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College Station City Council Awards Contract For New Sidewalks On The Street Behind City Hall

1/8/2025
New sidewalks are coming to the street behind College Station city hall. That’s after the city council at its December meeting awarded a $292,000 dollar construction contract for sidewalks along Foster Avenue between George Bush [Read More...]

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A Brazos County Commissioner’s Update On Repairs At A College Station Apartment Complex And Discussing Winter Weather Conditions

1/7/2025
Brazos County commissioner Wanda Watson is told repairs to natural gas lines at College Station’s Southgate Village apartments that began before last Thanksgiving have been completed…but residents continue to face obstacles. At the end of [Read More...]

Duration:00:02:17

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New Year’s Resolution From A Member Of A College Station Advisory Board

1/7/2025
A member of the College Station’s bicycle, pedestrian, and greenways advisory board delivered a resolution for 2025 during the last city council meeting of 2024. Neo Jang, who described himself as College Station’s “bicycle ambassador”, [Read More...]

Duration:00:02:42

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Process Starting To Designate A Site For A Brazos County Landfill With No Intention To Build One

1/6/2025
Brazos County judge Duane Peters tells Millican area residents that the process is going to start to designate county owned land as a landfill which is not going to be built. In February 2022, Peters [Read More...]

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Bryan ISD School Board Members Given A “Phenomenal” Review Of A New Third Party Provider Of Special Education Services

1/6/2025
The Bryan ISD school board heard before Christmas break, the results of hiring a third party provider to provide special education services to 18 students in the seventh through 12th grades. Special education director Jennifer [Read More...]

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Bryan Broadcasting Debuts Magic 97.3 FM, Aggieland’s R&B And Throwbacks

1/2/2025
Bryan Broadcasting has a new radio station. Magic 97.3 features Aggieland’s R&B and throwbacks, along with the Steve Harvey Morning Show starting January 13th. Click HERE to be directed to the mymagic973.com website. News release [Read More...]

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Bryan ISD School Board Asked For More Support From Bryan High School’s Athletic Booster Club President

1/2/2025
Bryan ISD school board members heard at their last meeting before Christmas break, from the president of Bryan High’s Viking athletic booster club. Marc Garrett, who is the father of a freshman student athlete, called [Read More...]

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Returning Bryan Businessowner Recognized For Making A Donation To Bryan ISD’s Career And Technical Education Center

12/31/2024
The former owners of a Bryan equipment company are returning to open a new business. And that return was recognized during the last Bryan ISD school board meeting by the district’s career and technical education [Read More...]

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Texas Prison Director Reviews Actions Taken During 2024

12/31/2024
December’s meeting of the board in charge of the Texas prison system received a year end report from director Bryan Collier. Subjects included making headway in filling vacant positions, adding air conditioned prison cells, making [Read More...]

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Brazos County Commissioners Debate Over Board Reappointments

12/27/2024
One of two departing members of the Brazos County commission was not able to reappoint members to a board in his precinct. During the commission’s December 10th meeting, county judge Duane Peters told precinct one [Read More...]

Duration:00:04:06

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State Prison Board Construction Update Includes Grimes County Units

12/27/2024
The state prison system received a record $360 million dollars from the legislature for construction projects during the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years. An update on how that money is being spent during December’s state [Read More...]

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College Station City Council Asked To Oppose Medians On Wellborn Road

12/24/2024
The week after public comments closed to the Texas department of transportation’s (TxDOT) plan to widen Wellborn Road in south College Station, the city council is asked to oppose plans for medians. The council could [Read More...]

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College Station ISD School Board Awards A Construction Contract For Renovating High School Baseball And Softball Fields

12/24/2024
College Station ISD school board members award a contract for more than $8 million dollars in renovating the baseball and softball fields at Consolidated and College Station high schools. Facilities director Paul Buckner says the [Read More...]

Duration:00:02:48

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Comments At December City Council Meetings About Applying For Volunteer Boards, Committees, And Commissions

12/23/2024
This is the time of year when city councils are making appointments to volunteer boards, committees, and commissions. During the December 10th Bryan city council workshop meeting, mayor Bobby Gutierrez and councilman Jared Salvato brought [Read More...]

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Cleanup Resumes Following Flooding At College Station ISD’s Pebble Creek Elementary

12/20/2024
The start of Christmas break in College Station ISD meant the resumption of cleaning and assessing damage at Pebble Creek elementary school following flooding earlier this month. CSISD assistant superintendent Josh Symank provided an update [Read More...]

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Bryan/College Station Chamber Of Commerce Announces Speakers At The Annual Economic Outlook Conference And Invites Participants In Their Annual Legislative Survey

12/19/2024
This week’s Bryan/College Station chamber of commerce update on WTAW included invitations to two annual events. The chamber’s community liaison, Royce Hickman, says tickets are now available for the annual economic outlook conference. Speakers for [Read More...]

Duration:00:01:33

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College Station City Council Awards A $1.6 Million Dollar Design Contract For Three More Ballfields At Veterans Park

12/18/2024
It will cost $1.6 million dollars to design three more baseball fields and associated additions at College Station’s Veterans Park. These are the fields that were going to be built at Texas Independence Park until [Read More...]

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Texas A&M Begins The Process Of Selecting A New Vice President Of Student Affairs

12/17/2024
The process is underway at Texas A&M to select a new vice president of student affairs (VPSA). This follows the retirement announcement of Joe Ramirez that is effective January 1, 2025. President Mark Welsh e-mailed [Read More...]

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Bryan ISD School Board Fills Another Vacant Principal’s Position

12/17/2024
The end of Monday night’s Bryan ISD school board meeting (December 16) was approving the superintendent’s choice for the principal vacancy at Jane Long intermediate school. Michael Gibson, has been in Bryan ISD for 14 [Read More...]

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Brazos County Commission Approves Various Motions Associated With Six Construction Projects

12/16/2024
The Brazos County commission’s December 10th meeting included approving various motions associated with six construction projects. Only one item drew any comments from commissioners. That was precinct one commissioner Steve Aldrich inviting motorists to drive [Read More...]

Duration:00:03:32