveston ordinance about how drivers should behave in proximity to bicyclists, pedestrians and other users of the roads are absolutely correct in arguing the rules would be hard for police to enforce.
There are at least two deeper stories in the news we reported last week updating restoration efforts at the W.L. Moody & Co. building, 2202 Strand in Galveston’s historic downtown.
Most years on this date we use this space to argue that honoring veterans requires more commitment than once a year attending Veterans Day events and thanking people who donned the uniforms and took the oaths to serve in our armed forces.
Shortly after his re-election Tuesday night, Gov. Greg Abbott said it’s time for Texans to “work side by side.” He said that “what unites us as Texans is far greater than our differences.”
There’s a broad lesson for public institutions in the overwhelming success Tuesday of College of the Mainland’s $162.5 million bond proposition.
Tuesday’s midterm elections might very well be as foretelling as one reading tea leaves swirling in the bottom of a cup — interpretation and predisposition being the key ingredients to the answers they reveal.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development should stop stalling and grant Galveston Housing Authority permission to do something useful with 12 acres of prime real estate just north of Broadway.
Today is a great day to be an American, and those of us who haven’t already should celebrate our good fortune by going to vote.
Obviously, there’s a lot to like in the broad concept of constructing a vast system of barriers and other enhancements meant to keep storm surge from flooding houses and commercial structures along the Texas coast.
Earlier this week, Gov. Greg Abbott unveiled to educators and business leaders a plan to begin reforming the school finance system.
The Lone Star Rally rumbles into town this weekend and transforms the island into hog heaven. Thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts are expected to attend this year’s rally. And as is the case every year, the weekend is full of events for bikers and the bike-less alike.
The Daily News has a long-standing policy against publishing letters and guest columns backing candidates on Election Day.
In this digital age, it might be easy to dismiss libraries as archaic and destined to go the way of hand-written letters and phone booths.
It is a terrible thing when a gunman opens fire on innocent people — a fact residents of Galveston County know all too well after the May 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School. In that case, 10 lives were lost.
One of the most interesting first-glance things about League City officials contemplating a capital improvement bond referendum is that League City officials are contemplating a bond referendum at all.
On Friday, state and federal officials recommended a plan to protect the Texas coast from hurricanes.
If the number from the initial days of early voting hold up, turnout for November’s mid-term could rival presidential elections.
If you attended this week’s Galveston Economic Development Partnership conference you might have noticed the number of faces from around Galveston County.
Perhaps people have lingering doubts about an incident involving off-duty police officers and Janice Stanton, a community leader in Galveston who is African-American. Perhaps it’s the news coverage about violence against African-Americans, the Black Lives Matter Movement or the president’s d…
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