Officials said the project was designed to protect the island from future storms and reopen a popular beach.

Workers brought in a truly seismic amount of new sand.

In other words, a guide to where you'd better not get caught.

Since its conception in 2008, advocates have called the "Ike Dike" project, with its giant gates and heightened dunes, the best rejoinder to the threat of extreme weather in Galveston. Critics of the ...

GALVESTON, Texas A U.S. Coast Guard crew collected small samples of an oily substance, mostly entangled in freshwater plants, that washed onto a Galveston beach Thursday evening. Beachgoers told The ...

Texas' Galveston Island is home to the most charming beach towns and 32 miles of shoreline. Located just over an hour's drive from Houston, Galveston's prime Gulf Coast location and beautiful scenery ...

Know before you go! Here's a look at the alcohol restrictions in place on public beaches in Texas.

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