Military heroes remembered in Memorial Day commemoration
By David Taylor / Managing Editor The sound of Taps wafted across Sterling-White cemetery on Monday, May 26, 2025, as families, friends and neighbors remembered servicemen and women who […]
Highlands
Crosby residents seek answers on cancer cluster designation
By David Taylor / Managing Editor They came from everywhere: Baytown, Highlands, North Shore, Atascocita, Kingwood and all corners of Crosby seeking answers concerning the new designation of the […]
EPA delivers information, listens to community on San Jacinto River Superfund site
By David Taylor / Managing Editor One of the most powerful agencies in the U.S. government made their way to the San Jacinto Community Center in Highlands to deliver […]
THEA finds new Toxic danger: Nurdles
By Jackie Medcalf / Guest reporter On December 6, a Union Pacific train accident near Highlands derailed 14 cars, including cars containing liquified petroleum gas (LPG). Fortunately, the […]
EPA Evaluating Proposal for the San Jacinto River North Site Cleanup
By David Taylor Managing Editor The Texas Health and Environment Alliance (THEA) continues to be a thorn in the side of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the […]
Citizens receive Active Shooter Safety Training
By David Taylor Managing Editor EAST HARRIS COUNTY – More than 50 citizens and business leaders assembled at the San Jacinto Community Center in Highlands last month to […]
Waste Pits: Work stalled on Northern site
EPA and Responsible Party disagree on Remediation Criteria HIGHLANDS – An informational meeting was held at the Highlands Community Center last Tuesday evening, August 29 with members of […]
Community hears Waste Pits update
EAST HARRIS COUNTY – Community members interested in the status of remediation work on the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site heard an update last Tuesday night, […]
Holiday Season opens with Feasts, Parade
By Gilbert Hoffman Houston got into the Holiday mood starting on Thanksgiving day, with a Super Feast at the George R. Brown Convention Center, serving almost 20,000 a […]
EPA to hold virtual Waste Pits meeting Dec. 5th; work starts on Southern Impoundment
HIGHLANDS – The cleanup is starting at the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site according to THEA director Jackie Medcalf, and an announcement from the EPA in […]
EPA meets with community on Waste Pits
CHANNELVIEW – Representatives of the federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) met with the public last Thursday evening, June 23 at the Flukinger Community Center in Channelview. The purpose […]