Harris County considering road bond referendum for November
The Harris County Commissioners Court has asked county officials to prepare recommendations for a bond referendum on the November ballot by late July or early August. The bond could include road and...
View ArticleSpring ISD approves $378 million budget
The Spring ISD board of trustees approved a $378 million budget for the 2015-16 school year—which includes pay increases for teachers, more bus routes and renovations for an alternative...
View ArticleI-45 northbound, southbound lanes closed through morning of July 27
Multiple lanes of traffic along I-45 will be closed from 8 p.m. July 24 to 6 a.m. July 27 as crews continue work on construction of segments F-1, F-2 and G of the Grand Parkway. According to the Grand...
View ArticleHarris County Commissioners Court approves $848 million bond proposal for...
Harris County Commissioners Court voted to place an $848 million bond referendum on the ballot for the upcoming Nov. 3 election, which includes $700 million for road improvement projects. “It’s...
View ArticleKlein ISD approves 4 percent salary increase, new benefits plan for employees
As the district works toward finalizing its budget for the 2015-16 school year, the Klein ISD board of trustees approved raises and a new benefits plan for thousands of employees. The board approved a...
View ArticleSpringwoods Village developer shifts focus to retail, residential, amenities...
With nearly 10,000 employees already working within ExxonMobil and Southwestern Energy’s campuses in Springwoods Village, the master-planned community’s developer is allocating more attention to the...
View ArticleSISD budget targets long-term goalsIncreased development benefits district...
Spring ISD Superintendent Rodney Watson expects the district’s $378 million budget for the upcoming school year to serve as a pillar for districtwide improvement in the first year of Every Child 2020....
View ArticleOfficial: Gosling, Kuykendahl roads no longer home to ‘sleepy little...
Once two-lane thoroughfares with little traffic and few residents, Kuykendahl and Gosling roads have seen an onslaught of development and hundreds of new homes built in the last few years. “I guess the...
View ArticleKlein ISD approves 4 percent salary increase, new benefits plan
The Klein ISD board of trustees approved raises and a new benefits plan for thousands of employees at a board meeting July 13. The board approved a general pay raise for the 2015-16 school year of...
View ArticleCommissioners Court approves $848 million road, parks bond proposal for Nov....
Harris County The Commissioners Court voted to place an $848 million bond referendum on the ballot in the upcoming Nov. 3 election, which includes $700 million for road improvement projects and another...
View ArticleCounty to enforce fee for farmers market vendors
A group of vendors may have to pay an additional permit fee every two weeks to continue operating at local farmers markets in the wake of a tightened guidelines from Harris County Public Health and...
View ArticleCounties, nonprofit piece together Spring Creek Greenway
Spring Creek Greenway may already be one of the longest contiguous forested greenways in the nation. Harris County and the Bayou Land Conservancy, however, continue to work on land acquisitions and...
View ArticleI-45 Diner
Repeat customers are the lifeblood of Spring-based I-45 Diner, co-owner Hector Gomez said. Whether it is the oil and gas employee who spreads the word to his friends and family after his first I-45...
View ArticleWild Stallion Vineyards
Larry Cress believes succeeding in the vineyard business is a patient man’s game. After the seeds are planted, vines take about three years to become grape producers, said Cress, who owns Wild Stallion...
View ArticleTransportation Updates
1. The Grand Parkway segments F-1, F-2 and G Zachry-Odebrecht continues work on the three contiguous segments—F-1, F-2 and G—of Houston’s third outer loop. The segments stretch from Hwy. 290 to Hwy....
View ArticleHCTRA begins work on $170 million Hardy Toll Road overhaul
After nearly three decades of helping commuters in north Harris and south Montgomery counties get to and from downtown Houston, the Hardy Toll Road will see its first major overhaul completed next...
View ArticleLive racing, simulcasts at Sam Houston Race Park shut down amid legislative...
The Texas Racing Commission has shut down simulcast wagering, live racing and the exporting of live signals at Sam Houston Race Park as of Sept. 1. An ongoing battle between state legislators and the...
View ArticleVintage Marketplace developer inks deal with Pei Wei for Restaurant Village
Pei Wei Asian Diner is the first tenant contracted for Restaurant Village — a planned row of food options that is under construction in The Vintage. The 17,000-square-foot Restaurant Village is located...
View ArticleKlein ISD Education Focus 2015
District and school targets Results from the 2014-15 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, tests were released this summer. Community Impact Newspaper publishes STAAR results by...
View ArticleNew platform will help prepare SISD students, parents for college
Spring ISD will help middle school students create college plans and chart career goals on smartphones by early next year after the district subscribed to Naviance—a college and career readiness...
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