Port-Bolivar News

Misunderstanding seems to have plagued the state's new guidelines for building on Texas beachfront properties.

On Friday, as long shadows crept from the refinery towers toward the Texas City Dike, Ernest Quinones stood atop his boat, already hitched to his trailer, and tossed some leftover bait to a mob of hungry gulls.

Pete Churton/The Enterprise Wards of the State band members, from left, Ray Ward, Mike Ward and Roy Ward recently rehearse on Roy's back porch.

Volunteer paramedics on Bolivar Peninsula are still talking about how to improve ambulance service, even though the county has agreed to fund three full-time medics.

Fire investigators on Thursday revisited the scene of a fatal fire to search for clues proving Sam Brown's death was indeed accidental as law enforcement initially surmised.

Firefighters arriving at a burning house in Crystal Beach this morning thought they heard yelling from inside, but were unable to reach the victim before he died, the Port Bolivar fire chief said.

“A lot of these guys are literally a major repair away from just being sidelined”

Johnny Marullo's shrimp trawler is called the Rock Bottom, but he hasn't hit there yet. via The Galveston County Daily News

PORT BOLIVAR, Texas-Scientists are hoping the recent discovery of nests along the lower Texas Gulf Coast is another sign that Kemp's ridley sea turtles, once on the brink of extinction, are continuing their ... via Texarkana Gazette

“It takes a toll on you after a while ... It's not an easy job, and the pay stinks”

Sketchy ambulance service on Bolivar Peninsula might be improved if the county funds three full-time medics, but that's only a temporary fix. via The Galveston County Daily News

“We will have 57 executive homes, 80 apartments, and we will also have assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care all on one campus”

COMMONS AREA: This rendition shows how the Meadow Lake commons area will look after it is completed on the development's 92 acres. via Tyler Morning Telegraph

“You can have a bad day in the gym and learn from it. But if you have a bad day in an actual fight, it can be career changing. That's what we are trying to avoid by having Eugene work with these fighters in his training. We are preparing him.”

Eugene Hill will step into the ring as a professional boxer for the 11th time tonight. via The Galveston County Daily News

“If the right people and right equipment would have gotten there, he would have had a better chance of survival”

A barge crewman might not have died Sunday had ambulances and paramedics responded sooner, one ambulance driver said. via The Galveston County Daily News

“We've got the suspects and we've got the victims and right now we don't know which one is which”

Three teenagers were hospitalized with stab wounds and another jailed for firing a gun after a night of fighting at the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo. via The Galveston County Daily News

“Complacency sets back in, unfortunately, very, very quickly”

One of the country's two Hurricane Hunters landed in Galveston on Tuesday as part of a tour to raise awareness of the upcoming hurricane season after two relatively quiet years in the tropics. via Houston Chronicle

“Let me be clear, the answer is 'no.' I did not use steroids, or duck growth hormone and I've never done so”

Event to benefit Crisis Center of Anderson and Cherokee Counties CRISTIN ROSS LAKE JACKSONVILLE - It's the grudge match of the year, folks. via Palestine Herald-Press

“They are a state agency so we do give them due consideration, but it's one of many inputs”

A permit request for the largest development ever proposed on Galveston Island should be rejected because it fails to fully consider damage to wildlife, wetlands and coastal prairies, according to a ... via Houston Chronicle

“I think the best chance of rain here today is between about 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.”

The Houston area may get some scattered showers today, but area residents likely will avoid severe weather like the line of thunderstorms that rolled across Central and North Texas overnight, forecasters said. via Houston Chronicle

“It's a record-keeping issue, not an issue of someone getting credits who shouldn't have.”

A special panel has determined Galveston College did not improperly award college credit and associate's degrees for remedial coursework. via The Galveston County Daily News

Country music sensation Carrie Underwood will make her first concert appearance in the Golden Triangle with a show this summer. via Orange Leader

“This small, short-term study indicates that men with low levels of testosterone respond to appropriate replacement as far as turnover markers indicate”

Injections of testosterone appear to improve bone density and reduce bone loss in older men who have low testosterone levels and may help to prevent osteoporosis, a new study suggests. via KLTV Tyler