…TBCD Director Jeffrey Jenkins Turner, Winzer, Shadden Need to Resign Commentary by Gloria Roemer   At its regular board meeting held on Wednesday, November 13th, the Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors agreed to hold townhall meetings in their respective districts to hear from their constituents directly about flooding, drainage, and sewage issues in […]

Mont Belvieu, Texas | December 5, 2019: In response to the unprecedented growth of Chambers County and many young families moving to the Mont Belvieu and Dayton areas, a group of passionate community leaders has formed a non-profit venture to serve the public via a children’s museum. “Our children are experiencing their youth in a […]

Captain American strolled into Eagle Pointe Recreation Complex on Saturday adding to the already eye-popping comic con known as Nerd Con.  Nerd Con 2 held its second annual event brought to you by the Chambers County Library System, City of Mont Belvieu, Eagle Pointe Recreation Complex, and Eastern Rim Funny Book & Vintage Con.  In […]

Yvette Kemmer/Gloria Roemer “Our girls had a very good week in warm up for District which starts Tuesday, December 10th, against Kountze,” said East Chambers Girls Basketball Head Coach Andrew Hubbell.  “This past Tuesday, we beat a very good Bridge City team by five.”  High scorers of the game were Skylar Pinkard with 18 points, […]

By Yvette Kemmer/Gloria Roemer Last week, the East Chambers Running Bucs played in the Evadale basketball tournament. “We had a couple of good games,” said EC Running Bucs Head Coach Todd Sutherland.  ‘We lost two games in overtime but actually played well in both games. Lost to Jasper by one point in triple OT, and […]

By Yvette Kemmer Photos courtesy of Olivia Chavez-Bustamante The Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe (Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe) is a popular Catholic feast that celebrates the belief that a man encountered the Virgin Mary, Mexico’s patron saint, in Mexico City on December 9 and 12, 1531. The day of the Virgen de […]

Letter to the Editor By Winnie/Stowell Coalition for Flood Mitigation Words … Actions … Results Harvey.  That name spoken in Winnie/Stowell Texas, will bring an immediate response, from anyone that lived here in August of 2017.  We received approximately 60 inches of water and massive flooding. It was the wettest tropical cyclone in the state […]

Austin, Texas (AP) Officials lifted evacuation orders last Friday for around 50,000 people on the Texas Gulf Coast, determining a massive fire was finally under control at a chemical plant rocked by two major explosions two days earlier.  “We are in a position to say it’s contained. We feel comfortable with the efforts that have […]