Posted on · Officials in Baytown and Beaumont recently were informed their cities are out of the running to be the next host site for the Battleship Texas, which is undergoing repairs in Galveston.
Posted on · Wreckage of the SS Selma can still be seen above the water.
Posted on · Harvey may have ravaged the coast, but the storm is proof of the adaptability of nature, scientists say.
Posted on · Hurricane Harvey caused an estimated $125 billion in damages, making it the most expensive disaster in the country last year
Posted on · Emergency officials on Wednesday asked residents along the upper Texas coastline to move or prepare to move inland. Those in low-lying areas were urged to seek higher ground, and those elsewhere were told to monitor official announcements closely.
Posted on · One researcher says Galveston is "definitely going to be hit hard."
Posted on · Hurricane Ike hit us here on the Texas coast eight years ago next week. The disaster taught emergency agencies what it takes to clean-up and restore the Houston region. News 88.7 went with them for an aerial tour.
Posted on · U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has filed legislation to expedite a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that will determine how best to protect the Houston region from a devastating hurricane.
Posted on · Meeting for only the second time in two years, a panel of Texas lawmakers pledged financial and political support to efforts at developing a plan to protect the Houston-Galveston region from a devastating storm surge.
Posted on · Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush told the Energy Thought Summit in Austin on Tuesday that protecting the Texas coast will be his priority during the 2017 legislative session.
Posted on · The Texas General Land Office was founded to figure out who owned what and where after the Texians and Tejanos won independence from Mexico. Today, the office looks after state land, the Alamo, helps with recovery after natural disasters, funds public education, provides benefits to veterans and manages the Texas coastline. It's that last task […]
Posted on · Galveston Island and communities along the bay could be seeing a lot more “nuisance flooding” in coming years.
Posted on · The Texas Open Beaches Act was passed in 1959 and added to the state constitution in 2009. It guarantees the public the right to free and unrestricted access to Texas beaches along the stateâs 367 miles of coastline. Those beaches are basically defined as the areas from the water to the vegetation lines. But what […]
Posted on · We learn more about Artist Boat, a Houston non-profit that aims to use art and other programs to raise awareness of the need to protect the environment along the Texas coast.