Tag: Harris County

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Local leaders joined forces Monday to announce the activation of the Hurricane Beryl Recovery Fund. Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo stood together Monday as the announcement was made during a news conference at the United Way of Greater Houston. The…

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Local leaders joined forces Monday to announce the activation of the Hurricane Beryl Recovery Fund. Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo stood together Monday as the announcement was made during a news conference at the United Way of Greater Houston. The…

Several city and state officials spoke up recently to address an issue they say is becoming a larger pattern: CenterPoint workers being attacked or threatened while working to restore power to the Houston area. Yesterday, CenterPoint Energy representatives made a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating that they had “received…

HOUSTON — The Texas A&M Forest Service estimates that Hurricane Beryl’s Category winds impacted 50% of Houston’s urbanized area tree coverage. No matter where you drive in Houston and nearby cities, you’re bound to see piles of tree branches, limbs, stumps and other storm debris. It’s expected to…

“Your body needs more time to recover than you probably think it does.”. Hospitals in and around Harris County are seeing a surge of patients with heat-related illnesses after Hurricane Beryl swept through the region, causing widespread outages. Hospitals in Harris, Montgomery and Fort Bend counties have seen 318 patients…

People without a home in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties dropped by nearly a fifth since the last pre-pandemic record, a report finds. Homelessness is declining in and around Harris County, according to a study released on Tuesday by a local organization. Nonprofit Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris…

Kenneth Omoruyi maintains his slight lead against Caroline Kane in the May 28 Republican primary runoff for the District 7 seat of the U.S. House of Representatives. (Designed by Taylor White/Community Impact) Results are still rolling in for Harris County, but Kenneth Omoruyi maintains his slight lead against Caroline Kane…

Transportation-related sources can contribute to fine particulate matter, experts said. Fine particulate matter is a pollutant the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently tightened standards on; experts said once the standards are finalized, it will push Harris County into nonattainment status. (Aubrey Vogel/Community Impact) Harris County and nine other Texas counties…

Experts said transportation-related sources can contribute to fine particulate matter, a pollutant the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently tightened standards on, pushing Harris County to nonattainment. (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact) Harris County and nine other Texas counties don’t meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new national air quality standards for fine…

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KIAH) — Harris County among highest risk for hurricanes according to FEMA. Galveston County, Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, and Montgomery County are among others with relatively high risk for severe weather. Yet, the influx of new residents has not slowed down. Alan D Production //…

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – The number of bonds Aubry Dnell Davis has racked up in such a short time is the most of any defendant we’ve featured on Breaking Bond. “Most people don’t have this many bonds in their lifetime,” said defense attorney Emily Detoto. “For this individual to have this many bonds in a…

Texans were able to vote at any polling place in the county they reside in during early voting, which ran from Feb. 20-March 1. (Melissa Enaje/Community Impact) According to unofficial early voting results from Harris and Ford Bend counties, incumbent Lizzie Fletcher is leading against challenger Pervez Agwan in the Democratic primary for U.S. Congressional…

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A 80-year-old man who was reported missing in west Harris County has been found safe in Fort Bend County. According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, William Olmstead had last been seen at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the 15300 block of Empanada Drive. Suspect…

Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Emergency Network (GHC 9-1-1) reminds the public to dial non-emergency phone numbers instead of calling 9-1-1 to report party complaints, excessive noise, fireworks and other nuisances on New Year’s Eve. These types of calls to 9-1-1 could cause delays for someone who needs immediate emergency assistance from police, fire or a…

HOUSTON – Authorities are urging residents who wish to call 911 for fireworks calls to refrain from doing so. This could cause a delay for someone who needs immediate emergency assistance. Officials say New Year’s Eve is one of the busiest nights of the year for 911 call centers and…

Assistant Branch Manager Georgina Boardley sorts donations at Clothed by Faith in Katy. The Katy nonprofit provides clothing bags for Houston-area individuals through agency partners such as ACCESS Harris County, which received funding from federal relief dollars. (Kelly Schafler/Community Impact) As counties approach the December deadline to obligate any remaining…

Both the Harris County Commissioners and city of Houston officials approved the Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network’s budget for fiscal year 2024 at the end of October. The network processes emergency calls for the 49 cities within Harris and Fort Bend counties. (Courtesy Pexels/ AmySue H) Both the Harris…

Counties such as Harris, which received nearly $1 billion in federal funding, are now working to ensure programs and employees are not affected by the loss of ARPA funds. (Emily Lincke/Community Impact) Following the disbursement of over $350 billion in American Rescue Plan Act funding to states and counties in…

HOUSTON — Polls are open across Texas this morning as voters get set to cast their ballots. Here in Houston, all eyes are on the mayoral race. However, there are plenty of other things people will see on their ballots, including 14 statewide propositions. What was your experience like…

HOUSTON — There is now a burn ban in effect for unincorporated Harris County. Commissioners approved it Tuesday and it went into effect immediately. Harris County joins surrounding counties that have burn bans already in place, including Galveston, Waller, Chambers and Liberty counties. Editor’s note: Video above is from…

Harris County commissioners approved the ban on most outdoor burning because of the excessive heat and dry conditions.

An outdoor burn ban has been issued for unincorporated Harris County and Fort Bend County. The Harris County Fire Marshal recommended the ban due to the excessive heat and drought conditions.

An outdoor burn ban has been issued for unincorporated Harris County and Fort Bend County. The Harris County Fire Marshal recommended the ban due to the excessive heat and drought conditions.

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — AT&T customers are experiencing an outage in parts of Fort Bend and Harris counties since Sunday afternoon, according to the company’s outage tracker. A map of the outage still shows customers in Richmond, Cinco Ranch and northwest Harris County experiencing an outage in…