Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. The event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada an...

Hurricane season begins June 1, and preparation efforts are already underway in the Houston area. But getting ready for a hurricane season involves more than stocking up on canned goods and water. Preparing your finances is just as important as gathering your storm supplies. It is critical to quickly resuming your daily life following a storm. There is often little warning before a storm, so preparation well in advance of a hurricane warning is essential to maintaining your financial stabilit...

Father's Day: June 19, 2016 The idea of Father's Day was conceived slightly more than a century ago by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Wash., while she listened to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm. A day in June was chosen for the first Father's Day celebration, June 17, 1910, proclaimed by Spokane's mayor because it was the month of Smart's birth. The first preside...

Come out and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ with a day of fun, fellowship, and praise. FREE!!! refreshments and entertainment.

  2015 Annual Holiday Raffle and Fundraiser Solid Rock Community Development Corporation's 6th Annual Holiday Raffle has returned. Pick up some raffle tickets for yourself and your friends for a chance to win prizes. Prizes will be revealed in October. All proceeds made through the Holiday Raffle will be used to fund Solid Rock CDC's outreach programs such as children’s Summer Day Camp and Urban Ranch Campsite. HOW TO GET YOUR TICKETS Tickets are on sale Wednesdays and Sundays at Solid Ro...

Officials from the Houston Community College system held a Town Hall meeting with the North Forest community last Wednesday evening. The reason for the event, held in the previous public board room of the NFISD, was to show the community the plans for the new buildings on the NCC-NE North Forest campus, and to explain the programs that will take place in this facility and benefit the community as a whole. Using funds from the HCC bond program approved by county-wide voters, HCC will build a n...

More than half of Humble ISD campuses have been named exemplary or recognized schools under the stateТs accountability system. The state released official accountability ratings on Aug.1. Eighteen out of 29 schools received exemplary or recognized ratings. Eleven schools received an academically acceptable rating. Humble ISD, as a district, also received a rating of academically acceptable. No Humble ISD campuses were rated unacceptable in 2006. "I am very excited about the results we've seen w...

Summer camp is awesome. I can't wait for the field trips!!!