Issue 35
Published September 11, 2026 · Bilingual edition
Friday is the twenty-fifth September 11, and the nearest ceremonies all start before 8:30 in the morning. Then three things closer to the ground: a Habitat neighborhood in Magnolia that is taking applications through the library on Melton Street, the county's first West Nile case of the year in a Magnolia ZIP code, and the vote on Tuesday that put the county tax rate up.
Community · First Responders
Three 9/11 Ceremonies Within a Half Hour of Magnolia on Friday. Only One of Them Comes Back at Night.
Tomball at 8:15 a.m. at Depot Plaza, Conroe at 8:30 at the Veterans Memorial Park, The Woodlands at 7:30 at the Central Fire Station. Tomball lights the plaza again at 7:15 p.m. for anyone who could not get away in the morning.
Read the story →Community · Housing
Habitat Is Building 200 Homes in Magnolia. The Class You Take First Is at the Library on the 19th.
Four houses are finished on Marble Creek's 81 acres. The homebuyer class on September 19 and the application appointments on September 26 are both at Malcolm Purvis. A family of four qualifies between $52,000 and $83,200 a year.
Read the story →Public Health · Greater Magnolia
The County's First West Nile Case This Year Was in 77355. The Season Runs Through October.
A woman in her 50s in a Magnolia ZIP code in June, a woman in her 90s in a Conroe ZIP code who died in August. What the fogging covers, what it does not, and the standing water that is entirely yours.
Read the story →Civic Watch · County
The County Voted 3-2 Tuesday to Raise Its Tax Rate. Magnolia's Commissioner Was in the Three.
A $546.8 million budget and a rate of 38.60 cents, up from 37.70. About $30 more for the median homestead. The no votes were about across-the-board raises, not the rate.
Read the story →Coming next
The livestock show runs the 16th through the 20th and the auction is that Saturday evening. We would rather publish the sale results with real numbers than a guess, so that waits for the committee to post them. Habitat's seminar is the Saturday before. If you go to either, the newsroom would like to hear how it went.