In one example of successful shoulder-season work, the park board expects about 5,000 people to visit the island for the ...

During a time of year when nostalgia often reigns supreme, many Galveston residents recently amused themselves by reminiscing about places that are no longer around. The prompt, a post in the ...

Carlos Tate, project manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, explains the details of beach renourishment to students from Texas A&M University during a visit to Galveston ...

The Texas city was briefly known as “The Ellis Island of the West” thanks to Jacob Schiff. GALVESTON, Texas – More than a century ago, this busy Gulf Coast port and longtime vacation destination 50 ...

TRD headed to Galveston to take a look at Tiara on the Beach for the latest entry in our Developer Diaries series. The city on the Gulf is in the middle of a resurgence, and Tiara is designed to ...

The blaze sent a huge plume of smoke across the Galveston area. Firefighters from multiple agencies are battling a massive blaze at a decommissioned power plant near Galveston, Texas, authorities said ...

MSC Cruises has launched its first sailings from Galveston, Texas, making it the line's newest U.S. homeport. Galveston is a rapidly growing cruise port, with passenger numbers expected to reach 3.9 ...

GALVESTON, Texas – Nurdles, small plastic pellets, are a growing problem polluting beaches across Texas, including Galveston Island. To combat this, environmental groups are holding a beach cleanup ...

A private company is seeking state approval to build a seawater desalination plant in Texas City that would provide fresh drinking water to Harris and Galveston counties. On Friday, EPCOR filed a ...

A restoration project to address coastal erosion on Galveston's west end begins this week, closing off the Hershey Beach access point through the end of the year, the city of Galveston announced in a ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Hurricane Ike slammed into the Galveston area on Sept. 13, 2008, and up until that time, was the costliest hurricane to ever strike Texas. Property losses totaled $37 billion. Winds ...