2011 Fundraiser Huge Success,Matagorda EMS Gets Ambulance Updrade
The Matagorda VFD/EMS 2011 fundraiser was a huge success bringing 80+% more than the 2010 event. The community and business folks really threw their support behind us. We are very proud to announce that with very hard work and the ...

Life in the Big City...
Howdy Matagorda County! It's been quite a while since I dropped y'all a note, but I figured I'd let ya know a little about how I've been. As you know, my fiance, Kaylene, and I left Bay City for the ...

Feels like summer, Quiero La Frio
Matagorda County is seeing high daily temperatures in the upper 90s, with the sun smothering the area in a blanket of heat from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. It’s official. Summer is here. And I for one, as I do ...

MATAGORDA VFD/EMS
MATAGORDA VFD/EMS Annual Fundraiser Barbeque Raffle, Auction & 50/50 Raffle $7 Brisket Plate with all trimmings Saturday, May 23rd 11am - 2pm Matagorda Fireman's Hall, Matagorda TX

Nuke coMMunity, sorry for the typo
I found an interesting article today about the dangers of living near or working at a nuclear power facility, but it seems like so many people here don't have open minds to consider anything more than the media hype the ...

The Road goes on forever, and it's Chilifest time again!
This week marks one of the greatest weeks of Texas County music on the planet... and by planet I of course mean Texas, but as far as I'm concerned, when Texas Country music is involved, there's nowhere else on this ...

Oh, to be a kid...or puppy...
My fiance and I recently decided that we needed to get ANOTHER puppy, as if our 65-pound basset hound wasn't enough puppy for us. We looked at lots of breeds before deciding on the cocker spaniel and decided to go ...