With Texas facing growing water shortages, Austin-based nonprofit Texas Water Trade uses market-based solutions to secure water for Galveston Bay. The organization helps protect wetlands, migratory species, and local ecosystems from drought and overdevelopment by purchasing water at critical times.
A fire at the National Weather Service (NWS) transmitter in Hitchcock has taken Galveston’s NOAA emergency weather radio off the air. Officials are working to restore service as soon as possible and are urging residents to seek weather updates online or by phone.
Miguel Espinoza has pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter in a Galveston crash that killed four, including two children, in 2022. The deadly accident involved a golf cart and two other vehicles.
Dozens of veterans rode through Galveston County this weekend as part of the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride, a program designed to empower and connect wounded military heroes through cycling.