Brazos River News Today

The City of Lubbock addresses plastic media release into local river following heavy rainfall. Learn how residents downstream are unaffected by the incident and how city officials are taking action to clean up the affected areas.

The ambitious $1.8B plan would open next year with a $167M phase focused around returning the Barrons Branch drainage tunnel to an open creek surrounded by walkways and businesses.

Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.

"Due to heavy rainfall, a large portion of the plastic media washed into the North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River upstream of Buffalo Springs Lake."

"Due to heavy rainfall, a large portion of the plastic media washed into the North Fork of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River upstream of Buffalo Springs Lake."

The scheduled U.S. 59 bridge closure in Sugar Land has been postponed as part of a 38-month Brazos River extension project to prevent erosion.

UPDATE: On Tuesday, June 11, it was announced that the Texas Department of Transportation has notified the City of Sugar Land that the scheduled closure of US59/IH69 northbound main lanes

Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.

Items of interest around the Waco area, in brief.

GRAFORD — Grasshoppers rocketed from a field of Indian blankets, black-eyed Susans and native grass as Texas Rep. Glenn Rogers piloted a four-wheeler through his ranch off Grassy Ridge Road