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Michael Kidd and Chandler Arden are running for the College Station City Council seat William Wright is leaving; here is what each says he would focus on.
Reports due 30 days before the Nov. 3 vote show front-runners in money raised for mayor and three council seats, while several challengers reported little or nothing.
The council is asked Thursday to accept EPA community project money that would cover 80% of a $937,500 engineering job for about 25,000 feet of replacement pipe; the city had asked Congress for $6 million.
Two Oct. 22 consent items would pay Union Pacific an estimated $60,000 and add $78,938 to Halff's 2016 design contract for a crossing project slowed by revisions; the city has budgeted $18 million.
Brazos County's elections chief says ballots given to a counter clerk at the main Bryan post office go straight to her office, while those left in collection boxes are routed through Houston.
Halff Associates would pay $250,000 and geotechnical firm CME $15,000 under a deal on the council's Oct. 22 consent agenda, ending the city's claims over soil conditions that led it to scrap the ball fields in 2023.
Cash Construction would lay more than 8,000 feet of larger pipe between Harvey Road and Highway 6 under an Oct. 22 consent item; staff say the old line along the creek bank risks failures and state fines.
Roadway work will close the south side of the Krenek Tap Road and Dartmouth Street intersection beginning Monday for approximately two weeks.
College Station Parks and Recreation will host a free afternoon of food, music, and activities for adults 55 and older on Thursday, Oct. 22.
The city highlights a BVSWMA collection event on Oct. 24 and urges residents to check for dangerous items like lithium-ion batteries.
A Fazoli’s owner in College Station advocated for including housing stakeholders and tax incentives in the city’s Harvey Road corridor redevelopment discussions.
Commissioners vote Tuesday, Oct. 20, on a construction-manager contract for the Emergency Communications District's new home at 2504 Kent St. in Bryan, which would also hold a real time crime center.
Planning and zoning commissioners hold a hearing tonight on new minimum queue lengths for drive-thrus, a 2003 rule staff say no longer matches how people order; the council is set to act Oct. 22.
Brazos County opens five early voting sites Monday for the Nov. 3 election, two in College Station; voters need an accepted photo ID or must sign a declaration and show a supporting document.
County commissioners are asked Tuesday, Oct. 20, to approve applying for a state grant to repay overtime for registration staff who processed applications that DPS's online system failed to pass along.
College Station offers online and City Hall sessions for residents to discuss its rezoning initiative. Both run from 6 to 8 p.m.
Bryan's council waived attorney-client privilege Tuesday to release an outside lawyer's opinion that the city likely cannot take out the medians without TxDOT's consent, even if voters approve the Nov. 3 charter amendment.
At Tuesday's candidate forum at the Brazos Center, Bryan's two mayoral candidates disagreed on Flock cameras, and College Station's two offered different answers on housing costs.
College Station Parks and Recreation will host its third annual Haunted Hike on Friday evening at the Gary Halter Nature Center.
The draft that would replace the city's 2011 parks plan goes to the Parks and Recreation Board tonight and to planning commissioners Thursday; it flags a pickleball court shortage and sets walk-to-a-park targets.
College Station Parks and Recreation will host a free Halloween festival Thursday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Lincoln Recreation Center.
