A five-mile stretch of Galveston's West End beaches was closed off on Friday but have since reopened. People heard gunshots near the beach at 13 Mile Road. A suspect is in custody, and no injuries ...

From High Island to South Padre Island, Texas boasts 376 miles of coastline. At the best beaches in Texas, beachgoers will find beaches for different types of recreational activity. From birding to ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- It's peak seaweed season on Galveston beaches. It's like brown. It looks like it's all crispy, said beach visitor Brittany Arredondo. During the day the seaweed washes up and every ...

Since late April, Galveston's beaches have been awash in a type of free-floating seaweed known as sargassum. The unsightly plant is actually beneficial to the beach, helping to offset dune erosion and ...

GALVESTON, Texas -- The coast here doesn't have the whitest sand or the clearest water, but to millions of Houstonians and other Texans, this is the beach. And thanks to Hurricane Ike, it's also a ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Visit Galveston anticipates 500,000 people could head to the island for the unofficial start to summer, but tourists won't just be competing with crowds for beach space. On ...

If you’ve made a trip to Galveston Island recently, you may have noticed large mounds of smelly sargassum, a unique type of seaweed that washes ashore. But is it harmful? And why are we seeing so much ...

Galveston is famous for its history, but what about its beaches? As the island marks the 125th anniversary of the Great Storm, the 200th anniversary of the Port, and the 160th anniversary of ...

GALVESTON, Texas A U.S. Coast Guard crew collected small samples of an oily substance, mostly entangled in freshwater plants, that washed onto a Galveston beach Thursday evening. Beachgoers told The ...

The Historic Pleasure Pier amusement park, seawall and beaches of Galveston Island, Texas are seen from atop the San Luis Resort on Thursday, July 4, 2013. Former Galveston Island Beach Patrol chief ...