Walker County leaders have already trimmed more than $10 million from next year's spending requests.Even so, they're still ...

Jason Akins is set to be sworn in this January.

Dec. 7—The Commissioners Court received a presentation from representatives of D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments, regarding the proposed Piney Woods Solar Farm development during the regularly scheduled ...

Walker County may have posted record housing growth in 2023, but the momentum behind construction of new homes continued into 2024, county officials say. The county's planning office issued 276 ...

Sharon Kay Lewis is charged with manslaughter and second-degree elderly abuse and neglect, both felony crimes, according to court records made public Thursday. Walker County Sheriff Jim Underwood on ...

Property tax and literacy rates are among top issues for the four candidates running in the special election for the Post 3 Walker County school board seat. Early voting runs through Nov. 1, and the ...

Officials said, "Revenue collected from the county’s millage rate has remained flat since 2017, while the dollars generated have not kept pace with inflation. Only 26 percent of all property taxes ...