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How a railroad changed everything: Exploring the history of Houston’s Asiatown
asian American | asiatown | chinatown | Community | CULTURE | food & drink | food and drink | HARDGATE | HOUSTON LEAD STORY | HTX | IMMIGRATION | LIFESTYLE
It’s crawfish season! Here’s where to find the best crawfish in Houston
crawfish | crawfish boil | FAMILY | food & drink | food and drink | HTX | HTX-hardgate | LIFESTYLE | THINGS TO DO
Houston launches nation’s first public dashboard on gun injuries
| December 8, 2025
A new dashboard launched by the city of Houston is on track to bring awareness to firearm-related injuries and deaths.
A day in the warehouse: Inside our shift at the Houston Food Bank
| December 8, 2025
The COURIER HTX team recently volunteered at the Houston Food Bank. Here’s what we learned. 140 million. That’s how many meals the Houston Food Bank provides access to each year. Recently, the COURIER HTX team wanted to contribute to providing those meals, so we put on hairnets and got to work at the Houston Food […]
Houston METRO steps into the future with new fare system
| December 5, 2025
Affordability | Community | HTX | LIFESTYLE | public transit | TRANSPORTATION | urban transportation
A new way to pay for public transit is currently in its soft launch phase, and is set to usher in a new era for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO).
New Year’s Eve in Houston: Best parties, events, & celebrations
| December 4, 2025
Community | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | FAMILY | family friendly | food and drink | HARDGATE | HOLIDAYS | HTX | LIFESTYLE | music | THINGS TO DO
From fancy galas to family fun, there’s plenty to do this New Year’s Eve in Houston. Here are the best parties and celebrations to ring in 2026.
I visited Coca-Cola’s Classic Christmas experience in Houston—here are the best parts
| December 4, 2025
coca cola classic christmas | CULTURE | ENTERTAINMENT | FAMILY | family friendly | food & drink | HARDGATE | holiday lights | HOLIDAYS | HOUSTON LEAD STORY | HTX | ice skating | katy mills | music | santa | THINGS TO DO
Katy Mills is hosting the Houston edition of Classic Christmas, complete with ice skating, slides, ornament-making, Santa visits, and more.
Sugar Land Scores big with FIFA World Cup 26 partnership
| December 3, 2025
Community | CULTURE | ECONOMY | ENTERTAINMENT | FIFA World Cup 26 | HARDGATE | HTX | LIFESTYLE | NATIONAL NEWS | SPORTS | sugar land | TEXAS | World Cup
City leaders project a significant impact on Sugar Land’s economic development and community offerings, thanks to its involvement with the FIFA World Cup 26. The city of Sugar Land, located 20 miles south of downtown Houston, has become an Official Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 26 Houston Host City, providing a platform for the […]
Houston turkey drive helps families in need for Thanksgiving
| November 26, 2025
Houston families facing food insecurity, made worse by the interruption of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during the federal government shutdown, received a boost: 600 turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving.
Houston City Council Member Tiffany Thomas, who represents District F in west Houston, donated 300 turkeys, adding to the 150 from Alief ISD and 150 from Houston ISD. The turkey drives were held Nov. 19 and Nov. 21.
13 ways to support small in Houston
| November 24, 2025
Community | CULTURE | ECONOMY | ENTERTAINMENT | food & drink | HARDGATE | HTX | LIFESTYLE | THINGS TO DO
Small Business Saturday is just around the corner on Nov. 29, and it’s the best time to step away from the big box stores and show some love to your local businesses.
At COURIER HTX, we like to support local businesses all year round with our weekly newsletter series Support Small. Check out some of our highlights from this year below.
HOUSTON TO HOST HISTORIC MLK UNITY PARADE JAN. 19
| November 21, 2025
In a historic show of unity, Mayor John Whitmire joined leaders of Houston’s two legacy Martin Luther King Jr. Day parades—the Black Heritage Society and the MLK Grande Parade—to announce that for the first time, the city will host one MLK Day Unity Parade.
The parade will take place Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. in downtown Houston.
‘We Ain’t Buying it’: Grassroots groups mobilize to boycott Amazon, Home Depot, and Target
| November 21, 2025
Organizers of “We Ain’t Buying It” are calling for a Thanksgiving boycott of three companies they accuse of capitulating to Trump administration policies.
New findings highlight the Houston neighborhoods that are most at risk for cancer-causing particles
| November 21, 2025
The TCEQ has carefully followed a series of air-quality monitors for the past few years, and one pollutant has made itself more known than others: PM2.5, a cancer-causing particle that can easily lodge itself into residents’ lungs.
‘Tis the season: 4 annual giving programs to support in the Houston area during the holidays
| November 20, 2025
For me, it always starts to actually feel like the holiday season when I see a volunteer dressed up as Santa, ringing a bell, and asking people to drop some spare change in their bright red bucket. It’s a staple of many people’s childhoods, a fixture in the cold winter months.