Matagorda News

Residents came out with enthusiasm to the most recent progress meeting of Bay City-Matagorda United phase three, on Friday, Nov.

Guide James Plaag of Silver King Adventures reported 50 trout caught and released while working topwaters and Bass Assassins on shorelines.

The Houston-Galveston Area Council has launched a program designed to address unmet housing needs that arose from damage resulting from Hurricane Ike.

The Sunday drive. Sometimes it's more about the trip than the destination, y'know? Texas Traveler needed to get out of town for the day.

As the Bay City High School girls softball complex goes up, one more sponsor is needed to meet the $10,000 challenge issued by Matagorda Regional Medical Center after they became the first lifetime sponsors of the softball field scoreboard.

Anglers who got out early enjoyed fishable conditions while drifting over deep shell, but winds picked up as the day grew older and roughed up water conditions.

Originally published October 28, 2009 at 5:51 p.m., updated October 28, 2009 at 10:55 p.m. The search for a missing Navy T-34 training airplane continued off the coast of Rockport and Matagorda Island late Wednesday night.

The work week started out on rainy note Monday - so much so that 18 area counties were placed under a flood watch until 7 p.m. The counties included in the watch are: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, Jackson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Walker, Waller, Washington and Wharton.

Irrigation water for rice farmers in Matagorda, Colorado and Wharton counties got two days of attention from the LCRA board of directors meeting in Matagorda Tuesday and Wednesday.

Six generations of family members of Valry Mae Allen Jones gathered to celebrate her 100th birthday on Saturday, Oct.

Robby Reed and the Lower Colorado River Authority were the honored guests at the annual Rice Producers Luncheon hosted by the Bay City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Thursday, Oct.

Ronald Gertson, whose great-grandfather started a family tradition of growing rice in Texas, said he is likely to cut back his planting by two-thirds because of the drought that continues to linger.

Rough seas and a fast flowing current at the mouth of the Colorado River caused two boats to capsize about 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.

Officials with Bay City Police Department, Bay City Volunteer Fire Department and Matagorda Services appeared at the council workshop to discuss critical funding needs in their respective areas.

Local preparations for flu season have begun to ramp up this month and healthcare officials are suggesting that everyone use every precaution available to them to ward off the nasty virus.

Guide Mike Segall of Reel Threel Charters reported good catches of bull reds to 30 pounds on the beach and at the jetty.

Former Sheriff James D. Mitchell has announced he will run for Matagorda County Precinct 2 Commissioner in the March 2010 Democratic Primary.

LCRA officials are telling agricultural irrigation customers in Colorado, Wharton and Matagorda counties that water for agricultural irrigation may be severely limited next year due to exceptional drought conditions.

Almost 300 volunteers gathered at Matagorda County beaches to participate in the 23rd Annual Texas Adopt-a-Beach Fall Cleanup Saturday, Sept.

The Matagorda Heritage Society is getting ready for the upcoming Matagorda Heritage Day celebration, Saturday, Oct.