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Sugar Land Gets Ready For The Rocket To Launch Baseball fans in Sugar Land are getting ready for the biggest night in recent memory as Roger Clemens gets ready to take the mound tomorrow. |
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The Bethel Park Project: Homage To Fourth Ward's History The City of Houston will pay tribute to the history of a church built by freed slaves. Remnants of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church will anchor a multi-million dollar project in the historic Fourth Ward. |
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More UH Students Choose Dorm Living Thousands of teens are going through a rite of passage this weekend — moving out of their family homes and into campus housing. Officials at the University of Houston say more students than ever are choosing to live on campus. |
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UH Students Return To Campus With Inspirational Lecture As students prepare for the start of classes next week, the college of education at the University of Houston has resumed its "First Lecture" series. The speaker this semester is a former Navy SEAL, who hopes to inspire students to serve and lead. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Praveen Kumar Crude oil is trading near $100 a barrel, despite weakness across much of the global economy. Joining Andrew Schneider on this week's Bauer Business Focus to discuss why is Praveen Kumar, an expert on energy finance at the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business. |
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Summer NAPE Expo Draws 6,000-Plus To GRB The Summer North American Prospect Expo, or Summer NAPE, continues today at the George R. Brown Convention Center. |
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Caravan For Peace Comes To Houston Houston is another stop in Texas for the caravan for peace. The cross country bus tour is raising awareness about the United States' role in the Mexican drug war. |
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Harris County Democrats Try To Oust Their Candidate The Harris County Democratic Party wants to remove a candidate from the ballot. The party says Lloyd Oliver — who is running for Harris County District Attorney — violated party rules and should be pulled from the race. One political analyst says it's an unusual and interesting case. |
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Helping Our Heroes: What It's Like Waiting In The VA Benefits Line Veteran's disability claim issues are growing. In the past, it the issue might have been an injured knee or back but now veterans are dealing with many more medical issues, like traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder. So if the nearly 1.7 million veterans living in Texas submitted an average of ten disability claims each, well, that’s a lot of claims and a long waiting list. As part of our ongoing military series "Helping Our Heroes," Edel Howlin asks, what's it like for a local veteran to be on that list? |
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Colleagues Worried About Missing Journalist In Syria The Washington Post and other news organizations say they have not heard from freelance journalist Austin Tice of Houston, who has been reporting from Syria. |
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Historic Galveston Tall Ship Headed for Repairs Soon The state's official tall ship heads off for repairs at a Texas City shipyard in a couple of weeks and the people who plan to fix the historic vessel say new money from FEMA will help pay for that work. |
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Farmer Loses Case Against Keystone XL Pipeline One of the last private land owners fighting the Keystone XL pipeline suffered a major setback last night. StateImpact Texas reporter Terrence Henry has more. |
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Summer NAPE Expected To Bring $2M In Spending At Local Businesses The Summer North American Prospect Expo, better known as Summer NAPE, gets underway this morning at the George R. Brown Convention Center. |
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How To Spot Illegal Grow Houses As federal drug agents sort out what appear to have been sophisticated pot-growing operations across the Houston area, they are also letting residents know how to spot similar grow houses, even in upscale neighborhoods. |
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US Veterans Initiative President Steve Peck Talks About Struggling Veterans One organization local veterans rely on for housing, career development and counseling is the U.S. Veterans Initiative. Houston is one of U.S Vets eleven locations around the country and every quarter its directors get together to discuss the work they do. |
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Does A Vote For METRO Mean A Vote Against Transit? A number of mobility and policy groups want voters to say no to the METRO referendum that will appear on the November ballot. They say a vote against METRO's general mobility plan will actually allow light Rail to expand in Houston. But what effect would a "no" vote really have? |
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Texas Website Spells Out Where Your Tax Dollars Go A new web tool gives a more complete picture of entities collecting property and sales taxes in each Texas county. |
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Houston's Job Growth Rate At 3.4% And Climbing A new analysis by Comerica Bank finds Houston is the fastest-growing major metro area in the U.S. in terms of payroll job creation. |
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Former Astro Roger Clemens To Wear Skeeters Jersey For One Game Former Astro Roger Clemens says he's ready to have some fun when he takes the mound for the Sugar Land Skeeters this weekend. The 50 year old Houston resident and 7 time Cy Young Award winner is set to pitch on Saturday and says playing professional baseball again, even for one game, won't be easy. |
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Back To School Vehicle Safety Reminders With temperatures still soaring as kids head back to school, Houston's first responders are urging caution so a child isn't left behind in a hot vehicle. Parents are asked to be vigilant as familiar routines change. |
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67th Blinded Veterans Convention In Galveston Hopes To Highlight Important Mission Blind and visually impaired veterans have taken over the island of Galveston this week. They're holding their 67th convention at the Hilton on Seawall Boulevard to talk about blinded veteran issues, share stories and to meet old friends. |
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Harris County Begins Aerial Mosquito Spraying Two more people have died of West Nile Virus in the Houston area. That brings the human death count up to three people — with more than a dozen infections. Harris County officials have ordered aerial spraying for mosquitoes in the west and northwest parts of the county. |
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Home Sales Hit Highest Level In Nearly A Year The Houston Association of Realtors says the local housing market enjoyed its fourteenth-straight month of sales growth in July. |
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Houston Building Permits Up $1 Billion From July 2011 City of Houston building permits came to $4.2 billion for the twelve months ending in July. |
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Donor Milk Bank Expands At Texas Children's Hospital Mothers and doctors call it "liquid gold." Human breast milk has been shown to be healthier for babies than formula, and can even save lives. Texas Children's Hospital now operates its own milk bank, drawing on donations from nursing mothers in the Houston region. |
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Some Community Members Question HISD Bond Proposal Community members will gather tonight to discuss the proposed bond package Put forth by the Houston Independent School District. |
