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 […]
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 […]
THEA HOLIDAY DINNER MEETING By David Taylor Managing Editor For years, members of the Texas Health and Environment Alliance (THEA) and community have filled out health surveys turned […]
By David Taylor, Managing Editor Jordan Frisby knew he was in a friendly spot last Friday when he saw a ship in the seal of the North Channel Area […]
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 […]
Ever since the San Jacinto River Waste Pits was added to the Superfund Priority List in 2008, rising sea levels, flooding and subsidence have sub-merged most of the […]
Heavy rains over the last two weeks have left river dwellers in East Harris County along the San Jacinto River, Luce Bayou, Trinity River, in a lurch as […]
THEA Activists unhappy with decision; prefer EPA takeover HIGHLANDS – On April 18, EPA issued a letter to the potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for the San Jacinto River […]
County Commissioner Ramsey calls work “incompetent,” vows to push for Action HIGHLANDS – County Commissioner Tom Ramsey joined THEA Executive Director Jackie Medcalf at a news conference last […]
EAST HARRIS COUNTY – TxDOT, the Texas Department of Transportation, held a virtual and an in-person meeting last week, to inform the public of their plans to build […]
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 […]