News
Bicyclist Dies After Being Struck By HISD Bus
Posted on · The fatal accident occurred around 3:05 p.m. at the intersection of East 8th Street and Heights Boulevard.
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News
Remains In Wall Of Houston Home Identified As Missing Woman
Posted on · Remains found in the wall of Heights home identified as home owner Mary Cerruti
News
Bars And Restaurants In The Heights Can Sell Alcohol More Easily
Posted on · The Heights is no longer a dry zone
Houston Matters
City In A City: Course Explores How Houston Enclaves Forged Their Own Identities
Posted on · A new course explores how areas and developments within Greater Houston have forged their own unique identities -- and even governments -- over the years.
Hurricane Harvey
Downhouse Opens Providing Escape From The Disaster Of Harvey
Posted on · Harvey continues to menace Houston, but a local restaurant is opening its doors to provide a release from weather stress.
News
Proposition For Alcohol Sales In The Houston Heights Is On November’s Ballot
Posted on · The Heights has been a dry neighborhood ever since the Prohibition Era. Now, a local group of restaurateurs are working on getting people out to the polls to change that.
News
The Heights Restaurants Want To Sell Alcohol
Posted on · Restaurant owners in a local neighborhood are tired of being bound by a law made before the prohibition era.
News
Houston Coffee Shop Provides Culinary Training For Human Trafficking Survivors
Posted on · A coffee shop in the Heights is training trafficking victims for restaurant jobs.
News
Houstonians Will Vote On Keeping A Portion Of The Heights A Dry Zone
Posted on · If the voters decide to do away with the 1912 rule, grocery and convenience stores will be allowed to sell beer and wine.
Local
In the Heights A Century-Old Ban Stands In The Way Of Business
Posted on · Alcohol sales have been heavily restricted in the Heights since 1912, but one group is trying to change that.
Local
Stretch Of Yale Street Closer To Becoming ‘Green Corridor’
Posted on · A never-before used Houston city ordinance would ensure trees along the street cannot be cut down.
Transportation
Mobility Plan Outlines Improvements For Heights And Northside Neighborhoods
Posted on · Houston Planning and Development Department finalizes a wide-ranging transportation study for areas north of downtown.
Houston Matters
Saving and Planting Trees in Houston
Posted on · A 2011 estimate from the Texas Forest Service put Houstonâs number of trees at about 663 million. The drought that occurred in 2011 though, took about 66 million of those trees out, according to the Bayou Land Conservancy. Something that is particularly noticeable in Memorial Park and something that many Houstonians and officials are loath […]
News
Sunday Streets Returns To The Heights This October
Posted on · Popular Houston event, which promotes physical activity, resumes October 12.
Transportation
Houston City Planners Close to Finalizing Heights Mobility Plan
Posted on · Officials say plan includes all modes of transportation in the Heights and Northside neighborhoods.