WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the August 28, 2025 College Station city council meeting.

The College Station city council supports the idea of replacing 13 year old "wayfinding" signs directing motorists to local attractions.

During a discussion at the council's August 28th meeting, there was a difference of opinion about new signage.

Some wanted to keep current uniformity of the sign format that is shared with the city of Bryan and Texas A&M, where the only difference is the color of the star at the top of the sign.Others want College Station to have unique branding.

There was no disagreement to the idea of reusing as much as the sign infrastructure as possible to reduce the cost.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the August 28, 2025 College Station city council meeting.

This podcast contains comments from the September 3, 2025 Brazos County commission workshop meeting.

A second ask to grow a future Brazos County government office building and parking garage results in a county commission workshop.

The workshop was held ahead of a commission vote on September 9 to add $10 million dollars to the "101 building".

Still in the design phase, commissioners have been asked to add a fourth floor to the office building and a third floor to the adjacent parking garage.A skywalk over Texas Avenue will connect the new complex, on the site of the former Bryan ISD administration building, to the courthouse.

Commissioners were told the addition would accommodate the future hiring of 19 people that will work for one of the four departments that will use the new building, the precinct four justice of the peace, the precinct four constable, adult probation, and public defender's offices.

Most of the 60 minute workshop discussion focused on repurposing the courthouse and the current adult probation building. That includes moving the district attorney's office to the current adult probation building and moving the 472nd district court to what is now the precinct four J.P. and constable offices on the fourth floor of the courthouse.

Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the September 3, 2025 Brazos County commission workshop meeting.

This podcast contains comments from the August 26, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.

Brazos County commissioners approve extending a contract with consultants to resume an update on regulating new residential subdivisions outside of city limits.

The unanimous vote to spend another $166,800 dollars will finish multiple updates and corrections that were brought up in October 2024.

Commissioners were told this is the first update to Brazos County subdivision regulations in a decade.

Commissioner Bentley Nettles said the update in part is the result of state lawmakers restricting cities control in extraterritorial jurisdictions and annexation, which has resulted in more homes being built outside of city limits.

Click HERE to read and download the contract that was approved at the August 26, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.

This podcast contains comments from the August 28, 2025 business meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents.

The first quarterly business meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents with Glenn Hegar as chancellor included a couple of departures from his predecessors.

During the chancellor's report, Hegar elected to not give highlights of what's happening at system universities and agencies, explaining "it really wouldn't do justice for all of the things that we do. I think to actually truly give an update of all the things that we have done over the course of the last year or even the last few days or the last month, I mean I would have to sit up here today, tomorrow, most of next week. I mean it's a remarkable list of things that we do."

Hegar pointed out the regents meeting was taking place during his 59th day on the job, where he has visited all system universities and agencies.

Hegar also applauded the system's response to July 4th flooding in the hill country.

Then Hegar excused himself for a time to be with his daughter who was getting her Aggie ring sized.

Hegar returned to the meeting in time to be asked to comment on the regents hiring a new president of the A&M International campus, an interim president at the system's new university in Victoria, and the selection of the system's new general counsel. Hegar told regents chairman Bob Albritton of Ft. Worth "I think we move forward."

Laurie Brown, Recreation Supervisor at the Gary Halter Nature Center, visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about College Station's Bird City designation, birding events and programs, upcoming birding classes, window safety for birds, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

WTAW's Chelsea Reber visits with Christopher Jagge, media liason for the Brazos County Farmers' Market, about their relocation to Midtown Park in Bryan.

This podcast contains comments from the August 12, 2025 Bryan city council workshop meeting.

Action at the August Bryan city council meeting included the next steps for growing the city's water supply.

The council approved contracts totaling more than $16 million dollars to drill four wells near Lake Bryan.

Public works director Jayson Barfknecht said the wells have to be ready for operation in three years to comply with grandfathered regulations from the Brazos Valley groundwater conservation district.

Dr. Barfknecht explained two different companies are drilling two wells apiece had to do with the last minute rush of permits submitted to the groundwater district.

Click HERE to read and download background information about the contract to drill water wells 20 and 21.

Click HERE to read and download background information about the contract to drill water wells 22 and 23.

City manager Kean Register added that in the same area, the city of College Station and Texas A&M have groundwater rights to drill one well each.

At the same meeting, the Bryan council approved spending up to $580,000 dollars for groundwater rights and a one acre well site on acreage between Mumford Road and Lake Bryan.

Click HERE to read and download background information about the agreement buying additional groundwater rights.

This podcast is a visit with Lina Adams of the Destination Bryan tourism office and WTAW's Bill Oliver previewing activities in September 2025.

Bea Saba, Director of the Bryan + College Station Public Library System, visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia about Library Card Sign Up Month and how to sign up for a local library card, the current Author Series, and more during her appearance on The Infomaniacs.

Brazos County Acting Judge Kyle Kacal visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia about decreased property tax revenue, building roads in the county, updating subdivision regulations, the new complex across from the courthouse, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs.