oil tankers, and cruise ships. At a busy port, a pilot might guide as many as four big ships per day. The island's local chapter, the Galveston-Texas City (or Galtex) Pilots, has been in the news ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston is steering itself into the spotlight as the cruise industry is forecasted to see record growth in 2025. According to AAA, which just released its cruise travel ...

“The state gets hundreds of applications, and only selects 15 in all of Texas,” Baker said. Galveston County first applied for the marker in 2022, but it takes around two years for the ...

AUSTIN The Texas Trustee Implementation Group for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill seeks public input ... 2310 Sealy Avenue, Galveston (Wortham Auditorium) Time: Open house from 5-5:30 p.m ...

(The Center Square) – Last year was a record year for the Texas oil and natural gas industry, which broke its previous records for production, pipeline construction, storage, processing, refining and ...

(The Center Square) – The Texas oil and natural gas industry broke multiple records in fiscal 2024, including paying a record $27.3 billion in taxes and royalties, according to new data published by ...

The good times are set to roll again in February for Mardi Gras! Galveston and city officials and event organizers are planning now for revelers' safety. Celebrations will take place on the island ...

GALVESTON, Texas — When you go to a seafood restaurant in Galveston you might think you're eating Gulf shrimp. You're probably not. Researchers contracted to test the shrimp served at ...

The difference between those situations and this one, however, is that unlike an oil spill, which happens by accident and ostensibly has at least some chance of being cleaned up, much of the oil waste ...

The house was recently foreclosed on after failing to attract any bids at auction. GALVESTON, Texas - After years of back and forth, the City of Galveston is taking action on Beyonce's mom's beach ...

For the first time in 75 years, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on Louisiana's uninhabited Chandeleur Islands despite being written off as a nesting spot for sea turtles ...

But industry leaders have also been clear that these and other policy changes floated by Trump won’t lead to more drilling.