Featured Articles: In Houston, A Growing Debate About Flooding And Sand Mining (Travis Bubenik – Houston Public Media, 01/16/2019. Photo by Travis Bubenik.) While sand mining is good business in Texas, where cities are growing and construction is booming, there are concerns around Houston that companies that dig for sand along rivers contributed to the disastrous flooding the region saw from…
Featured Articles: City could restart curbside recycling in early November (Mike Morris – Houston Chronicle, 10/11/2017. Photo by Eric Kayne.) “Houstonians who have been dragging their overflowing recycling bins to the curb every other week only to roll them back again untouched finally should have their cartons and cans hauled off early next month, Mayor Sylvester Turner said Wednesday… ‘We’re hoping…
Featured Articles: The river is a monster’ Brazos River takes homes, roads, bridges in ever-changing paths  (Emily Foxhall – Houston Chronicle, 10/08/17. Photo by Mark Mulligan – Houston Chronicle.) Swollen by torrential rains, the Brazos threatened hundreds of homes — even whole towns and subdivisions — in Fort Bend and Brazoria counties, changing its path once again…. A house that had…