Floods have happened throughout history and will continue to happen. We cannot control the weather. We can, however, control ...

At least one in five Texans currently live in floodplains. And the percentage is probably higher than that given how sporadically floodplain maps get updated. Against that backdrop, San Jacinto ...

As part of the next update of the Texas State Flood Plan, the San Jacinto Regional Flood-Planning Group (SJRFPG) recently ...

The remnants of Pacific Hurricane Polo will bring heavy rain to Texas in the next four days and produce a slight-to-moderate ...

9/28/26 – This morning, Dr. Dawn Buckingham, Texas General Land Office (GLO) Commissioner, announced a one-year deadline extension to finish projects that use Community Development Block Grant Funds ...

Harris County just passed the largest tax increase in its history. But it provides very little transparency in how it spends ...

At the 9/22/26 Meeting of the Harris County Community Flood Resilience Task Force, Harris County Engineering discussed its ...

At Houston City Council Member Fred Flickinger’s town hall meeting in Kingwood on 9/22/26, Tom Broad, the chair of the Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority/TIRZ 10 Board, gave an update on the ...

9/21/2026 – The Lake Houston Dredging District Board, with the assistance of State Rep. Charles Cunningham and Houston District E City Council Member Fred Flickinger are getting down to business. One ...

9/7/2026 – A fisherman out on the San Jacinto West Fork during the Labor Day weekend reports that the river depth is a mere 2.4 feet adjacent to the giant Hallett Mine in Porter. Normally, he says, ...

8/19/26 – Today, the Bear Branch Trail Association (BBTA) replaced the old low-water crossing over Bens Branch behind Bear Branch Elementary School with a new clear-span bridge. Chris Bloch, a member ...