Wednesday Nov 4 | The Facts
Amphibious wheelchair arrives at Surfside
More than one year after a family raised concerns about pedestrian beach accessibility, those with special needs now have a way to enjoy the waves.
Save your Christmas trees for our beaches
Howdy! Can you believe this beautiful weather? The ground actually still is a little moist, most of the cracks have swelled closed and the pond is almost full.
Missing Woodlands surfer found safe offshore
A 61-year-old surfer from The Woodlands who went missing Thursday was rescued overnight when he made it to an offshore oil installation.
Freeport aims to annex 122 acres
Surfside Beach leaders have no problem with Freeport taking 122 acres adjacent to the village into the city limits, a move Freeport officials say is being done in advance of a possible development.
Eminent domain, beaches on ballot
EDITOR'S NOTE - Last of three stories examining the proposed constitutional amendments voters will decide Nov.
Revetment won't take private land
The bulk of a proposed structure designed to protect a newly rebuilt Bluewater Highway would be underground and not infringe on any private property, Surfside Beach and Treasure Island residents were told during a recent public hearing.
Freeport Police Chief Interviews Beginning
Interviews are expected to begin next week in Freeport for a new police chief. The job has been filled since June by Gus Flores who took over after Jeff Pynes left to become city manager.
Woman not guilty in driving death
An Horry County jury took about 30 minutes Tuesday to find a Garden City Beach woman not guilty on charges that resulted from the 2005 drunken driving death of a 15-year-old Surfside Beach teen.
US Shipping Partners' bankruptcy plan confirmed
Petroleum and chemical shipper U.S. Shipping Partners LP said Thursday that a New York bankruptcy court has confirmed its reorganization plan.
Disaster funding process advances
Surfside Beach officials are hoping to give the village's Hurricane Ike damaged roads some much needed attention after second-round funding from the Texas Department of Rural Affairs is disbursed.
Weather helps volunteers at beach cleanup
Volunteers picked up more than 51,175 pounds of trash from Brazoria County beaches last weekend as part of a statewide coastal cleanup effort, shattering a record set at this year's spring cleanup.
Officials say local beaches are safe
Dara Dalton has used the water off Surfside Beach as her playground for years, first to swim and now to surf.
County beach cleanups are Saturday
Howdy! It's time to remind everyone that Saturday we are having our semi-annual beach cleanup.
Beach protection plan unfair to Surfside
A lot of excitement surrounded Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson's recent announcement of the biggest beach protection program in our state's history.
County has received $79 million from FEMA
When Wallace Neeley drove over the Quintana bridge after evacuating from Hurricane Ike, dunes had been flattened and beach sand was so far inland the town had a new look.
Being green is dollars, sense for Surfside
For Surfside Beach, it really wasn't easy being green. It took a glancing, but destructive, hit last summer from Hurricane Ike, but now Surfside's making the most of that setback to rebuild Stahlman Park while striking a blow of its own for the environment.
Surfside Beach pier being demolished
The company planning to showcase its wave-energy technology off the Freeport coast has begun removing an old pier in Surfside Beach, but plans to build another one.
Lessons we must remember 1 year after Ike
It has been one short year since Hurricane Ike gave us a last-minute reprieve from its worst, but for some of our neighbors it has been a long, hard road to recovery from a storm that robbed them of all sense of normalcy.
Surfside Beach approves effective tax rate
Residents will pay a higher property tax rate to the village in fiscal year 2009-10, but the actual amount they pay shouldn't be much different after elected officials adopted the effective tax rate.
Escaping Ike: The search is over
Bobbie Slezinsky enjoyed a cool Saturday morning breeze that eased into her open window in Brazoria last September while her cousin sat on the porch.