Not all of Galveston Island is full of packed beaches and spring breakers -- this small community is calm, beautiful, and ...

The beach-quality sand is dredged up from the Galveston Ship Channel by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After weeks of empty beaches, the sand and Gulf waters along Galveston Island are open to the public again. Prior to opening, the beaches were only available from 6 a.m. to ...

FILE: Beach umbrellas in Galveston, Texas. A man visiting from Oregon died over the weekend after being pulled from the water near a jetty in Galveston, marking this year's first beachfront drowning ...

Those looking for a coastal home with plenty of beaches nearby should consider this Texas city, where housing costs and rent ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As people flocked to Galveston beaches this weekend, officials say they have had to rescue at least five people. "There's quite a few people in and out of the waters, which ...

Stretched along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in Texas, Galveston is where maritime history, ornate Victorian mansions and a decidedly Floridian beach-town vibe seamlessly blend. A popular choice ...

GALVESTON, Texas — What started as ideal beach weather on Memorial Day quickly turned stormy as rain swept through Galveston Island. By 3 p.m., beach patrol began clearing visitors from the water, ...

The trouble started with a pair of flip-flops. Soon enough, it spiraled into a social media tempest that cut to the heart of perhaps Texans' most widely held assumption: that the state's beaches ...

"That's kind of the purpose of the space, is to break that myth and let people know that there is this really rich history," Texas Surf Museum assistant manager Missouri Wilkinson told Chron one ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A day at the beach Saturday turned a little scary, thanks to a waterspout moving in. According to Galveston Beach Patrol, the waterspout traveled across the beach near Seawall and ...

GALVESTON, Texas A U.S. Coast Guard crew collected small samples of an oily substance, mostly entangled in freshwater plants, that washed onto a Galveston beach Thursday evening. Beachgoers told The ...