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College Station City Council Approves Concept Plan For A $6 Million Dollar Renovation Of Thomas Park

11/15/2024
The College Station city council accepts the concept plan for $5.94 million dollars of improvements at Thomas Park. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the November 14, 2024 College Station city council [Read More...]

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Bryan Council Approves Property Tax Breaks For Honeywell Electronics Chemicals $120 Million Dollar Expansion

11/15/2024
The Bryan city council approves property tax breaks for a $120 million dollar expansion by a local manufacturer. The city’s economic development specialist, Todd McDaniel, says Honeywell electronics chemicals on Mumford Road will be making [Read More...]

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Delay In Considering Giving More Time To Build Bryan Midtown Park’s Indoor Tennis Center

11/13/2024
In August of 2023, the Bryan city council agreed to partner with Texas A&M to build an indoor tennis center at Midtown Park. Construction was supposed to be completed by August 2025. Proposals to extend [Read More...]

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Texas A&M System Board Of Regents Votes 7-2 Approving Higher Fees For Two Graduate Fee Programs At The Flagship Campus

11/12/2024
The Texas A&M system board of regents agrees to raise fees for three existing graduate level programs at the flagship campus. But two of the nine regents voted no to increase fees for two existing [Read More...]

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Brazos County Commission Approve Accepting Proposals From Potential Architects And Construction Companies For Their New Downtown Bryan Office Building

11/11/2024
Brazos County commissioners issue two votes moving ahead with a $61 million dollar office building, parking garage, and skyway at the site of the former Bryan ISD administration building. Steve Aldrich voted against seeking an [Read More...]

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Texas A&M System Board Of Regents Approve Five Items Associated With The RELLIS Campus

11/8/2024
Thursday’s meeting (November 7) Texas A&M system board of regents meeting included approving five items associated with the RELLIS campus. The board increased the budget for the new Texas A&M semiconductor institute to $189 million [Read More...]

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College Station City Council Awards A Contract To Study The Feasibility Of A Convention Center

11/7/2024
The College Station city council awards a contract to study the feasibility of a convention center. The consultant will receive up to $80,000 dollars if the council decides to do both phases of the study. [Read More...]

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Unexpected Interest In An Army Futures Command Event At Texas A&M

11/6/2024
The Army Futures Command, which has a presence on the RELLIS campus, is hosting a two day event on the Texas A&M campus related to the development of robots that the Army says “can help [Read More...]

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Construction Contract Awarded To Rebuild A Portion Of College Station’s William D. Fitch Parkway

11/6/2024
The College Station city council at its last meeting (October 24) awarded a $5.6 million dollar contract to rebuild William D. Fitch Parkway from Highway 30 to Tonkaway Lake Road. Click HERE to read and [Read More...]

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A Bryan ISD School Board Member Is Interested In Adding Academic Assistance During School Vacation Periods

11/6/2024
Bryan ISD school board members have started talking about composing the calendar for the 2025-26 school year. During Monday’s meeting (November 4), board member David Stasny asked about the possibility of providing during school vacation [Read More...]

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Attendance Push By College Station ISD Central Office Administrators May Mean More Money For Individual Campuses

11/4/2024
College Station ISD campus principals and teachers have been directed from the central administration office to increase student attendance. CSISD school board members learned during their last meeting (October 15) about a financial incentive when [Read More...]

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More Money Spent To Fix Drainage Issues Between The Brazos County Tax and Extension Offices

10/30/2024
Brazos County commissioners agree to spend more money to fix drainage issues between the tax office and extension office buildings. There was no public discussion before Tuesday’s (October 29) unanimous vote. What was an original [Read More...]

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College Station City Council Votes 4-3 To Change How Tourism Committee Members Are Selected

10/29/2024
The last College Station city council meeting (October 24) had three votes by a four to three margin. The last one, changes how members are selected to the city’s tourism committee. Linda Harvell, a retired [Read More...]

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More Signs Coming To College Station’s Baylor Scott & White Campus

10/29/2024
About four minutes of last week’s six hour College Station city council meeting (October 24) was needed to grant a request from Baylor Scott & White Health (BSW) to add 33 wayfinding signs on the [Read More...]

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A Public Speaker Calls On The College Station City Council To Do Something About The City’s Feral Cat Population

10/28/2024
The lone public speaker at the last College Station city council meeting (October 24) called on the governing body to do something about the city’s feral cat population. Brian Watford says for the last seven [Read More...]

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College Station City Council 4-3 Vote Brings Back Permit Requirements For New And Expanding Bars In The Northgate District

10/28/2024
College Station city council members vote 4-3 to bring back permit requirements for new and expanding bars in the Northgate district. The conditional use permit (CUP) requirement was dropped in 2003. Mayor John Nichols made [Read More...]

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Brazos County Election News Includes A Reminder To Not Walk Out Of A Voting Center With Your Ballot

10/25/2024
A message to Brazos County voters is to not walk out of a voting center with your ballot. Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock says if you go outside still holding your ballot, state law [Read More...]

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Entries Now Being Accepted For The City Of College Station’s Second Christmas Parade

10/24/2024
Registration is now open for the city of College Station’s second Christmas parade. Details were shared in a recent blog post on the city’s website by the city’s university and community relations manager, Barbara Moore, [Read More...]

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College Station ISD’s School Board President Moves Public Comments Into Private

10/23/2024
At the end of May, the College Station ISD school board adopted a new policy for public comments. That followed several speakers criticizing a specific teacher. The new policy was put into practice at October’s [Read More...]

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Brazos County Commissioners Make Two Decisions Regarding The Future Medical Examiner’s Office

10/22/2024
Brazos County commissioners make two decisions regarding the future medical examiner’s office during their October 15th meeting. Little was said before approving a guaranteed maximum construction price of $8.4 million dollars. County judge Duane Peters [Read More...]

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