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College Station city council members approve rezoning land at Harvey Mitchell and Dartmouth for more housing. That’s after concerns were addressed that the project would aggravate flooding issues in the neighboring Emerald Forest neighborhood. An [Read More...]

June’s meeting of the College Station ISD school board included a staffing update for the upcoming school year. Superintendent Tim Harkrider said there was “significant less openings this year which is exciting” and “most campuses [Read More...]

Three men from Houston have been arrested in a string of home burglaries. Bryan Police Officer Seth Waller says over the last several weeks, Bryan Police, College Station Police and the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office [Read More...]

Brazos County Judge Duane Peters has missed weekly commission meetings the last three weeks (June 3, June 10, and June 17). Commissioner Chuck Konderla, who chaired today’s meeting (June 17), read the following statement: “You’ve [Read More...]

The June meeting of the Bryan city council included a council member voting against an appointment to the board of the Brazos County health district (BCHD). Ray Arrington’s no vote came after he asked mayor [Read More...]

The Bryan city council approves two more beautification grants to renovate buildings along major streets. One grant will reimburse of up to $17,000 dollars at the new home of the non profit agency BCS Together [Read More...]

One of several topics the Bryan city council discussed in private during Wednesday’s monthly meeting (June 4) was the status of the Midtown Park entertainment complex. The following day, councilman James Edge said during his [Read More...]

Announcements from the May meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents from chancellor John Sharp included the legislature giving the Corps of Cadets to assist in the purchase of uniforms. Sharp, who was [Read More...]

Construction is scheduled to start this month on Texas A&M’s west campus to improve Penberthy Road. Approval was given at the May 29th board of regents meeting to the $5.8 million dollar project as presented [Read More...]

The last meeting of the College Station city council includes an update on the activities of the city’s bicycle, pedestrian, and greenways committee. Scott Shafer, who is the council’s representative to the committee, said one [Read More...]

A joint meeting this month (May 20) of the Bryan city council and the Bryan Business Council (BBC) included activity at Coulter Field Airport. Business council member Kenny Lawson says the crown jewel at the [Read More...]

College Station ISD school board members held a special meeting Tuesday (May 27) in part to hire a new principal. Southwood Valley elementary assistant principal Dawn Newton was selected to be the new principal at [Read More...]

The governor’s office and the Bryan ISD school board continues negotiations over possible tax breaks to bring a semiconductor manufacturing and research facility to the RELLIS campus. During the May 19, 2025 Bryan ISD board [Read More...]

Bryan’s Midtown Park was brought up twice at the May city council meeting. City manager Kean Register said a month after terminating a design contract for a signature playground, they have another option. The city [Read More...]

Memorial Day weekend was the targeted completion of replacing and converting overhead electric lines at 22 locations around College Station. That was the timeline when the College Station city council at its April 24th meeting, [Read More...]

The end of Monday night’s Bryan ISD school board meeting (May 19) was unanimous votes to hire two principals. The new principal at Stephen F. Austin middle school is an associate principal at Davila middle [Read More...]

Up to 12 inches of rain during the first week of May tested the capacity of retention and detention ponds. That was a subject that was discussed by the College Station city council the week [Read More...]

A pioneer broadcaster in Bryan/College Station and former Bryan councilman Greg Rodriguez has died. That was announced by current Bryan councilman James Edge during Thursday’s (May 15) visit on WTAW’s The Infomaniacs. Click below to [Read More...]

The College Station council approved its second budget amendment of the 2025 fiscal year at last Thursday’s meeting (May 8) as recommended by fiscal services director Mary Ellen Leonard. One of the amendments affects the [Read More...]

Monday afternoon (May 12) was a four minute special meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents. Chairman Bob Albritton of Fort Worth and vice chairman Jay Graham of Houston made the trip to [Read More...]