The most anticipated agenda item at last week's Port of Galveston Board of Trustees meeting felt, in many ways, like a foregone conclusion. But when the board voted to extend a long-term lease to ...
Because of the size of the warship, the options for docking the Texas in an affordable manner were limited. The Port of Galveston, where the ship was already undergoing maintenance, made the most ...
The USS Texas, known for its storied past as the last World War I dreadnought battleship, has finally anchored its future at Pier 15 in Galveston. The Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees ended ...
HOUSTON (KIAH) — The USS Texas, the last remaining World War I battleship, will be docked permanently at Pier 15 in Galveston, after more than a year of uncertainty regarding the vessel.
LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) – In its latest update, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported 198 cases of measles across West Texas. The number of cases in neighboring New Mexico ...
After more than a year of uncertainty, Battleship Texas will now be moored at Pier 15 in Galveston. The decision to move the USS Texas — the last remaining World War I dreadnought battleship ...
Thursday marks the 189th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo, where the Mexican army's rout of Texas revolutionaries would later inspire the fateful defeat of Mexican forces under the battle ...
USS Texas, a U.S. Navy New York-class battleship that served in both WWI and WWII, undergoes repairs at Gulf Copper Dry Dock & Rig Repair in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 18, 2023. US Coast Guard Photo ...
Turner’s death comes two months into his first term representing Texas’ 18th Congressional District, the seat long occupied by former U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who also died in office last ...
Sailors prepare to man the rails of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) in San Diego on June 28, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) will make one last homeport change ...
Ending years of sometimes contentious deliberations, the Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees agreed Tuesday afternoon to berth the Battleship Texas at Pier 15, securing a long-term home for the ...
It was on March 2, 1836, when historians believe the original and five copies of the Texas Declaration of Independence were written and signed by 59 men at Washington-on-the-Brazos. If you were ...