Galveston County News

In the crowded Republican field for Galveston County sheriff, it's tough to determine who the front-runner might be.

June's Coast Magazine takes a look at beach-town biking. Meet bicycle enthusiasts to learn why and where they ride.

The four Republican candidates seeking to be the new member of the Galveston County Commissioners Court, thus far, have spent more than $119,000 combined on the effort.

June's Coast Magazine takes a look at beach-town biking. Meet bicycle enthusiasts to learn why and where they ride.

This is for all you folks who were eagerly awaiting the continuation of my Blue Dogs redistricting series.

Charles J. Sabatier, a Vietnam veteran who grew up in Galveston, is the "76th Man" honored in a memorial at Moody Gardens.

Ingram's Jewelry, a longtime La Marque business, is bidding farewell June 30 as its owners Bruce and LaDell Ingram plan to retire.

Barring an unexpected turn of events, the Republican Party Primary on Tuesday will determine who the next judges are for the 405th and 10th district courts in Galveston County.

In a somewhat unusual court proceeding, a Galveston jury Thursday determined the cost of caring for nearly 200 cats seized this year from a Texas City animal sanctuary.

Logan Graving walks toward his mother Melissa Graving as she sits in a chair on the beach near 26th Street near the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Galveston.

Moody Gardens features a series of ecological and habitat exhibits with a series of pyramids along the water.

Early voter Gina Conklin, of League City, talks to Republican candidates Bill Young, Dr.

Happy Juneteenth, Galveston County residents. This year, I will present my original one-woman performance, "The Resurrection of Harriet Tubman for Literacy," at the Stringfellow Orchards Juneteenth Family Day in Hitchcock on June 16.

Business Briefs published in The Daily News: +++ SANTA FE The Bay Area Networking Group will meet at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce office, 12408 state Highway 6. Attendees are encouraged to take business cards.

Landry's employees and their families put Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier workers to the test Sunday as they prepare for the official opening.

Gravely & Pearson, L.L.P. represented Plaintiff, AMJ Investments, LLC, who sustained extensive damage to their commercial property building due to Hurricane Ike.

Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski on Monday vowed never again to contract with Galveston County to run city elections after hearing horror stories about voting problems on May 12.

The 2,500 residents of the Bolivar Peninsula and its visitors are facing what one resident calls a "health crisis here in the community." "Bolivar doesn't ask for much, and we get nothing," peninsula business owner Maryann Rogers and Precinct 1 county commissioner candidate said.

With the opening of the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier, which is expected to employ about 600 people, the summer job season has taken on a new meaning.

This lovely North American mystery bird shares a special trait with just two other avian species, one extinct and the other unrelated Ross's goose, Anser rossii , Cassin, 1861, sometimes known as Ross's snow goose, photographed at Coronado Lakes in Santa Fe , Galveston County, Texas .