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Episodes
College Station ISD Paying Less For Property And Casualty Insurance
9/6/2024
College Station ISD school board members received some positive budget news. The board at its August regular meeting approved recommendations from CSISD’s new chief financial officer, Heather Wilson that reduces the cost of property and [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:55
Texas A&M System Board Of Regents Applies For FEMA Money To Build Storm Shelters That Would Also Be Used During Non-Emergencies
9/5/2024
The Texas A&M system board of regents is waiting for the federal emergency management agency (FEMA) to decide whether to provide 90 percent of the money to build storm shelters at ten locations around the [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:32
Bryan/College Station Sister Cities Organization To Enter Its Fourth Agreement
9/3/2024
The Bryan/College Station Sister Cities organization is entering its fourth agreement. College Station city councilman Dennis Maloney announced at the end of the council’s last meeting, of the ceremony with officials of Toruń, Poland. Click [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:32
Bryan City Council Extends The Area Of Its “Innovation Corridor” Land Use Regulations
9/3/2024
In October 2022, the Bryan city council created new land use regulations on and south of the RELLIS campus. The council unanimously approved during its August meeting, extending the area what they call the “innovation [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:32
Blinn College Trustees Releases No Details Of A Review Of Its Cybersecurity Operations
9/3/2024
Blinn College trustees at its August regular meeting accepted the recommendations of administrators and an outside consultant regarding cybersecurity. Trustees accepted what the agenda described was “the Texas Cybersecurity Framework Cyber Maturity Assessment Related to [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:31
Fee Increases Approved By The College Station City Council
9/2/2024
After the College Station city council approved the fiscal year 2025 budget and property tax rate, came a near unanimous vote on setting hundreds of fees to take affect October 1. Councilman Bob Yancy abstained [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:57
Brazos County Commission Proclamation For September’s Suicide Awareness Month
9/2/2024
A proclamation issued at the last Brazos County commission meeting (August 27) by county judge Duane Peters says suicide attempts and deaths are increasing after two years of decline. Click HERE to read and download [Read More...]
Duration:00:04:18
City Of College Station Debuting Shuttle Bus Service To And From Kyle Field
8/29/2024
There is a second shuttle bus route for Saturday’s Texas A&M football home opener. In addition to buses from downtown Bryan, the city of College Station has added free shuttles from the tourism building next [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:45
College Station & Bryan City Councils Approve Atmos Energy Rate Increases
8/29/2024
Natural gas customers in College Station, Bryan, and 179 other cities served by Atmos Energy will be paying more starting October 1. College Station and Bryan city councils this month unanimously approved increases averaging $5.52 [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:31
Progress Continues On Building Blinn College’s Bryan Campus Administration And Student Services Building
8/29/2024
Exterior construction has been completed at Blinn College’s new Bryan campus administration and student services building. That was part of chancellor Mary Hensley’s update during the August board of trustees meeting. Site utilities are almost [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:47
College Station City Council Awards Multimillion Dollar Construction Contract For Bachmann Park
8/28/2024
Demolition and replacement of two concession and restroom buildings at College Station’s Bachmann Park is scheduled to start after Labor Day. The city’s capital projects director, Jennifer Cain, presented the nearly $7 million dollar construction [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:50
Comcast Is Entering The Bryan/College Station Market
8/28/2024
Another provider of internet and entertainment is coming to College Station and Bryan. The addition of Comcast was brought up at the end of last Thursday’s (August 22) College Station city council meeting. College Station [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:39
Bryan Firefighters Rescue And Resuscitate A Pup Caught In An Apartment Fire
8/27/2024
The Bryan fire department posts on its Facebook page, a photo of an oxygen mask being used by a small dog. Firefighter Chris Lamb says a pup was resuscitated after being rescued from an apartment [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:36
Brazos Valley Congressman Pete Sessions Says Texas A&M’s Mobile Health Services Are “Under Utilized”
8/26/2024
Texas A&M’s nursing school continues to provide rural health care that includes weekly stops at six towns around the Brazos Valley. Brazos Valley congressman Pete Sessions promoted the federally funded mobile health clinic, which includes [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:50
College Station City Council Majority Supports Getting More Information About A Proposed Indoor Recreation Center
8/23/2024
The College Station city council decides to continue collecting information about possibly building an indoor recreation center. Five of seven members directed staff at Thursday’s meeting (August 22) to develop rough construction and operating costs [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:08
Emergency Repairs At Five Veterans Park Soccer Fields Due To Damage From Feral Hogs
8/22/2024
The city of College Station closed five soccer fields at Veterans Park after they were damaged by feral hogs. Since then, emergency repairs have been made to prepare the fields for a tournament this coming [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:20
Brazos County Commissioners Discuss And Take Action On Road Projects
8/21/2024
Brazos County commissioners formally approve during Tuesday’s meeting (August 20), the county’s financial contribution towards the future construction of an interchange at Wellborn Road and George Bush Drive. There were no comments before or after [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:48
Hurricane Beryl Affects Summer Enrollment At Blinn College
8/21/2024
Blinn College trustees are told that Hurricane Beryl contributed to an enrollment decline during the second summer session. Vice chancellor Becky McBride said during Tuesday’s meeting (August 20) that 434 students who dropped out after [Read More...]
Duration:00:05:22
Bryan ISD School Board Extends The Superintendent’s Contract
8/20/2024
The end of Monday night’s (August 19) Bryan ISD school board meeting was a unanimous vote to extend superintendent Ginger Carrabine’s contract. There was no public comment before or after the motion by board member [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:34
Bryan City Council Approves Giving More Time To Complete A Multimillion Dollar Renovation Of The LaSalle Hotel
8/19/2024
For the second time, the Bryan city council gives the owner of the downtown LaSalle Hotel more time to complete a $6 million dollar conversion to a four star Marriott property. That is in order [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:43