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From a sprawling spring-fed pool in the West Texas desert to a revered refuge in downtown Austin. When you live in Texas, where temperatures this summer have hit a sweltering 106 degrees, a ...

If there's anything a Texan learns early, it's how to handle the heat. Luckily, the Lone Star State is dotted with natural swimming holes that aren't just places to cool off — though that's certainly ...

It’s that time of the year again! As the scorching heat creeps in there are few things more relaxing than cooling off at your local pool. Swimming pools throughout Houston suburbs will be opening ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The KVUE Defenders have discovered a hidden defect in possibly thousands of pools built in Central Texas in 2017 and later. It's called "concrete cancer," and it's costing families ...

Swimming pool generic (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights reserved.) HOUSTON – A recent drowning of a 5-year-old girl at a west Houston apartment complex has ...

Texas heat can be intense, with San Antonio experiencing more than 100 days each year when temperatures reach 90 degrees or higher. Thankfully, Texans have it covered because more than 800,000 homes ...

Residents will soon only be able to fill their swimming pools during specific hours on one day a week after new water restrictions in Laredo, Texas, begin early next month. City officials in Laredo ...

Janell Gregerson’s toenails are painted hot pink, a tropical color that evokes the joys of lounging by the water, margarita in hand. But as the single mother of four walks out her back door in Cedar ...

Micah Branscum, 3, plays with a water feature at the new Mae Simmons Splash Pad on July 8 in Lubbock. Once considered a form of necessary community infrastructure that commanded millions of federal ...