Harris County briefly under tornado warning, severe storms possible on Christmas Eve
Parts of northwestern Harris, southwestern Montgomery and northeastern Waller counties were briefly under a tornado warning ...
Here's how far a middle-class salary goes in Houston
Houston landed near the middle of the pack among the nation's 50 most populous cities, ranking at No. 35 in the GoBankingRates report. That's based on a median household income in Houston of $60,440, ...
As landowners resist, Texas' border wall is fragmented and built in remote areas
At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties. That's ...
Gene Wu joins state, Houston politicians at annual juvenile detention center holiday event
Those in the juvenile justice department spending the holidays away from their loved ones were treated Thursday with a ...
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Cartels turn to social media to lure Americans into human smuggling as Texas enforces stricter laws
Thousands of people have been arrested under Texas’ human smuggling law. Now they face at least a decade in prison under ...
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3 years and $3B later, Texas border wall still only 6% complete, investigation shows
STARR COUNTY, Texas — In December 2021 ... a sum first reported by the Texas Observer (state officials have since redacted ...
Texas has two public systems affected by contaminated groundwater. One is in Houston.
Groundwater contamination risk is more insidious at private water wells, which are not subject to the same water quality ...
Texas regulators report more than 250 new cases of groundwater contamination
An annual report documents 2,870 active cases of groundwater contamination around the state. Groundwater provides more than ...
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A Texas Town Faced Dangerous Benzene Fumes. Regulators Never Told Residents.
The levels exceed even Texas’s benzene guidelines — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by monitors.
Texas Map Shows Counties Set to Freeze as Cold Snap Strikes
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued two freeze watches for parts of Texas as bitter temperatures set in, as well as several other warnings for gusty weather throughout this week. Texans ...
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Temperatures tumble for Houston, frost possible in northern counties early Wednesday!
HOUSTON – Our cold front is on the move! Temperatures have been falling from the 60s to the 50s Tuesday morning. Even cooler than that, 40s for our far northern counties and a good chunk of the ...