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Firefighter injured battling 2-alarm apartment fire in Meyerland area, around 20 units damaged
One firefighter was taken to the hospital after 100 firefighters battled a 2-alarm fire in the Meyerland area of Houston on Tuesday evening.
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business
Galveston finishes renovations on Texas Heroes Monument
Restoration crews with R. Alden Marshall & Associates finished polishing and applying a protective wax coating to the monument’s bronze plates and statues Tuesday, giving the landmark a fresh sheen after it was last restored in 2015....
Local
Latitude Margaritaville developer closes on 1,318-acre Texas City tract
Site development for the active adult community of about 3,500 residences will begin this week at the tract between state Highways 3 and 146, north of the Emmett F. Lowry Expressway and extending toward Moses Bayou.
Local
Galveston shipbuilding boom brings urgent need for skilled workers
The United States faces a nationwide manufacturing labor shortage, with more than 800,000 unfilled manufacturing positions and an estimated 4 million jobs needing to be filled over the next decade, according to figures cited by summit organizers....
Government
Planning commission pulls Avenue P abandonment proposal at applicant’s request
The hotel now seeks a right-of-way agreement — essentially a lease allowing improvements while retaining city ownership — from city council to convert about 21,000 square feet of the avenue into a park accessible to hotel guests and the public.
Local
Harvest Moon Regatta to start alongside Elissa
The Harvest Moon Regatta, an overnight sailboat race from the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier to Port Aransas, will officially begin at 2 p.m. Thursday....
News
New nonprofit receives Google donation
EverUpward received the donation to expand its EverBright program, which helps parents and caregivers address sexual abuse threats and prevention best practices....
schools
Mystery mailers targeting Texas families raise questions, concerns
The pamphlets, reportedly distributed under the name “Texas Transgender Student Union,” reference an organization that doesn't appear to exist and use branding resembling that of the Transgender Education Network of Texas, a legitimate transgender advocacy organization....