Last week, the Texas General Land Office announced that its partner agency, the Gulf Coast Protection District, has awarded design contracts for the Coastal Texas Project's initial two components: a ...

Seventeen years after Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston, a project to protect the island has taken a major step forward.

Texas' multibillion-dollar "Ike Dike" project just hit a pivotal milestone with two key design contacts approved to advance ...

A marina in Seabrook lies in disarray after Hurricane Alicia devastated the Houston area during the otherwise "quiet" ...

A direct Ike-level or stronger hit could disrupt global energy markets, damage national defense assets, and cripple supply ...

The Army Corps of Engineers estimates that the Coastal Texas Project would require up to $34.4 billion to build, and once ...

Supporters say the massive project would protect the Galveston Bay area from dangerous storm surge, but it remains billions ...

An ambitious, multi-billion dollar plan is moving forward with new design contracts to protect the Texas Gulf Coast from ...

Troy Nehls is stepping down from Congress, declining to run for a fourth term. Good riddance, writes Houston Chronicle Opinion Editor.

Thanksgiving, and the holiday season in general, can be a sorrowful and lonely time for many, but artists in Galveston and a ...

A family in Cuba salvages belongings from the rubble of their home after it collapsed during Hurricane Melissa's passage through Santiago de Cuba on Wednesday. (Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images) After ...

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Melissa made landfall in south-western Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon, packing winds of 185 mph. It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall on the island since ...