Updated: 3:40 AM Coming off the drought of 2011, and with the uncertainty that there could be drought conditions once again this summer, water conservation is highly important -- and important now.

Updated: 4:36 PM Amazon.com will start collecting sales taxes from Texas customers this summer after a long legal dispute with the Texas Comptroller.

Updated: 5:38 PM At a luncheon and award ceremony by the Better Business Bureau, four Bryan-College Station businesses were given Torch Awards for their high standards in ethical behavior.

Updated: 6:50 PM A local agency whose mission is to help provide significant funding to area non-profits has not provided that funding for four months.

Updated: 9:19 AM This week's Drought Monitor came out at 7:30am Thursday showing all the Brazos Valley in D1: Moderate Drought.

Updated: 9:07 PM After several inches of soaking rains fell across most of the Brazos Valley this past weekend, parts of the area saw further improvement from the ongoing drought.

Posted: 3:58 PM NEW YORK (AP) - Strong February retail sales are driving stocks higher. The Nasdaq is pushing above 3,000 for the first time in two weeks.

Updated: 1:36 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A marketing stunt that paid homeless people to carry Wi-Fi signals during the South By Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, is drawing widespread criticism.

Updated: 2:39 PM *Update* WACO (March 13, 2012)—Baylor announced Tuesday that Temple businessman Drayton McLane, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth have made the largest capital donation in university history for construction of a new on-campus football stadium.

Updated: 3:57 PM FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Governors of states along the Gulf Coast want President Barack Obama to stop the U.S. Air Force from potentially moving eight planes used in disasters to Montana.

Updated: 11:58 AM BASTROP, Texas (AP) - Parts of Central Texas devastated by wildfires last year have benefited from more than $4 million in private donations and the help of volunteers who are rebuilding homes.

Updated: 10:57 AM Construction begins on the old Plaza Hotel in College Station this summer. But before the aging facility can be converted into a mixed use property, the entire property has to be demolished.

Updated: 12:52 PM ATHENS—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) may temporarily close the Dundee Fish Hatchery near Wichita Falls during the upcoming production season due to a declining water supply.

Updated: 1:52 PM Texas A&M University President Bowen Loftin met Monday with student leaders about concerns where students will sit at Kyle Field due to rules from the Southeastern Conference.

Updated: 10:20 AM Rains over the last few weeks have seen lakes in and around the Brazos Valley take a big leap.

Updated: 3:51 PM ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - General Motors is expanding its production facility in Texas as part of a move that will add about 180 jobs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Posted: 3:46 PM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Gov. Rick Perry's Emerging Technology Fund has invested $169 million in commercial firms to create 820 jobs since 2006.

Updated: 12:20 PM HOUSTON -- New Houston Astros owner Jim Crane says he won’t change the team’s name.

Updated: 10:34 AM President Barack Obama says colleges and universities must be held accountable for the rising cost of higher education.

Posted: 10:58 AM Blinn College’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) helped local companies secure $3.67 million in funding during the last fiscal year.

Updated: 9:23 AM Taco Bell, the fast-food chain that caters to late-night snacking, is making a play for the breakfast crowd.

Updated: 4:23 PM It could be President Barack Obama's best chance to outline his vision for the next four years in Monday night's State of the Union address.

Updated: 12:30 PM World Wrestling Entertainment has postponed its event at Reed Arena scheduled for this Sunday.

Updated: 8:50 AM It was one of the first Mexican Food restaurants in Downtown Bryan, but now Los Nortenos is no longer.

Updated: 11:08 PM A College Station property many consider to be an eyesore will be redeveloped starting this summer. The new owners of the Plaza say it will become a student housing facility.