Issue 14
Published June 30, 2026 · Bilingual edition
The new mayor takes his first long questions, and a community an ocean away from a disaster tries to help across it. Plus two close-to-home Saturdays: a salon that gave its morning to the blood bank, and the markets worth getting up early for.
Civic · City Hall
Magnolia's New Mayor Takes Stock: Nine Roads, a Waste Plant, and a Plea for Patience
A few weeks in, Mayor Chris Blair sat down with the chamber's Business Brief podcast. Nine roads headed to a July 9 vote, FM 1488 that is not the city's to fix, an end to the tax incentives he says "backfired on our infrastructure," and a plain ask: be patient.
Read the story →Community · Our Neighbors
A Quake Back Home, and the Long Road to Helping From Here
After the worst earthquake in Venezuela in more than a century, greater Houston's Venezuelan families are collecting aid. The hard part is getting it past the bottlenecks, and the history that has people bracing for the worst.
Read the story →Community · Neighbors
On FM 1488, a Salon Spent Saturday Morning Giving Blood
A Magnolia salon turned its lobby into a Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center drive on June 27. Why the blood supply runs thin every summer, and how to give if you missed it.
Read the story →Community · Around Town
Magnolia's Saturdays Belong to the Markets This Summer
The Courtyard Collective's weekly farmers market on Tamina Road, plus Magnolia Market Days on July 4 with a mobile vet clinic and a Texas Makers Market on July 18. Where to go, and why the dollar you spend there stays here.
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