Commissioners unanimously approved a new arena paneling system for the Special Events Facility (SEF) barn at the Matagorda County Fairgrounds during their regular meeting Monday.  All commissioners were present for the meeting.  The Big Country Livestock Equipment, Inc. arena…

   Port of Bay City Authority commissioners unanimously approved the purchase and installation of a portable building at the Port of Bay City during their meeting last Thursday.     The project only received one bid for the entire project for just over $115,000 and hinges…

   Main Street Program Director Tina Israel discussed several possible downtown projects to focus on for the remainder of 2024 with her board last week.  Board members Tami Savage, Joan Myers, Fran Baker, Jennifer Bishop, and Kristi Lee were present while Alice Lowery, Carol Huitt,…

   City Council approved a resolution outlining the city’s participation in the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) Texas HOME Investment Partnerships Program during their meeting last week.  All council members were present for the Tuesday April 9 meeting.…

   If you’re looking to take advantage of the spring weather this weekend, there are plenty of outdoors events and other opportunities to explore.  The Texas General Land Office’s annual spring Adopt-A-Beach cleanup will be Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. – noon up and down the Texas…

    Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22), along with Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA-03), Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34), Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA-06), Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS-04), Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01), and Congressman Barry Moore (R-AL-02), introduced the…

   Look, by no means am I a life coach, guidance counselor, or supremely interesting personality that’s claiming to have life figured out.  So feel free to take anything and everything I say or recommend with a grain of salt.  I mean, I took enough psychology, sociology, history…

   That was a week with a lot to digest.  The inflation measures came in a bit higher than projected.  The initial earnings reports from the financials were about what was expected.  Then, of course, over the weekend, Iran directly attacked Israel with drones and missiles.…

   When you purchase insurance or open investment accounts, such as an IRA, you’ll be asked to name a beneficiary - but major life events may cause you to take steps to protect that beneficiary.  If you’ve named your spouse as a beneficiary of an investment account or insurance…

    James Wilmer Dallam, legal scholar, newspaper publisher, and author, the son of Francis Johnson and Sarah (Wilmer) Dallam, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on Sept. 24, 1818.   Following his graduation in 1837 from Brown University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he…