Posted on · The long-envisioned initiative was one of seven high-speed rail projects across the country selected to receive grant funding from the Federal Railroad Administration, which awarded a total of $8.2 billion to 79 rail projects that are in varying stages of development.
Posted on · The Bengal tiger was the subject of a weeklong search in 2021 that captivated the city and country as a whole.
Posted on · Houston's population increased by an estimated 1,306 residents from 2020 to 2022, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. During the same span, Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties each grew by at least 49,000 residents.
Posted on · A proposed ordinance by Houston's outgoing mayor would require city council approval to terminate the existing concessions agreements at Hobby and Bush Intercontinental Airport as the city faces an ongoing lawsuit filed by a Pappas-led group, which was a longtime Hobby concessionaire that lost a competitive bid earlier this year.
Posted on · The Houston-area dessert shop has had lines wrapping around its business since Lee, a popular food critic on TikTok, reviewed The Puddery in late November.
Posted on · A total of six community meetings will be held this week and next to address design and construction updates related to a $9.7 billion initiative to widen and reroute I-45 near and north of downtown.
Posted on · The campaigns for the incumbent and challenger for the District G seat, which represents an affluent swath of West Houston, have combined to spend upwards of $500,000 since the Nov. 7 general election and had more than $100,000 remaining as of Dec. 1.
Posted on · The Heights-area development opened to much fanfare in 2021 as a vibrant food hall. The three-story property now has only one food-and-beverage tenant.
Posted on · The City of Houston is adding medians to a stretch of Houston Avenue north of downtown, in order to make what is now is a six-lane street easier to cross for pedestrians and less congested and complicated for drivers.
Posted on · The erroneous political advertisement aired over the weekend on multiple Houston TV stations. Jackson Lee is facing Texas Sen. John Whitmire is a runoff election scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 9.
Posted on · Citing an active leak of phosgene, a toxic gas, from the Altivia facility, La Porte asked residents in the industrial community to shelter in place for nearly two hours Monday. The office of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said eight people were transported from the plant because of exposure to the chemical.
Posted on · The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus and Reyes-Revilla endorser Adrian Garcia both condemned a Thursday mailer that shows Reyes-Revilla with her husband and two kids juxtaposed with a photo of Castillo and his husband. Reyes-Revilla says she supports the LGBTQ community.
Posted on · Construction for the Terminal B expansion project will not start until the Houston City Council signs off on the city's initial contribution of $150 million, which it cannot do because outgoing city controller Chris Brown has not approved the funding. He says more due diligence is needed.
Posted on · A grant awarded this week by the federal agency will expand air-quality monitoring in the Fifth Ward, Galena Park, Pleasantville and Sunnyside neighborhoods. Earlier this year, the EPA awarded $500,000 for air monitoring in four other communities in East Houston.
Posted on · A man suspected of fatally shooting his father on Thursday in the 2500 block of Mona Lee Lane was subsequently shot and killed by a school district police officer in the 2800 block of Campbell Road, after allegedly stealing two cars outside of Buffalo Creek Elementary.