Sleep H2O will be opening soon in New Caney, a spokesperson for the business confirmed June 29.

The details: According to the Sleep H2O social media page, the business will offer:

• Water beds

• Bunk beds

• Furniture

• Liquidations

Something to note: Sleep H2O will be located in the Caney Crossing shopping center, alongside WeeKare Pediatrics and Jeremiah's Italian Ice.

• Opening this summer

• 20460 FM 1485, Ste. E, New Caney

From a school supply drive to a brewery Pilates class, check out what's happening in New Caney and Porter this weekend, July 24-26. 

Blood Drive: Give blood and earn a free $25 e-gift card and a free diabetes/A1C screening at this blood drive hosted by Community Resource Credit Union and Gulf Coast Blood. 

• July 24, 9 a.m.
• Free (admission)
• 21856 Market Place Drive, New Caney

• July 25, 8 a.m.-noon (while supplies last)
• Free (admission)
• Randall Reed Stadium, 21360 Valley Ranch Parkway, New Caney

• July 25, 11-11:45 a.m.
• $23.82
• Back Pew Brewing, 26452 Sorters McClellan Road, Porter

According to officials with the National Weather Service, a tropical depression is working on gaining strength and organization in the Gulf, and Houston area officials are monitoring the storm for potential local impacts. 

What we know: Officials with the Houston-Galveston office of the NWS released advisories for Tropical Depression Two, a weather disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico that has the potential to turn into a tropical storm by July 21. Based on current models from the NWS, the storm could bring tropical storm-level winds and rain to the Greater Houston area over the weekend.

Stay tuned: Officials are urging residents to check all hurricane preparations regardless of additional storm development in the coming days. If the storm continues to gain strength, it will become Tropical Storm Bertha, per the NWS.

Sandy Creek resident Georgia Bishop was out of town when 22 inches of rain fell on parts of northwest Travis County over the July 4, 2025, weekend. When Bishop returned home days later, her community was significantly changed.

What happened: Residents of the hard-hit Sandy Creek neighborhood described a “wall of water” that tore through their community last July, washing away homes, cars and roads. Nine people died in the flooding, including Bishop’s best friend, 16-year-old Felicity Jarmon.

The context: One year later, residents of the unincorporated Travis County community are still working to rebuild from last July’s catastrophic flooding. Central Texas has seen two straight years of intense, deadly flooding in July, leaving some residents on edge as they recover from last year’s disaster and mourn lost loved ones.

Community Impact spoke with Bishop and Kylie Nidever, whose neighborhood in Hunt flooded last year, on July 13, days before heavy rainfall hit large swaths of the state once again. Officials confirmed two deaths due to this year's floods, while 137 people died last July.