The Learning Academies at Sam Houston State University completed a first-ever training program for SHSU staff and faculty who volunteered to change another employee’s life by becoming a “Master Mentor.”

Combining love for animals with a desire to serve the community, students from the Walker County Junior Master Gardener Summer Boat Camp found a creative way to help animals awaiting adoption. 

Strip away the enormity of rebuilding Interstate 45 and the promise of speedier trips from Huntsville to the coast, and two questions about the once-in-a-generation project still remain:

When state accountability grades were released last year, many residents in the Huntsville area were left with one demand.

RANDOLPH, N.H. – Grief and a search for answers as to the cause of a rural highway crash involving  a convoy of 10 motorcycles and a pickup truck gripped the scene of the horrific accident in this northern New Hampshire community Saturday.

Sam Houston State University Provost Richard Eglsaer is well known for his friendly demeanor and service to others around the university and now that recognition has gone to a national level. Recently, Eglsaer was honored with the William M. Plater Award by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. The Plater Award is the first national award established specifically to honor and recognize chief academic officers for their leadership in higher education.

A new study has ranked Texas #29 in a study finding the most dangerous states for seniors. 

“From now on, I know where my family is going to be comfortable dining in Huntsville.” 

Things are looking up for Huntsville Memorial Hospital. 

Sam Houston State University has announced Justin Ball as director of the Office of International Programs, effective July 1. Ball joined the office in 2013 and has served in the interim director position since January 2018. He came to Sam Houston State from Navarro College where he was the international student coordinator and academic advisor. 

Should you care if the Federal Reserve loses its independence?

Alumni of Samuel Walker Houston Elementary School are searching for fellow classmates who helped integrate Huntsville High School in 1968. 

The statewide gas price average in Texas is $2.37 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is four cents less than on this day last week and is 32 cents less per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Texas, drivers in Midland are paying the most on average at $2.60 while drivers in McAllen are paying the least at $2.17 per gallon. Drivers in Walker County are paying an average of $2.37 per gallon of gas. 

A new leader will take the helm of the Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce.

Hospital officials say they are moving closer towards a sale of Huntsville Memorial Hospital. 

ALBANY, N.Y.  – Legislation adding New York to the roster of states legalizing recreational use of marijuana won’t be enacted into law this year.

Huntsville City Manager Aron Kulhavy will receive a 3 percent raise under a contract amendment ratified Tuesday by the City Council.

Members of the Walker County Amateur Radio Group will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day Exercise, June 22 on the grounds of the Sam Houston Memorial Museum. 

New education reform bills and their implementation remain a key focus for superintendents across the state of Texas. That includes Huntsville ISD leader Dr. Scott Sheppard. 

A local sorority is taking a new approach to raise funds for scholarships. 

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – A kindhearted message on the tailgate of his pickup truck has made Cody Barlow, self-described straight county boy from Oklahoma, an unexpected poster boy for LGBTQ advocates.

The road to a college degree is unique to every student. There are challenges along the way that everyone will face, from academics to financial aid and more. However, the most dedicated Bearkats are able to improvise, adapt and overcome to make any situation seem simple. Transfer student Ray Yates epitomizes those qualities in and out of the classroom.

Hundreds of local students were among those named to the President's Honor Roll and Dean’s List for the 2019 spring semester at Sam Houston State University.

Calling it a monumental moment in public education history, Gov. Greg Abbott signed $11.6 billion in measures this past week aimed at providing pay raises for teachers, while also lowering property taxes.

Americans for the Arts today honored Dixie Friend Gay for two different projects among 50 outstanding public arts projects created in 2018 through the Public Art Network Year in Review program, the only national program that specifically recognizes the most compelling public art. Chosen by public art experts, the roster of selected projects was unveiled this morning at Americans for the Arts’ Annual Convention in Minneapolis. This is the 18th year that Americans for the Arts has recognized public art works.

A Walker County grand jury has indicted a Sugarland man for stabbing a Huntsville police officer with a pick.

Sitting in the front seat of a 1940’s Boeing Stearman, local senior Ashley Royal could do nothing but smile as she was about to takeoff for a thrill of a lifetime. 

Mark Burns, who is best known for his national park landscape imagery described his new gallery as a “fun spinoff.”

Sam Houston State University College of Business Administration has named Rhonda Ellisor as director of the university’s Small Business Development Center. She joins the center after serving at SHSU in the Office of University Advancement for 13 years as director for major gifts and recently development representative for the newly formed SHSU Center for Entrepreneurship.

Samuel Adu-Prah, associate professor of geography at Sam Houston State University, has been awarded a fellowship by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa –CODESRIA to travel to Ghana this summer to work with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Divine Odame Appiah to train graduate students and faculty on current applied geospatial technologies for social science research.

Statewide gas price average drops another four cents week-to-week; 32 cents less than one year ago