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Texas Prosecutors Say Industrial Waste Dumped Into Waterway
Posted on · A Houston area chemical company has been charged with water pollution
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Flood Control, Weather Service Review Work During Harvey
Posted on · Harris County meteorologist Jeff Lindner thinks too much focus was placed on the release of water at the Barker and Addick's reservoirs, and the San Jacinto River. Focus he believes should have been on the neighboring flood gauges
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WATCH: Some Houston Areas See High Water
Posted on · Fire officials say they've conducted about two-dozen water rescues today, mostly pulling drivers from their stranded cars.
Weather
Houston Emerges From Rainy Weekend With No Major Problems
Posted on · Local officials say there were no major problems, mainly because people heeded warnings to stay off the roads.
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Remnants Of Hurricane Patricia Exit Greater Houston With Minimal Flooding, Damage
Posted on · The wet weather has tapered off as the system moves off to the east.
Houston Matters
What Makes the Buffalo Bayou Restoration Project So Controversial?
Posted on · We revisit a plan to restore a portion of Buffalo Bayou. The Memorial Park Demonstration Project is a controversial plan to eliminate vegetation and trees along the banks of a 1.5-mile stretch of Buffalo Bayou, running from the southeast corner of Memorial Park to the eastern edge of River Oaks Country Club. We examined this project back in […]
Houston Matters
More Than 300 Artists Set to Showcase Their Work at the Bayou City Arts Festival
Posted on · The Bayou City Art Festival is also happening this weekend, March 28-30. Now in its 43rd year, the festival hosts over 300 national and international fine and visual performing artists Friday through Sunday, at Memorial Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Working in 19 different media, artists showcase their fine and pop original works […]
Houston Matters
Welcome to Houston, newbie!
Posted on · If you feel like there are more people around the Bayou City these days â well, trust those feelings. The U.S. Census Bureau says the Houston metro area has seen greater population growth than any other U.S. metro area in the last decadeâ¦and last year, Harris County added more residents than any other U.S. county. […]
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Buffalo Bayou Boat Tours
Posted on · Buffalo Bayou passes through central Houston almost completely unnoticed. Few of those who pass near it or over it know that if Buffalo Bayou didn't exist, neither would Houston. It was once the life blood of the city and though these days it's mostly empty west of the ship channel it is still full of Houston's history.