Matt Stephens
Managing Editor, North Houston at Community Impact Newspaper
North Houston Managing Editor for @impactnews
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Jan 19, 2025 |
communityimpact.com | Lizzy Spangler |Matt Stephens
Operations at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport will be suspended starting midnight Jan. 21 as a winter storm anticipated to bring snow, sleet and ice heads for the Greater Houston area. “We are doing everything possible from the city to prepare for this winter storm,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said. What you need to know A winter storm warning will be in effect from 6 p.m. Jan. 20-6 p.m. Jan. 21 for the Greater Houston area, according to a Jan.
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Nov 5, 2024 |
communityimpact.com | Cassandra Jenkins |Matt Stephens
Updated 7:15 a.m. Nov. 6With 685 out of 700 Election Day voting centers reporting Election Day results in Harris County, Rodney Ellis has been re-elected as Harris County's commissioner for Precinct 1. Ellis, a Democrat, more than doubled the vote count of his opponent, Republican Gerry Vander-Lyn. Ellis has garnered 255,887 votes to Vander-Lyn's 101,913, according to unofficial results from the Harris County Clerk's Office.
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Nov 5, 2024 |
communityimpact.com | Cassandra Jenkins |Matt Stephens
Updated 10:40 a.m. Nov. 6With all Harris County voting centers now reporting Election Day results, both bond propositions saw little change from the previous update. Proposition A received 6,395 votes for and 3,093 votes against. Proposition B garnered 6,320 votes for and 3,081 votes against. "On Nov. 5, 2024, the Bellaire community confirmed its commitment to address drainage in our town," Bellaire Mayor Gus Pappas said via text message.
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Jul 14, 2024 |
communityimpact.com | Matt Stephens
Fewer than 300,000 CenterPoint and Entergy customers combined remain without power late July 14, according to the latest outage updates from both power providers. The gistAccording to the latest update from CenterPoint's website, about 270,000 CenterPoint customers remain without power from Hurricane Beryl as of 8:34 p.m July 14. More than 2.2 million lost power following the Category 1 hurricane, which hit the Greater Houston area the morning of July 8.
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Jul 8, 2024 |
communityimpact.com | Vanessa Holt |Jessica Shorten |Matt Stephens
Updated July 8, 4:35 p.m.As recovery efforts continue across the Greater Houston area following Hurricane Beryl's passage through the region July 8, some school districts, colleges and counties have announced they've extended closures through July 9.
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Despite record registration numbers, Harris County's voter turnout rate was the lowest in a presidential election since 2004. Check out the numbers from intern and UH student @AtiriktaKumar. https://t.co/v46LzapFRc
Some thorough coverage this week from Reporter Wesley Gardner on the TEA's termination hearing for Humble ISD Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen. https://t.co/QocQd5zql9
Polls close in Texas in less than an hour! Anyone in line to vote by 7 p.m. is still eligible to vote. Check out our list of longest wait times in Harris County as of 5:55 p.m. https://t.co/71DHMyFiTa