Baytown to test air quality at wetlands center
Harris County Public Health opens an ozone monitoring center at the Eddie V Gray Education and Recreational Wetlands Center in Baytown. The two sites will share results online via the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality site, with the Crosby Library center slated as a second location.
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Wetlands Center
Harris County
Public Health and Environmental Services Department
Eddie V. Gray
Steve Hopps
Division of Pollution Control
Crosby Library
Tceq
State
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Goose Creek sets town hall dates on high school rezoning
Baytown Goose Creek trustees schedule public meetings at 6 30 p m on June 16 and June 23 to discuss a plan called OnePLUS that would split freshmen and sophomores to Ross S Sterling High School and juniors and seniors to Robert E Lee High School. The plan will be shown at Sterling on June 16 and at Lee on June 23 with options to email fax mail or view further details in the rezoning section.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Oneplus
Tee
Ross S. Sterling High School
Robert E. Lee High School
Sterling
Lee
Goose Creck
Texas
Barbers Hill raises prices of meals in district
Barbers Hill trustees approved a breakfast and lunch price increase for almost all campuses to offset higher meal costs. Lunchs will rise by 25 cents across grade bands from $1.25 to $1.50 for K-3, $1.50 to $1.75 for 4-6, and $2.25 to $2.50 for 9-12. breakfasts rise by 5 to 25 or 50 cents depending on grade. School officials emphasize cost neutrality and quality preservation.
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Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hill
Susan LeBlanc
Tim Sonnenberg
Water shuttle truck aids rural ORW firefighters
Old River-Winfree volunteers transformed an old Schwann refrigerated truck into a water shuttle vehicle to supply rural areas lacking underground water and hydrants. The revival, aided by grants, donations, and local firms, followed a period of closure in 2000 due to funding and membership losses.
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OLD River-Winfree
Old River- Winfree Volunteer Fire Department
Schwann
Cove
Andy Maloy
Maloy
Arrowhead Inc
Tex-Fab
Plastic Technics Inc
Baytown Sun
Beth Gullett
Jim Robinson
Old River Winfree
Government predicts busier Atlantic hurricane season
Forecasters expect 6 to 9 hurricanes with 2 to 4 major storms and 11 to 15 tropical storms from June 1 to November 30. High ocean temperatures and La Nina odds raise activity. FEMA urges preparedness as five day forecasts replace three day advisories.
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Miami
James Mahoney
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Equator
Mike Brown
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Hurricane prep and forecasts from NOAA and NWS
At a glance from The Associated Press NOAA and the National Weather Service offer hurricane guidance. Before storm season residents should trim dead wood secure gutters and stock covering for windows. Forecasters predict eight or six hurricanes this year with several named storms and a 73 percent chance of Gulf leases facing a named storm.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Navy
William Gray
The
Weather Research Center
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
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Bill
Claudette
Danny
Erika
Fabian
Grace
Henri
Isabel
Juan
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda
Comptroller Backs A cigarette tax to ease Texas budget
Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn urged a one dollar per pack cigarette tax increase to cover a widening budget deficit and 9.9 billion shortfall. She cited down 18 percent in main business tax receipts and aims to deter youth smoking while denying new taxes, though House leaders oppose.
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Austin
Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Texas
Strayhorn
House
Ways and Means
Associated Press
Harry Cabluck
Texas Comptroller
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