Despite the energy downturn that has brought lower oil prices and job losses to Texas, locally owned businesses and nonprofit organizations in The Woodlands have not felt significant negative effects.

The Texas Department of Transportation approved 12 previously unfunded transportation projects in the Greater Houston area—six of which are in Montgomery and Harris counties—that will be funded this year as a result of the passing of Prop. 1.

Montgomery County Commissioners formally approved the list of 77 projects that make up the $350 million county road bond proposal on the May 9 ballot.

Bakery offers tastes of Mexico, South America

Course teaches women how to protect against attackers

An Urban Land Institute advisory panel report has recommended Harris County turn the 50-year-old Astrodome into a massive indoor, multiuse park that could cost more than $242 million to construct.

The Katy Rotary Club will hold its fourth annual Wild West Brew Fest on May 2 at Katy Mills Mall. The event features more than 400 taps, a 100,000 square-foot festival area and performances by country artists J.T. Hodges and Curtis Grimes.

Magnolia City Council held a special session April 2 to confirm the appointment of new police chief Terry Enloe. Enloe will replace interim Police Chief Charles Wedemeyer May 1.

Advance Pressure Systems officials hosted a groundbreaking ceremony April 6 for the newest building at their corporate headquarters in Tomball.

New Opening

The existing overpass at FM 2920 will remain closed from April 6 at 9 a.m. until the opening of the Tomball Tollway to traffic at 6 p.m. on April 12.

Katy ISD has announced the winners of its district-wide Outstanding First Year Teacher of the Year Award, given annually to teachers in their first year of teaching in the district.

At a March 26 North Houston Association luncheon, an official with Toll Brothers offered an update on the progress of its two new master-planned communities under construction in the Magnolia and Spring areas.

Montgomery County Judge Craig Doyal and Nelda Blair, co-chairwoman of the Montgomery County 2015 Road Bond Committee, addressed questions submitted from the audience during a March 31 public forum on the $350 million May 9 bond election.

Though the NFL season and high school football games have been over for a few months, sports fans in Tomball can head to Northland Christian School and catch a football game each weekend this spring.

Filling the role formerly occupied by JR Moore Jr., Tammy McRae took office Oct. 1 as the new tax assessor-collector for Montgomery County.

When traveling along Hwy. 249 from Tomball to Magnolia, drivers may often pass through Pinehurst without realizing the history behind the area’s many ranches and open land dating back more than a century.

Rosehurst is a gated, deed-restricted community located 6 miles west of downtown Tomball on FM 2920.

Often referred to by customers as “Big Mike,” owner Mike Gray begins his days at 5 a.m. and drives about 45 minutes from his Navasota home to arrive at The Wooden Spoke in Magnolia.

In line with a growing trend across the nation, the Tomball Police Department moved forward with new equipment purchases of $20,000 for body-worn cameras and $20,000 for real-time streaming capabilities on 13 police vehicles in mid-March.