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Nearly 20 fewer homes sold across the six Lake Houston area ZIP codes in September than a year earlier, Community Impact reported, with median prices up in 77338, 77339 and 77346.

Table 7 Prime Steakhouse is projecting a January opening at Kings Harbor in Kingwood, at 1660 W. Lake Houston Parkway, Ste. 105, with Thomas Nguyen as executive chef.

Dutch Bros Coffee confirmed it will open a 986-square-foot store with a drive-thru and walk-up window at 1261 Kingwood Drive in the fourth quarter of 2026. It will be the chain’s fourth location in the Lake Houston area.

TxDOT is accepting public comment through October 9 on a $209 million proposal to add a lane each way along 6.73 miles of the Grand Parkway between Springwoods Village Parkway and Townsen Boulevard, the Humble area interchange. Construction is proposed for late 2027.

Community Impact lists five businesses now open or coming soon in the Lake Houston area, including a boxing studio and a western wear store already trading in Humble and two family entertainment venues due on Highway 59.

A juvenile riding an electric scooter to school was hit by a vehicle near Eagle Springs Parkway and Grand Teton Trail in Atascocita around midday Thursday. Harris County Precinct 4 deputies investigated and the driver stayed at the scene.

Humble Mayor Norman Funderburk announced at the September 24 council meeting that longtime resident Margaret Jo Johnson Byron will serve as grand marshal of the city’s 35th annual Christmas Parade of Lights, which steps off at 6:30 p.m. December 1 on Main Street.

Fresenius Kidney Care is opening a dialysis center at 18760 Highway 59 in Humble on October 8 through a partnership with Focus Kidney Care, offering in-center hemodialysis along with two home dialysis options.

Community Impact profiled Dublin Hound Cigars in Kingwood, a shop Les O’Farrell opened in 2018 that stocks about 400 cigar boxes in a walk-in humidor and runs a lounge with game nights, potlucks and a twice-monthly men’s Bible study.

Gomez Western Wear celebrated the reopening of its relocated Humble store on September 27 at 20210 Highway 59 North, a short move from its former address at 20020 Highway 59, Community Impact reported.

Harris County Precinct 1 constable’s deputies have charged McKinley Bass, 18, with cruelty to a non-livestock animal, a third-degree felony, after a three-month-old puppy was found with multiple broken bones at a Humble home. Bass was released on a $12,000 bond and the case is pending.