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Skeletal remains recovered from a Hurricane Ike debris field in Chambers County were identified as a Galveston County resident, an official said Friday.

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The great fall raptor migration is going on overhead. Raptors such as this red-tailed hawk are heading south for the winter.

Family and friends of one of the people missing nearly a full year after Hurricane Ike believe their long, sad search has finally coming to an end.

Investigators say a crew clearing debris from Hurricane Ike found skeletal remains they suspect are those of one of four missing from Bolivar Peninsula.

Skeletal remains found Tuesday by a cleaning crew in Chambers County may be one of four people still listed as missing on Bolivar Peninsula a year after Hurricane Ike struck.