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Tomball Cancels Its Independence Day Celebrations And Fireworks
Posted on · The National Weather Service is forecasting a 70 percent possibility of severe thunderstorms starting Tuesday evening in the Houston area
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Houston Summer Gardening Advice From Horticulturist Linda Gay
Posted on · Horticulturalist Linda Gay from the Arbor Gate Nursery joins Houston Matters to answer listener questions about summer gardening.
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Harris County Improves Preparedness For Emergencies Through Growing Program
Posted on · Almost 30,000 county residents have taken the CERT course and have learned about fire suppression, search and rescue tactics, and disaster medical triage
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Answers to Your Gardening Questions
Posted on · From time to time, Houston Matters offers you the chance to ask questions of area experts on a wide range of topics, from health to personal finance to pet care and beyond. Today we welcome your gardening questions for Linda Gay, horticulturist at The Arbor Gate Nursery in Tomball
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The Full Menu: Where to Eat in The Woodlands and North Houston
Posted on · Local food writers discuss some of their favorite restaurants to try in The Woodlands and other areas of far north Houston.
Good, Bad and Ugly
Loosening Voter ID Restrictions and An Early Endorsement: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the News
Posted on · A lot can happen in a week. Some of it good. Some of it bad. Some of it downright ugly. When faced with intriguing developments in the week’s news, we turn to our rotating panel of “non-experts” to parse The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of it all. This week, our panel debates: the State […]
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Update: North Harris County Woman Dies After Large Tree Crashes Into Mobile Home; NWS Says Tornado Hit Willow Path/Tomball Area
Posted on · The storm that impacted the area knocked down a tree that fell on top of her home.
Houston Matters
What to Do With an 80-Year-Old Christmas Cactus: Gardening Advice from a Houston Horticulturalist
Posted on · From time to time, Houston Matters offers you the chance to ask questions of area experts on a wide range of topics, from health to personal finance to pet care and beyond. Today, we welcome your questions about gardening in Houston. To help us out in this endeavor we’re joined by Linda Gay, horticulturist and gardener […]
Houston Matters
Gardening Advice from a Houston Horticulturalist
Posted on · From time to time, Houston Matters offers you the chance to ask questions of area experts on a wide range of topics, from health to personal finance to pet care and beyond. Today, we welcome your questions about gardening in Houston. To help us out in this endeavor we’re joined by Linda Gay, horticulturist and gardener […]
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What Will New Sections of the Grand Parkway Mean for Areas Like Tomball?
Posted on · The Grand Parkway Association says a few new segments in north Houston are on track to open soon near Cypress, Tomball, Spring and New Caney. We get an update on the project from David Gornet, Executive Director of the Grand Parkway Association. We also talk with Lamar Casparis, the former chairman of the Greater Tomball Area Chamber […]
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The State of Houston Toll Roads
Posted on · Chances are, at some point, you’ve used some of the 132 miles of toll roads operated by the Harris County Toll Road Authority, from the Westpark Tollway, to the Katy managed lanes, the Sam Houston, and now a toll road to Tomball. There’s more either under construction or in the works. We learn more about […]
Transportation
New Tollway Expected To Relieve Congestion In North West Harris County
Posted on · People in the Tomball area are hoping for a quicker commute as a new toll road opens along state Highway 249.
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Klineberg on Houston’s Hispanics and Comedian W. Kamau Bell: Houston Matters for Friday, November 7, 2014
Posted on · Dr. Stephen Klineberg, Rice Sociology Professor and founding director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, unveils a new report today titled “Shared Prospects: Hispanics and the Future of Houston.” The report examines the educational and economic experiences of different Hispanic communities in and around Houston, and explores the implications for their future, and […]
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Election Day: Summary of Races and Ballot Measures
Posted on · It’s Election Day! Polls are now open across Greater Houston, as voters cast ballots for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and a number of other statewide offices, as well as for District Attorney in Harris County. There are also ballot initiatives, including Proposition 1, calling for money from the state’s rainy day fund to be diverted to […]
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Gardening Advice: Over-Watering in the Summer and Planting for Houston’s Warming Climate
Posted on · We welcome your gardening questions for Linda Gay, horticulturist and gardener from The Arbor Gate Nursery in Tomball. Linda addresses questions about: Houston’s increasingly warming climate and what plants might thrive here that did not in the past; what plants to grow in order to provide privacy along a fence; and our tendency to over-water (and kill) plants […]