HCA Healthcare now owns and operates an urgent care clinic—previously called Texas MedClinic—in New Caney, a spokesperson for the company confirmed via email Aug. 25.

What they offer: The HCA CareNow urgent care offers services such as:

• X-rays
• Lab testing
• Splinting and stitching
• Immunizations
• Sports physicals
• Minor wound care
• Breath alcohol tests and drug tests
• COVID-19 testing

• 20304 Hwy. 59, Unit D, New Caney

Check out what's happening in New Caney and Porter from Aug. 28-31.

CityWide Impact Classic & Custom Car Show: In addition to a classic and custom car show, this inaugural event will feature a toy drive, live music, food, local vendors, family-friendly activities, awards and raffle prizes. 

• Aug. 29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Free (admission and spectator parking)
• Bull Sallas Park, 21675 McCleskey Road, New Caney

• Aug. 29, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
• $45 (regular admission ticket includes event admission)
• 23101 Hwy. 242, New Caney

• Aug. 31, 6-10 p.m.
• $20 (admission)
• 1710 Roman Forest Blvd., New Caney

Montgomery County commissioners approved Labor Day overtime exemptions for two law enforcement agencies Aug. 20 following a tense discussion over how much control elected officials should have over their departmental budgets.

The court also advanced flood mitigation work along several San Jacinto River tributaries. In a separate meeting, the Montgomery County Toll Road Authority awarded a nearly $6 million road contract.

The details: Commissioners approved Sheriff Wesley Doolittle’s request to exempt his employees from the county’s 80-hour overtime rule from Sept. 4-8 for Labor Day weekend. A similar exemption was approved for Precinct 1 Constable Philip Cash’s office, which oversees holiday marine patrols on Lake Conroe.

Budget Officer Amanda Carter said the county tested the exemption earlier in the summer for the sheriff’s office and Precinct 1, 3 and 4 constable offices. Approximately $82,000 was paid as overtime that otherwise would have been paid at straight-time rates.

The sheriff’s office and Precinct 1 remained within their overtime budgets, while Precincts 3 and 4 used vacancy savings to cover additional costs, Carter said.

The Texas Department of Insurance must take action to promote competition and “prohibit excessive or unfairly discriminatory rate setting" in the state's homeowners insurance market, Gov. Greg Abbott said Aug. 24.

The background: Texans are paying the fourth-highest home insurance premiums in the nation, Community Impact previously reported. State data shows that the average Texas home insurance premium nearly doubled from $1,791 in 2016 to $3,506 in 2025.

The details: Abbott asked the TDI to prohibit insurers from using the age of a home and homeowners' personal data when setting rates; create a task force targeting insurance fraud; study the impact of inflated insurance claims; and require insurers to consider a homeowner's participation in a roof fortification program when writing policies.

Another perspective: "Under Greg Abbott, Texas has been one of the most expensive states in the country to own and maintain a home," Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, said in a statement. "If Abbott really wanted to lower costs, he would have done it in the last 12 years."