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Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County prepares to open additional COVID-19 vaccination sites
Fort Bend County officials are preparing to open additional COVID-19 vaccination sites so that the county will be able to administer more vaccines as soon as they become available.
Katy
Once completed, Texas Heritage Parkway to connect I-10 to FM 1093
Construction on the $55 million Texas Heritage Parkway project connecting FM 1093 to I-10 is underway, according to Andy Meyers, Fort Bend County Precinct 3 commissioner.
Farm Stores comes to Katy
Katy welcomed its first combination drive-thru grocery store at the end of November with Farm Stores, self-described as a neighborhood grocery store combined with a fresh bakery and drive-thru restaurant.
Montgomery County
UPDATED: Montgomery County COVID-19 vaccination preregistration full in 30 minutes; Conroe hub plans Jan. 25 registration
The Montgomery County Public Health District's initial preregistration for COVID-19 vaccinations filled in less than 30 minutes after the program's launch Jan. 25.
Montgomery County's 2nd vaccine hub set in The Woodlands; Conroe hub, public health district to get more doses
A second COVID-19 vaccination hub was designated in Montgomery County on Jan. 23, along with allocations of nearly 4,000 doses for the county's two hub sites, to begin the seventh week of statewide vaccine distribution.
Morgan Theophil, Claire Shoop, Laura Aebi, Ben Thompson and Eva Vigh contributed to this report.
