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Episodes
Bryan City Council Moves Ahead With Expanding One Wastewater Plant And Starting A Replacement Plant
5/31/2024
May’s regular meeting of the Bryan city council included awarding two contracts involving two wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). One is a $179,000 dollar feasibility and cost study to design the new Brushy Creek plant to [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:49
College Station ISD School Board Approve Health Insurance Rates And Discuss Pay Raises For The 2024-25 School Year
5/30/2024
May’s regular meeting of the College Station ISD school board included approving health insurance rates and discussion of pay increases for the 2024-25 school year. The board approved the administration’s recommendation that the district increase [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:50
Bryan Firefighters Training At The Former Bryan ISD Administration Building Before It Comes Down
5/29/2024
Before Brazos County demolishes the former Bryan ISD administration building, Bryan firefighters have been given permission to conduct two weeks of training. Firefighter Chris Lamb tells WTAW News that training will take place during daytime [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:35
College Station City Council Discusses Recruiting More National Retailers
5/28/2024
The College Station city council and its staff spent one hour at its last meeting (May 23rd) discussing economic development initiatives. Part of that discussion involved recruiting more national retailers. The city’s assistant economic development [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:10
Bryan ISD School Board Approves Renovating Interiors At Eight Elementary Buildings
5/27/2024
Bryan ISD school board members approve spending money from the 2020 bond issue to renovate interiors at eight elementary buildings. Maintenance and operations director Ron Clary told the board during their May 20th meeting that [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:06
College Station City Council Postpones A Second Time, Adding $1 Million To A Sewer Trunkline Design Contract
5/27/2024
For the second time in as many months, the College Station council tables a $1 million dollar contract to change the design of a sewer trunkline to keep it out of residential neighborhoods in south [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:39
College Station ISD School Board Schedules A Special Meeting To Discuss Changing Its Public Comment Policy
5/27/2024
The College Station ISD school board has announced a special meeting for Wednesday afternoon (May 29th). The agenda includes discussion and possible action to change board policies and/or operating procedures regarding citizen comments. This follows [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:55
Bryan ISD School Board Members Are Told Why They Have To Spend Excess Money In The District’s School Meal Fund
5/23/2024
The Bryan school district makes enough money from school meals that the state requires spending some of the excess. That led the BISD school board at this week’s meeting to replace equipment. The board approved [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:17
Texas A&M System Announces Creating “Peaker Power Plants” Around The State
5/22/2024
The Texas A&M system announces the creation of building a statewide network of small power plants on system properties. Financing will come from a $5 billion dollar state fund that was created following blackouts during [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:20
Overturned ATV Claims The Life Of A Leon County Man
5/22/2024
A Leon County man has died after being ejected from his all terrain vehicle. Texas department of public safety Sgt. Justin Ruiz says this took place Monday (May 20) at 4:20 in the morning on [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:55
Bryan ISD School Board Approves Naming Bryan High School’s Softball Field For Janice Williamson
5/21/2024
Bryan ISD school board members Monday night (May 20) approved naming the Bryan High softball field for the person who founded the program. Bryan High alum Janice Williamson recently announced her retirement after 43 years [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:27
Texas A&M System Board Of Regents Decide To Continue ACT/SAT Test Scores As An Option For Applying To The Flagship Campus
5/20/2024
High school seniors applying to universities are finding that more institutions have resumed requiring SAT and/or ACT test scores as part of their application. That is not a requirement at Texas A&M. And the board [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:47
Brazos Valley Pickleball Association Submits A Petition To The City Of College Station
5/20/2024
The College Station city council was informed during its May regular meeting that a petition was submitted to add more pickleball courts. The president of the Brazos Valley Pickleball Association, Joe Hegwood, said 233 city [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:03
City Of Bryan Receives Floodplain Management Awards For Efforts That Were Used During Recent Flooding Storms
5/17/2024
Before flooding rains in May and April, the Bryan city council congratulated staff for receiving two of six awards from the Texas Floodplain Management Association. City engineer Paul Kaspar said the city received the state [Read More...]
Duration:00:05:58
College Station City Council Continues Discussions On Increasing Fees For Parks And Recreation Activities
5/15/2024
The College Station city council resumes its conversation about fees charged for parks and recreation programs. The discussion at Monday’s council meeting (May 13), there will agreement to continue studying possible increases. Much of the [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:47
Two Brazos County Event Venues Are Generating More Revenue Than Expected
5/15/2024
Business is better than expected at two event venues owned by Brazos County. During the county commission meeting on May 7th, commissioner Steve Aldrich confirmed with county auditor Katie Conner, $824,000 dollars in additional revenue [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:45
Texas A&M System Still Auditing DEI Compliance At The Flagship Campus
5/14/2024
Texas A&M is one of two universities out of 11 in the A&M system that have yet to have system audits completed regarding compliance with the new state law eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) [Read More...]
Duration:00:02:45
College Station City Council Receives An Explanation About Police Department Phone Lines Going Down
5/14/2024
Multiple times this year, phone lines to the College Station police department’s non emergency number have gone down. That led city councilwoman Elizabeth Cunha to ask city manager Bryan Woods for an explanation at the [Read More...]
Duration:00:01:40
Brazos County Commissioners Issue Proclamation For National Police Week And National Peace Officers Day
5/13/2024
This week (May 12-18) is National Police Week and Wednesday (May 15) is Peace Officers Memorial Day. Brazos County judge and former constable Duane Peters read a proclamation during last week’s county commission meeting. Sheriff [Read More...]
Duration:00:03:18
Blinn College Trustees Increase Tuition And Fees For The 2024-25 Academic Year
5/10/2024
Blinn College trustees set tuition and fees for the 2024-25 academic year. Chief financial officer Clen Burton said increasing tuition one dollar per credit hour and fees by three dollars per credit hour for all [Read More...]
Duration:00:00:58