Gilchrist News

Hots dogs, apple pie, cold drinks and, of course, fireworks can be found across Galveston County to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Nine months ago, the mantra here was "Bring Bolivar Back." Now, even as recovery continues from Hurricane Ike's ravages, residents of the county's peninsula are bragging, "Bolivar is Back." Some would argue that the peninsula never went away but has been conveniently forgotten or overlooked by government officials and the media.

Galveston County Commissioners meet in closed session to talk about buying land on Boyt Road @ Hwy 87 for a new Bolivar Peninsula Fire and EMS station.

A single beachfront home stands amid the wreckage of neighboring houses in Gilchrist after Hurricane Ike hit the area in September.

A fire broke out in the engine room of one of the ferryboats that links Galveston to the Bolivar Peninsula Saturday night.

Nobody likes to see a good fishing spot disappear, but filling Rollover Fish Pass, as a state agency plans to do, probably is for the best.

Ray Wilkinson still spends his days outside his duplex in Surfside, where he rode out the hurricane.

What were you doing at this time six months ago? One thing you probably weren't doing, if you lived in the Houston area, was checking blogs on the net.

On Thursday, March 12, join 11 News as we take a look back at Hurricane Ike six months later.

A boil water advisory in effect since shortly after Hurricane Ike hit Bolivar Peninsula has been lifted as supply lines return service to normal.

Galveston County roads may get a $14 million facelift thanks to the economic stimulus plan passed by Congress last week.

Here we are, just approaching the midpoint of the non-hurricane season and I'm wondering how much thought to give to the next one, especially as not a half-hour goes by without some reminder of the last one.

This was one of the few houses still standing on the Bolivar Peninsula in Gilchrist, TX after Hurricane Ike.

As we close out 2008 under very difficult global econo-mic woes that will follow us and our new president into 2009, I would like to remind all that America has found its way back and better from every ...

Found this interesting story on the CNN Web site. The house in Gilchrist, Texas, that was still intact after Hurricane Ike leveled the Gulf Coast side of the community on Sept.

At night you don't see much in Gilchrist, Texas and that's because there isn't much left after Hurricane Ike hit in September 2008.

Pam and Warren Adams, owners of the last house standing in their section of Gilchrist on Bolivar Peninsula, hitched their generator to Christmas lights last week, stringing up hope in their devastated ...

The streets are dark and the town is deserted, but Pam and Warren Adams still put up Christmas lights outside their Gilchrist, Texas, home.

It's been just over three months since hurricane Ike made his mark on the Bolivar Peninsula.