The idea that there "ain't no surf in Texas" persists. But as a new Galveston museum explores, adventurers have been catching waves here for at least a century.

Patrick Jankowski, longtime Houston economist, reflects on the oil bust, the rise of tech, NAFTA, the growth of the suburbs ...

Galveston Island has been a perennial beach vacation for decades, especially for those who live in nearby Houston. More than ...

Windows at the Jennie Sealy Hospital in Galveston can ... the University of Texas Medical Branch built the Jennie Sealy Hospital following 2008’s Hurricane Ike. Architects designed the facility ...

So on Wednesday, I started looking up every hurricane that has hit southeast Texas and the years it snowed ... Jerry in 1989, Ike in 2008, Harvey in 2017, Nicholas in 2021, and Beryl in 2024 ...

Texas' Port of Galveston almost filed for bankruptcy in the 1990s. Its CEO credits the booming cruise industry for saving the port.

The Port of Galveston, Texas' only cruise port ... too small for today's larger cargo ships and were damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008. To address this, the port is now using money from its ...

In the 1990s, the 200-year-old Port of Galveston almost filed for bankruptcy ... today's larger cargo ships and were damaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008. To address this, the port is now using ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife is available ... recycling in response to the damage to the oyster reefs in Galveston Bay after Hurricane Ike destroyed nearly 60% of the bay's reefs.