Bolivar Peninsula News

A COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON SUNDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE COUPLED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service predict high tides creeping ashore Sunday night will leave parts of the West End and the Bolivar Peninsula under water.

Galveston has so many stories. It's hard to see how they all could have happened on this 35-mile-long, 2-mile-wide Texas island.

Some residents on the Bolivar Peninsula complained of a nauseous odor after a chemical leak was reported from a barge in the Intracoastal Waterway on Tuesday night.

More than a year after Hurricane Ike, Tricia McCulloch still is haunted by a four-minute 911 call she received at Galveston's temporary emergency operations center on the second floor of the San Luis Hotel.

Frank Kaplan hopes to be out of his government-issued mobile home and back into his own house in Galveston in time for Christmas.

More than a foot of rainwater pools Thursday morning 10/22/09 on Galveston's Ferry Road, stranding cars.

Monday starts the early voting period for the Nov. 3 election. In addition to 11 state constitutional amendments there is a bond election in Santa Fe, a proposition to allow alcohol sales in downtown Friendswood, a Galveston school board election and a board of directors election for the Bolivar Peninsula Special Utility District.

More than a year after Hurricane Ike , Tricia McCulloch is still haunted by a four-minute 911 call she received at Galveston's temporary emergency operations center, located on the 2nd floor of the San Luis Hotel.

Nona Trussle attended a recent Hurricane Ike recovery meeting sponsored by Galveston County hoping to hear details of the $99 million program aimed at repairing and rebuilding houses.

Starting in December, Entergy Texas customers will see their monthly electric bills increase by an average of $5.40 after the Public Utility Commission gave the utility permission Thursday to "securitize" its Hurricane Ike repair costs with the sale of highly rated, low-interest bonds.

The first weekend of October was marked by rain throughout Southeast Texas. Although putting a damper on the final hours of the Texas Rice Festival many areas needed the rain.

Galveston public school district likely will ditch school attendance zones next year.

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the November election. While a relatively light ballot, voters in Santa Fe will vote in the city's first bond election, Friendswood voters will decide whether it's OK to have a drink, and Bolivar Peninsula residents will vote on a new board for the utility district.

Voters will have 11 constitutional amendments to consider in the November election.

Give beachfront property owners along the Texas Gulf Coast credit. They whine and whine about being mistreated by the state, but they also fight tough.

More than a year after Hurricane Ike devastated most of the Bolivar Peninsula, officials and residents agree much progress has been made in the recovery effort.

The Bolivar Peninsula has come a long way since Hurricane Ike, but there's still a long way to go.

Nearing the eve of the four year anniversary of Hurricane Rita and one year after Hurricane Ike, Entergy Texas Inc.

For those who still have questions about rebuilding on the Bolivar Peninsula after Hurricane; answers are coming soon.