Category Archives: KSAM News
TRILOGY ACTIVE-ADULT HOMES TO DEBUT BY SHEA HOMES WITH CONVERDE AT EVERGREEN IN CONROE
Community Impact reports that expected to open in 2026 Shea Homes is offering its active-adult brand to Texas with Converde at Evergreen. The facility is a 55-plus community in Conroe. It's the first ...
Justin Hardcastle Jan 07, 2026
STATE SALES TAX REVENUE TOTALED $4.3 BILLION IN DECEMBER
Looking at the Texas economy, Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.3 billion in December 2025, 5.7 percent more than in December 2024. The majority of Decembe...
Justin Hardcastle Jan 07, 2026
UPDATE ON DOWNTOWN PARKING
Well, we got through Christmas with a lot of people headed, among several places, downtown to shop. We asked Main Street Manager Amanda Sewell, "How's the parking going downtown?"
Justin Hardcastle Jan 07, 2026
ACTING TEXAS COMPTROLLER KELLY HANCOCK ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF TEXAS LONE STAR COINS AND MODERN TEXAS REDBACK GOLD NOTES
For those who are interested in investing: Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced the inaugural release of Texas Lone Star Coins and Modern Texas Redback Gold Notes, a new program administer...
Justin Hardcastle Jan 05, 2026
BUSINESSES COMING TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Community Impact passes along some new businesses opening in Montgomery County this new year. Opening in early 2026 at 19940 Eva Street in Montgomery is Texas First Bank. Texas First Bank, Texas First...
Justin Hardcastle Jan 05, 2026
AMANDA SEWELL COMMENTS ON THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM
Huntsville's Main Street Program has been around for a number of years. We got a chance recently to talk with Main Street Manager Amanda Sewell. We asked her, "What are some of the things the Main Str...
Justin Hardcastle Jan 05, 2026
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR DOC PETE CHAMBERS SPOKE IN HUNTSVILLE FRIDAY NIGHT
Retired Green Beret and physician Doc Pete Chambers, a Texas gubernatorial candidate, spoke to a group of citizens at the City Hall Cafe Friday evening. He had a 39-year military career. He passed alo...
Justin Hardcastle Jan 05, 2026
CONROE ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES OPENS APPLICATION PROCESS TO FILL POSITION 1 VACANCY
The Conroe Independent School District Board of Trustees has approved an application and interview process to fill the current vacancy for Board Position 1. The board announced the process at the Dece...
Justin Hardcastle Dec 29, 2025
SHSU-COM DEAN HONORED AS MASTER FELLOW BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC INTERNISTS
Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (SHSU-COM) Dean Thomas J. Mohr, DO, MACOI, has been named a Master Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI), one of ...
Justin Hardcastle Dec 29, 2025
GRANTS ARE AN AID TO COMMISSIONER COURT FUNDING
Taxes aren't the only way governmental entities stay afloat. In fact, grants have become an important aid to one of our governmental organizations-Walker County Commissioners Court. Walker Coun...
Justin Hardcastle Dec 29, 2025