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Magic Johnson-backed Partnership Buys Houston Pavilions A partnership backed by basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson has bought the mixed-use Houston Pavilions complex downtown for an undisclosed sum. |
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Parents And Teachers Appeal To Houston Voters To Approve School Bond Issue Parents and school officials are working to rally support for a bond issue that would raise funds to revamp some of Houston's crumbling high schools. Officials say the improvements are desperately needed, but it remains to be seen if voters are willing to pay more taxes. |
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Roger Clemens Makes A Comeback With The Sugar Land Skeeters Former Astro great and Houston resident Roger Clemens is making a one-game comeback with the Sugar Land Skeeters this weekend. His trip to the mound comes two months after he scored another legal victory in the courtroom. |
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Plane Headed To IAH Hits Air Pocket Causing Passenger Injuries Several passengers were injured on a flight that experienced turbulence this afternoon, before landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 3 p.m. |
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Texas To Investigate Health Risk Of Living Near Drilling Sites Dramatic increases in the amount of oil and gas being produced in Texas has brought with it an increase in air pollution. That could be a threat to people living near well sites. But there's conflicting information about the threat — and whether it's already meant higher cancer rates in some places. StateImpact reporter Dave Fehling begins our story in North Texas. |
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New Online "Ozone Map" Will Help Houston Residents Reduce Lung Exposure A new local website launches today, one that will allow people to track Houston's most notorious air pollutant, ozone, down to the neighborhood level. KUHF Health and Science reporter Carrie Feibel explains that the online ozone map will work much like a weather map. |
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Chilean Firefighters Come To Houston To Hone Their Craft Firefighters around the world share a common bond — helping others. So it isn't a far jump to see firefighters from Chile come to train with the Houston Fire Department. |
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Companies Receiving Health Insurance Rebates Must Share With Employees A newly effective provision of the Affordable Care Act will require many employers to share group health insurance premium rebates with employees who contributed to the plans. |
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Coastal Cabins Are Paradise For Permit Holders Through a nearly 40-year-old program run by the Texas General Land Office, several people hold permits to use cabins on remote, state-owned islands near the Intracoastal Waterway. Permit holders love the isolation — and the fishing. |
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State-Run Women's Health Program Faces Questions As state officials prepare to take full control of the once federally funded Texas Women's Health Program on Nov. 1, they're running into a series of unexpected challenges, from rule changes to questions about funding. |
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This Summer's Houston Rental Market: Higher Rents, More Demand Summer's typically a busy time for apartment rentals in Houston. But some Houston Realtors say this is one of their busiest. Rents are higher and units aren't staying on the market for long. |
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Metro Board Okays Ballot Language For November Funding Vote A ballot measure that would continue a Metro program that shares a portion of its sales tax revenue with smaller area cities has been given the green light by the transit agency's board. |
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UH Students Get New Immigration Resource The federal government now grants some undocumented immigrants — who were brought here as children — permits to stay in the country for up to two years without fear of deportation. But it's a complicated process and some legal experts are reaching out to immigrants to help them navigate the system. |
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BVA Is Looking For Volunteers For Next Week Galveston is the destination of choice this year for the Blinded Veterans Association, an organization of blinded veterans that helps other blinded veterans. It's the association's 67th convention next week and they're looking for some eager volunteers from Houston, Galveston and surrounding areas. |
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Houston Employers Add 3,800 Jobs In July Houston area employers added nearly 4,000 jobs in July, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. |
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Bauer Business Focus: Shane McLaughlin Shane McLaughlin joined CenterPoint Energy after earning his MBA from the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business in 2009. McLaughlin joins Andrew Schneider on this week's "Bauer Business Focus" to discuss his work on CenterPoint's new TrueCost portal for comparing electric plans. |
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IBM To Acquire Texas Memory Systems IBM announced plans to acquire Texas Memory Systems, a West Houston-based manufacturer of data storage systems. |
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UH Regents Approve $85 Million To Begin Construction Of New Football Stadium The University of Houston will proceed with plans to build a new football stadium by the 2014 season. The Board of Regents just approved an $85 million dollar financing plan that will allow construction to begin as soon as January. |
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Alief Teacher Busted For 53 pounds Of Marijuana Possession A Houston area teacher won't be getting ready for school in a couple of weeks. She was arrested and jailed in Louisiana after authorities found 53 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of her car. |
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West Nile Virus Linked To Future Health Problems Even For Healthy Adults As the Dallas area sprays for mosquitoes for the first time in decades, health officials here in the Houston area say we've seen a sharp increase in mosquito samples that have tested positive for West Nile Virus. One local doctor says the virus could cause big problems long after an infection. |
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METRO Board Reconsiders How To Share Revenues METRO's board will vote tomorrow on whether to accept a newly negotiated proposal about how to use its general mobility fund. Board members voted last week on a proposal that heavily favored the City of Houston — but Harris County and smaller municipalities were unhappy with that deal. |
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KUHF Conversations: NPR Ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos What are the biggest complaints among NPR listeners these days? How do you determine whether a story is biased? And what's the difference between being fair, and being balanced in one's reporting? Those are just some of the questions NPR's Ombudsman, Edward Schumacher-Matos, faces every day. He recently sat down with KUHF Morning Edition Host David Pitman to talk about his job. |
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Aon Hewitt: Outlook For Salary Increases "Bleak" A survey by human resources firm Aon Hewitt forecasts marginal salary gains next year, both in Houston and around the country. |
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Students Tells About The Dangers Of Texting And Driving Texting and driving don't mix. A young college student is lucky to be alive after being involved in a vehicle accident while texting. He joined a wireless provider in announcing a nationwide campaign to urge people to make a lifelong commitment never to text while driving. |
