Jamaica Beach News

In just a few more days it will have been 14 months since Hurricane Ike visited the beaches of Galveston County, yet there remains homes like this one that have been abandoned, left untouched by the owner, abandoned for the state or federal government to tear down and clean up.

JAMAICA BEACH / UPDATE- Don Moore continues to recover in the Intensive Care Unit at UTMB Hospital.

Veteran Jamaica Beach Police Officer Don Moore, 67, suffered a heart attack Wednesday afternoon as he pumped gas into his motorcycle at the Valero station on FM-3005 in Jamaica Beach.

A Shepherd man who law enforcement officials said was killed in a motorcycle crash during the Lone Star Rally weekend is actually alive and recovering from his injuries, family members said Tuesday.

A 39-year old Sheppard, Texas man was killed late Friday night as he rode with a group of bikers on the San Luis Pass Highway westbound entering Jamaica Beach.

It's a bad time for a tax increase, but city officials have made a convincing case that Santa Fe residents should invest in public buildings.

Federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement officer's from throughout the central region of Texas are expected to be in attendance November 11-13 for a training seminar y the Airborne Law Enforcement Association.

Charities armed with federal dollars to help hurricane victims find help Monday recruited Galveston County mayors, constables, firefighters and postmasters to help them track down people still living in hurricane-damaged homes.

County commissioners are expected within the next month to decide whether to push ahead with buyouts of about 560 homes or properties - mostly on the Bolivar Peninsula - that were destroyed or severely damaged by Hurricane Ike.

Dozens of people from all over the Houston area picked up debris from the 1-mile strip of beach at Jamaica Beach Saturday as part of the Texas General Land Office's Adopt-A-Beach program.

An hour before the historic Mass began and a year after Hurricane Ike displaced Catholics from their previous parishes on Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula, the faithful begin entering the Galveston Island Convention Center.

Residents on Galveston's West End say they're still feeling victimized by Hurricane Ike because of lingering problems in their neighborhoods - specifically Bermuda Beach, Jamaica Beach and Spanish Grant Beach.

After a lot of hand wringing, the Santa Fe City Council this week approved putting three bond proposals on the November ballot.

An Arlington man with multiple arrests and convictions for Driving While Intoxicated, crashed into three other vehicles Thursday afternoon on FM-3005 in Jamaica Beach, an incorporated village in Galveston County.

Water service for all areas west of 81st Street, temporarily excluding Jamaica Beach, has been disrupted due to an electrical fire that broke out early this morning at the City of Galveston's Airport Pump Station.

Water service for all areas west of 81st Street, temporarily excluding Jamaica Beach, has been disrupted due to an electrical fire that broke out early this morning at the City of Galveston's Airport Pump Station.

An electrical fire left many residents on the western half of Galveston Island without water service Friday morning.

A man who decided to go to his former boss' home after was fired from his job has to be rescued from a canal in an attempt to escape from police.

Thinking about a vacation on the beach? There is some good news about the quality of the water you will be swimming in.

Mayoral candidate Joe Jaworski already has outpaced his challengers in the race to raise money for next year's city election.