Issue 26
Published August 11, 2026 · Bilingual edition
Tuesday's paper drew a line at the city limits. This one follows it. What the city charged on either side of that line, who comes when you call 911 out here, and which public buildings belong to the county rather than the city. Plus a gym in Old Magnolia that put a run club on the schedule before it put up prices.
Civic Watch · Your Money
The City Cut Its Tax Rate By About Half in Five Years. It Also Took the Legal Maximum Three Years Running.
Both facts come off the city's own figures. One of those three years, the legal maximum was still less money than the year before. And the rate you are paying right now is not on the published table, so we went and got it.
Read the story →First Responders · Greater Magnolia
Your Fire Department Went Out 8,400 Times Last Year. Most of Those Calls Were Not Fires.
164 square miles, a service population of 138,000, and 5,072 of those 8,400 responses were medical. It changes what the fire line on your tax bill is actually buying.
Read the story →Business · Old Magnolia
The Gym on Jeter Drive Is Open, and It Was Built Around the Word Village
Village Fit Co. is running at 19016 Jeter Drive with childcare on site, kids' classes on Tuesdays and a Saturday run club. Kayla Medellin went into the old part of town instead of up the corridor.
Read the story →County Services · Outside the Line
If You Live Outside the City Limits, Your Public Buildings Are on Friendship Drive and Melton Street
The recycling center's hours, three community buildings you can rent, the library, and the heavy trash weekend that always falls before Magnolia ISD spring break. With addresses and numbers.
Read the story →Coming next
More on Tuesday. Openings, milestones and events in Magnolia, Dobbin and Montgomery are always welcome at the newsroom, and so is anything you think this paper has been too quiet about.