Category Archives: KSAM News
UPDATE ON LOCAL FIRES
KBTX Channel 3 reported that in Walker County on Monday, Texas A&M Forest Service responded to a 51-acre fire. The article reports that, according to Walker County Emergency Management, the fire w...
Larry Crippen Aug 29, 2023
COMMENTS ON LOCAL CITIZENSHIP COURSE TAUGHT BY SHSU PROFESSOR MIKE YAWN
Each Spring, LEAP, or the Center for Law, Engagement and Politics, joins with the Huntsville Public Library to offer a free citizenship preparatory course to aid immigrants in their naturalization pro...
Larry Crippen Aug 29, 2023
SHOOTING ON OAK RIDGE
On Monday, August 07, 2023 at 8:47 PM, the Walker County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a shooting in the 50 block of Oak Ridge in Walker County. Upon arrival, deputies observed a white male lying...
Larry Crippen Aug 29, 2023
CONROE AND MONTGOMERY HIGHWAY UPDATES
Community Impact has provided an update on four projects going on in the Conroe and Montgomery area as of the month of August by TxDOT. Highway 105 reconstruction includes highway widening between Loo...
Larry Crippen Aug 29, 2023
HURRICANE SEASON
NOAA forecasters are predicting 21 named storms for the remainder of the 2023 hurricane season, of which up to 11 could become hurricanes, compared to a typical yearly average of 14 named storms and s...
Larry Crippen Aug 29, 2023
TWENTY-FIVE TEXAS COUNTIES DESIGNATED AS PRIMARY NATURAL DISASTER AREAS DUE TO RECENT DROUGHT
In a letter to Governor Abbott on August 21 of this month, the Secretary of the US Department of Agriculture, Thomas J. Vilsack, said he is designating 25 Texas counties as primary natural disaster ar...
Larry Crippen Aug 28, 2023
OBTAINING FUNDING FOR A NEW HOSPITAL FACILITY IN HUNTSVILLE IS BEING DISCUSSED
Having a new hospital facility in Huntsville is being discussed. At last week's regular meeting of the Board of Managers of the Walker County Hospital District, Chair Anne Woodard passed along, "We wa...
Larry Crippen Aug 28, 2023
SHSU STUDENTS CAN NOW ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING ON THEIR PHONE OR OTHER DEVICE
The SHSU Counseling Center is announcing a new addition to its existing virtual resources for students to access the care they need to succeed in advancing their education and to empower students to c...
Larry Crippen Aug 28, 2023
MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO USE UNUSED TxDOT FUNDS FOR STATE ROAD PROJECTS
The Courier of Montgomery County reports that the County is getting nearer to taking action on making use of escrow funds totaling $56 million out of the County's pass-through toll program with the st...
Larry Crippen Aug 28, 2023
GOLF TOURNAMENT AHEAD
For those of you into golfing, a reminder about an upcoming tournament. Lucy Ybarra informed us:
Larry Crippen Aug 28, 2023







