The Galveston
Several people who had been on the seawall reported coughing fits and uncontrollable sneezing Friday, posting in social-media groups about their experiences with a red tide affecting stretches of beach from Port Bolivar to Galveston....
Longwoods International is conducting the third tourism sentiment survey, which previously ran in 2020 and 2024. The data will allow officials to track changes in residents’ opinions and compare Galveston’s results with national benchmarks....
Ilya Espino de Marotta will begin her seven-year term as the Panama Canal Authority’s administrator Oct. 1. She graduated from the university in 1985 with a degree in marine engineering and has served as deputy administrator since 2020....
The TS Lone Star State is expected to arrive Tuesday, when it will begin serving as a training platform for future merchant marine officers and as a federal asset for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions, the university said....
The Galveston Bay Foundation, Bayou City Waterkeeper, Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter and the Raz Halili Trust are among several organizations concerned that water discharged from EPCOR’s proposed desalination plant will harm water quality and marine life across Galveston Bay....
Dr. Philip Keiser told The Daily News Wednesday that although he’s extremely proud of the Health District’s work to reduce deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic and fentanyl crisis, the past five years have been extremely challenging, and he’s not getting…...
A hurricane watch over High Island is mainly a precaution, in case Edouard briefly becomes a hurricane before making landfall, Matthew Moreland, meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service Houston/Galveston office, said....
The man, whom Chief Austin Kirwin did not identify, was found by Galveston Island Beach Patrol at 2:38 p.m., about 20 minutes after the Coast Guard requested assistance with the search, Kirwin said....
Meteorologists predict tropical-storm-force winds and 3 inches to 9 inches of rain in parts of Galveston County over the next 72 hours, but only Port Bolivar and areas east of that are under a tropical storm warning....
The storm has a 70% chance of developing into a tropical storm within the next 48 hours as it moves slowly west-northwest, according to the National Weather Service....
