Galveston was the world’s fourth busiest cruise port amid the post-pandemic record-breaking passenger volume in 2024.

Galveston shattered records, hosting more than 3.4 million passengers and seeing more than 380 sailings from its three terminals.

TEXAS (KAUZ) - AAA Texas estimates that nearly 19 million Americans will go on ocean cruises this year. This estimate is a 4.5% increase over 2024 when 18.2 million Americans went on cruise vacations. 2025 is expected to be the third straight year of record cruise passenger volume, according to AAA Texas.

Texas' Port of Galveston almost filed for bankruptcy in the 1990s. Its CEO credits the booming cruise industry for saving the port.

The “ Homeless Battleship ” may be close to finding a permanent long-term berth. This week, it was reported that officials in Galveston, Texas, are floating a plan to see the former USS Texas (BB-35)—the only surviving battleship to see action in both the First and Second World Wars—moved to piers on the city’s waterfront.

The National Weather Service warned of "abnormally low" water levels in the Galveston Bay along the upper coast of Texas.

Certain customers in the Smith Point community, in Chambers County, should boil their water before consuming it.

Video from Galveston, Texas, shows snow covering palm trees, homes and the shoreline during a winter storm that hit the Gulf Coast on Jan. 21, 2025.

A rare snow storm blanketed the Houston area and across Southeast Texas, and this included areas along the Texas Coast, like the beach in Galveston. The same system also brought snow into Louisiana, leaving cities like New Orleans with a coating of snow as well.

Texas' latest winter storm created the rare sight of snow on a Galveston beach. Here's how many inches fell throughout the state.

GALVESTON, Texas — You may not recognize these pictures, but no, they're not Photoshopped. Parts of Texas and into Louisiana woke up to a rare treat Tuesday morning: Snow. A rare snow storm ...

If you select the map view in this data from the Federal Reserve of St. Louis and zoom down to North Texas, you can see that Dallas and Tarrant fall well below that household earnings target. Denton gets close and places like Collin and Rockwall exceed the necessary household income.