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Blogburst pulled from most Chron.com pages

March 4, 2007 Kevin Whited

In 2006, Chron.com was one of the early news sites to announce it would be running BlogBurst content. BlogBurst basically delivers blogger content to relevant sections of news sites. This is how BlogBurst describes its

One of those dreaded link-fest posts

March 4, 2007 Anne Linehan

I finally get a day to do some posting, and our DSL service goes on the fritz. Figures, right? A certain someone said it’s a shame we aren’t blanketed by county-wide wifi, so I could

KHOU news wins February sweeps

March 4, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11 reports that its news broadcasts won the latest ratings period: The numbers are in for the February sweeps and once again, Channel 11, Houston’s only station broadcasting in HD, is number one. Nielsen Media

It's rodeo time

March 3, 2007 Kevin Whited

Richard Connelly has a nice feature on the rodeo in this week’s Houston Press. Here’s a teaser: You’re not officially a Houstonian until you’ve done a couple of things: given the finger to an SUV

Mayor: No redistricting before 2010 census

March 2, 2007 Kevin Whited

According to the Chronicle‘s Matt Stiles, Mayor White has decided against adding new council districts at this time based on the city’s estimates of population growth: Mayor Bill White has decided against adding two single-member

Montrose construction boom sure to produce traffic crunch

March 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

KHOU-11’s Doug Miller reports on the midrise construction boom taking place in Montrose: “I have never seen this kind of development,” said Houston City Councilmember Sue Lovell. “I mean, 10 midrises going up, pretty much

Psst, Tilman — want another fire station?

March 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

The Chronicle‘s Jennifer Friedberg reports that the City of Houston is about to retire a fire station: After more than 50 years in service, the Houston Fire Department is ready to retire Station No. 37

Surely he doesn't want to be crushed like a bug…

March 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

Blogger Tory Gattis attended a lunch put on by the Blueprint Houston utopians and reports this bit of entertaining bluster: I’d characterize it as a regroup-and-rally for the pro-planning forces after the disappointment last year.

KPRC retires Radar the Weather Dog

March 1, 2007 Kevin Whited

Mike McGuff notes that KPRC-2 is retiring Radar the Weather Dog from its newscasts. The Chronicle‘s Mike McDaniel has the full story here.

HPD kicks off "March on Crime"

February 28, 2007 Kevin Whited

KTRK-13 reports that Chief Harold Hurtt kicked off HPD’s “March on Crime” effort today: Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt kicked off the department’s annual March on Crime initiative. During the month of March, HPD sends