Don’t forget to fly the Lone Star Flag today on San Jacinto Day.
Taxpayers in College of the Mainland’s jurisdiction have another opportunity to save themselves a little more than $4 million over the next several years by supporting ballot Proposition A.
Every year since at least 1988, The Daily News has selected and honored a resident, and in some years more than one, as its Citizen of the Year.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should reconsider allowing cruise lines to resume operations in July, as the industry had asked.
It has been a welcome sight to see family members reuniting with their loved ones.
Most rational people have moved well beyond debate about whether the Earth’s climate is changing. Even the CIA, the broader U.S. intelligence community and the U.S. Department of Defense agree climate change is real and among the most pressing threats to national security and prosperity.
Everyone knows what happens when Lucy, of the “Peanuts” comic strip, convinces Charlie Brown to try to kick the football. The results are predictable, but Charlie Brown never seems to learn.
Our readers represent any number of spiritual paths, and we’re not here to talk religion.
One constant of indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton’s tenure in public office is there is no bottom, just newfound lows.
Each year, our local chambers of commerce in Galveston County take the time to recognize those who they wish to thank for a job well done in helping foster a stronger business community.
The key now is to stay the course, stay masked, use common sense when it comes to hygiene and gatherings, and get vaccinated.
If health and government officials want more people to get vaccinated against COVID- 19, they’re going to have to elevate their messaging.
It’s no secret that nonprofit organizations have taken a huge hit thanks to the pandemic. For so many of them — food banks, for example — the need for their services increased while a pandemic-stricken economy hampered many donors’ ability to give.
An arrest warrant was issued for an Oregon woman March 11 for refusing to choose one of the options offered to her when she entered a Galveston bank bare-faced: Put on a mask or leave.
Galveston ISD Superintendent Jerry Gibson was right in demanding all teachers working remotely, even those providing virtual instruction, return to campus.
Today marks a year since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Galveston County — a woman in her 30s from Friendswood. At the time, it felt shocking.
Eldercare is always challenging. But as we learned during the COVID pandemic, legal loopholes allowed nursing and assisted living homes to withhold information from the public about outbreaks of communicable diseases, which proved painful for families and communities.
Every year since at least 1988, The Daily News has selected and honored a resident, and in some years more than one, as its Citizen of the Year.
Each year, our local chambers of commerce in Galveston County take the time to recognize those who they wish to thank for a job well done in helping foster a stronger business community.
Making teachers a priority in COVID-19 vaccination efforts was long overdue. Most Texas teachers, along with doctors, nurses and first responders, have been on the front lines of the pandemic, working in classrooms to keep public education going under the most challenging circumstances.
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