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Rising food prices and operating expenses continue to squeeze restaurants, forcing some businesses to find new ways to offset costs without passing all of those increases directly onto their menu prices....
Amazon is moving forward with a massive data center project in Wharton County. Company leaders met with Boling residents Thursday night to answer questions and address concerns about what the development means for the community. Construction is already underway on nearly 3,000 ac...
Venus, a Houston-based startup, successfully tested a rotating detonation rocket engine in 2024, calling it a major advance in rocket technology. The new testing facility was completed with a $4 million grant from the state government....
I love talking about wine with people who share my passion for it. We open bottles, we trade stories about travel and soil types, terroir and residual sugar, and we talk of taste and food and restaurants. We recommend wines to one another, we drink, and we learn a lot. In Wine Ta...
Houston, it’s time to make that holiday shopping list. The 46th annual Houston Ballet Nutcracker Market is returning to Reliant Center, Nov. 12-15, bringing four days of holiday shopping, festive finds, and plenty of reasons to start checking names off your gift list. With more t...
The promotional event for Wednesday’s match between the Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake is “Service Industry Night,” where the team, along with sponsor Raising Cane’s, spotlights restaurant, bar, and hospitality workers in the Houston area. For Houston Dynamo Head Coach Ben Ols...
Security video from a supermarket in Mexico showed the store's manager saving a child from oncoming traffic.
A Southwest Airlines flight from Reagan National Airport was diverted to Baltimore shortly after take-off due to a bird strike Tuesday. The company confirms Southwest Flight 1379 with scheduled service from Reagan Washington National to Houston Hobby safely diverted to Baltimore ...
If you’re off work for Labor Day and still looking for something to do, there are several events happening across Houston today, Monday, Sept. 7. From a family-friendly foam party to aviation activities, museum visits, and Houston Restaurant Weeks specials, here’s what’s happenin...
This article was originally written by Jennifer Porter Gore for Word In Black. Black Americans are intensely aware of the connection between food and health but face economic and structural barriers that limit what they can actually put on the table, according to a new report fro...
A $795 garbage bill. A family who feels like a guinea pig for a company’s new fix. A community fighting to protect their neighborhood’s history. Houstonians have been telling KPRC 2 News the same thing in different ways: they’ve had enough. Starting Sept. 13, those voices are the...
Russell Harms is a local business owner, but his work in the community goes far beyond pressure washing. Russell, along with his two sons, 19-year-old Carter and 17-year-old Cooper, has made giving back a family tradition. “Kindness is free and, in our world, it doesn’t cost us a...
The new recall is an expansion of one issued in July with federal health officials saying the affected frozen berries were sold at Walmart stores in multiple states including Florida, Illinois, and Minnesota....
Houston-area shoppers who have noticed higher prices at the meat counter could be watching a new development in the federal investigation into the cost of beef. The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its antitrust investigation into beef prices to include eight major retaile...
Love your Starbucks order but not the price tag? TikTok users are showing off a budget-friendly way to recreate popular coffee-shop drinks at home — and some of the ingredients can be found at Dollar Tree. @taekookie120910 Let's make Starbucks Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso,...
Tesla is taking another major step toward a driverless future. The company has officially opened rides in its Cybercab robotaxi to the public in Austin, Texas - a futuristic two-seat vehicle that comes without a steering wheel or pedals. Tesla confirmed the Cybercab would join it...
A Houston restaurant is getting worldwide attention for something many Houstonians already know: people really love ordering from Aga’s. The Indian-Pakistani restaurant has been named the No. 1 single-location restaurant in the world for Uber Eats orders, according to 2025 data f...
x402 gives software a native way to pay. voidpay is building what lets agents privately hire for a result: sealed work, a rule fixed before the job starts, completion checked by machine, and payment that settles from the buyer's wallet when the rule passes....
An 81-year-old Cypress woman says she has been waiting more than a year to get back a beloved recliner and ottoman after paying $655 for furniture repair. She is now turning to 2 Helps You for accountability and a solution. Shirley West says she handed over the furniture to a man...
The original Pappasitos Cantina is closing its doors after 43 years. Management at the location on Richmond Avenue confirmed they will be closing. The last day of operations is scheduled for September 13, according to restaurant management. James Elmore Jr. found guilty of mansla...
Today: We talk with retired NASA astronaut and NFL football player Leland Melvin, learn about a new approach that could help restore the oyster population along the Texas coast, break down the growing shortage of nurses in Texas, and more....
Chevron said it plans to invest more than $7 billion in Venezuela over the next five years and hopes to double its current production there to about 600,000 barrels a day....
Costco is continuing its expansion plan with four new locations opening next month and more in the works.
The Woodlands’ much anticipated new Bar Bludorn restaurant will open on The Waterway on September 26. This will be Bludorn Hospitality Group’s first restaurant outside of Houston and the first expansion of Bar Bludorn, the neighborhood tavern restaurant that opened in Memorial in...
Labor Day, observed annually on the first Monday in September, is a celebration of the achievements of American workers. To help you celebrate, many restaurants and eateries are offering deals and discounts....
As the nation prepares to celebrate Labor Day, local businesses and major retailers are operating on varying schedules, with some stores modifying their hours while others remain closed for the holiday....
Dyson is bringing its high-tech approach to oral care with a new electric toothbrush that can look inside your mouth, identify gaps between your teeth, and blast them with mouthrinse. The Dyson CameraJet launched Sept. 1, marking the company’s first entry into the electric toothb...
Houston’s world class shopping scene just earned another star with the opening of Ghurka, a fine leather goods emporium, in the cozy Timmons Place center on West Alabama. Ghurka has been crafting must-have, distinctive leather accessories for a half century. And now it is steppin...
As Tropical Storm Edouardo makes landfall to the east, life on the Bolivar Peninsula looks anything but alarming. KPRC 2’s Bill Barajas has been on the ground since 11 a.m. — and so far, conditions have been mild. A slight to moderate drizzle fell throughout the day, but Gulf wat...
Food and Drug Administration officials said the latest pet food recall covers Northwest Naturals Frozen Chicken Recipe and Northwest Naturals Frozen Raw Diet for Dogs Chicken Recipe sold in stores across the country....
The new recall affects Martina-brand mangoes sold at Walmart stores in four states, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
If you’ve been trying to feed a family on a budget, you already know beef at the grocery store can get expensive fast. President Donald Trump’s plan to temporarily lift tariffs on some foreign beef imports — with a commitment to sell it at 25% below current market prices — is pro...
Capt. Jeff Brandon usually spends his days taking customers fishing on East Galveston Bay. As a tropical system approached the Texas coast, however, he decided to bring his boat to dry land. Brandon said he normally leaves the boat on a lift near his business for most of the year...
