Matagorda News

The board of directors of the Lower Colorado River Authority on Wednesday approved a less-harsh-than-earlier-advertised plan to deal with low water levels in the Highland Lakes, a plan that likely will include cutting off water for rice farmers and irrigation customers for the first time in 2010.

A body was recovered Wednesday from the wreckage of a Navy training aircraft that went down in the Gulf of Mexico near Matagorda Island three weeks ago.

The Associated Press CORPUS CHRISTI - The U.S. Navy says wreckage of a training plane has been found off the Texas coast nearly three weeks after it went missing.

Last spring my wife and I went camping on Matagorda Beach near Port O'Conner. It was only months since Hurricane Ike had hit and we were in awe of all the debris on the beach.

The Bay City Civic Center was packed Thursday afternoon as vendors showed off their goods and services in Bay City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture s 16th Annual Business-to-Business Expo.

Matagorda County fourth graders spent one day studying the importance of American agriculture during the Matagorda County Farm Bureau Ag Field Day Thursday and Friday.

Residents of Country Estates were reassured their southeastern Bay City subdivision would get more streetlights during city council's regular meeting Thursday night.

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.