WTAW - Interviews

This podcast contains comments from the February 5, 2026 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents building committee. For more than 30 years, Texas A&M's cyclotron institute has been testing electronics for how it stands up to radiation. A $28 million dollar expansion requested by the institute's director and recommended by A&M's interim president was approved at February's boa...

This podcast contains comments from the February 17, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members get requests to add a third athletic trainer and a second choir director at Consolidated and College Station High schools. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials on the request at the February 17, 2026 meeting to add athletic trainers. Click H...

College Station City Councilman Mark Smith visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to review this week’s council retreat and discuss next week’s council meeting and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Friday, February 20, 2026. 

This podcast contains comments from the February 19, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. In November 2025, Bryan city council members expressed no opposition to spending around $700,000 dollars to catch up on maintaining Travis Field stadium after the Brazos Valley Bombers left the facility. Deputy city manager Hugh Walker updated the council at its February 10th meeting on what's been done since the...

Brazos County Commissioner Fred Brown visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss budgets, expansions, the health department, local concerns, online presence, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, February 19, 2026. 

The city of Bryan's new Parks, Recreation & Facilities Director Mike Riggens visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss the growth of new and existing parks, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, pickleball courts, park and facility safety, potential aquatic center upgrades, Travis Park renovations, the Bryan YardDogs minor league baseball team, and more during his appearance on The Infomania...

This podcast contains comments from the February 5, 2026 meeting of the Texas A&M system board of regents building committee. The largest university poultry science program in the country is at Texas A&M.At this month's board of regents meeting, approval was given to proceed with a new $36 million dollar complex. The new complex, which is in the design phase, will replace the 40 year old c...

This podcast contains comments from the February 17, 2026 College Station ISD school board meeting. College Station ISD school board members are told that the application period for out of district transfer students will be extended past the original deadline of next week. Superintendent Tim Harkrider said during Tuesday's regular meeting (February 17) that they have received 15 applications. In r...

College Station Mayor John Nichols visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to discuss incentivizing more density in the community and the impact it could have on crime rates, whether the city is a sports tourism city or a university city, landing place for the city, economic development, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, February 18, 2026. 

This podcast contains comments from the February 10, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. The Bryan city council at its February workshop meeting directed staff to formalize recommendations to limit some downtown parking and how to enforce the future restrictions. Portions of a three block area along Main Street and Bryan Avenue would be limited to two hour parking weekdays between 8 a.m. and...

This podcast contains comments from the February 2, 2026 Bryan ISD school board meeting. Five Bryan ISD school kitchens have been dealing with equipment that quit working. That led to the BISD school board at its last meeting buying more than $141,000 of steamers, warmers, and coolers. After board member David Stennis asked for the prices from the 11 companies that submitted bids., assistant schoo...

This podcast contains comments from the February 12, 2026 College Station city council meeting. A proposed 60 unit apartment complex for low income renters in College Station could open in less than two years. That's after the College Station city council supported a resolution at their last meeting for a developer based in Ohio to request tax credits from the state. Click HERE to read and downloa...

This podcast is a visit with Brazos County elections administrator Trudy Hancock and WTAW's Bill Oliver. Early voting for the March 3rd primary starts Tuesday (February 17). There was no early voting Monday due to the President's Day holiday. In Brazos County, elections administrator Trudy Hancock says there are 138,806 registered voters. That's up from 128,349 in 2024, 122,831 in 2022, and about...

This podcast is a preview of the first United Way of the Brazos Valley "Sneaker Soiree" fundraiser with UWBV development manager Maggie Gray and musician Latrail Bailey, who will be performing at the February 28th event. Click HERE to be directed to the UWBV website for more information about the fundraiser.

Remembering Winter Storm Uri five years ago on February 16, 2026 with the city of Bryan's public works director Jayson Barfknecht and WTAW's Scott DeLucia.

This podcast is a visit on February 16, 2026 with Hailey Mallett of the Arts Center of the Brazos Valley, Amy Raines of the George H.W. Bush library, and WTAW's Scott DeLucia.

This podcast contains comments from the February 12, 2026 College Station city council meeting. College Station city council members wrapped up Thursday's meeting (February 12) with a decision to hold a future workshop on possible regulations for those who drive electric scooters and bicycles. The idea followed comments from fire chief Richard Mann, who showed a chart that in the last five years,...

This podcast contains comments from the February 10, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. The February regular meeting of the Bryan city council included three actions involving the fire department. The council agreed to extending a contract with an outside health and wellness company through September 30, 2028. The contract amount, not to exceed $630,500 dollars, follows a three year pilot program th...

This podcast is a recording of College Station city manager Bryan Woods's visits with WTAW's Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs February 13, 2026. Topics includes a preview of an upcoming city council strategic retreat and the operations of the city manager's office.

This podcast contains comments from the Bryan city council meeting on February 10, 2026 meeting. The Bryan city council updates the ordinance on parking violations. Bryan police now have the authority to issue a ticket when they don't see who is driving the offending vehicle, to issue a ticket to the vehicle's registered owner. Police chief Dean Swartzlander says it doesn't matter who is driving t...

This podcast is Bryan city manager Andrew Nelson's report to the city council on February 10, 2026. Some of the report includes: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS • The roadway work in BRAC is complete, with the narrow asphalt section replaced with a wider concrete roadway. • The Stella Ranch Lift Station is complete and operational. • The contractor has started drilling Well 23, located on the peninsu...

City of Bryan Travis Fields General Manager Travis Triola joined WTAW’s Scott DeLucia on The Infomaniacs on Thursday, February 12, 2026, to share updates on the new renovations, sports facilities, schedules, leagues, and more. 

This podcast contains comments from the February 11, 2026 Bryan city council workshop meeting. Bryan city council members have questions, but expressed no opposition, to the design of a mural that will be painted on the exterior of Clara B. Mounce library. The mural is a project of the Bryan-College Station sister cities organization, which has relationships with cities in Germany, Mexico, Belgium...

Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez visits with WTAW’s Scott DeLucia to share updates on Zootopia-style mural ideas, ongoing parking challenges in Downtown Bryan, details on Travis Bryan Midtown Park, boilerplate contracts, and more during his appearance on The Infomaniacs on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. 

This podcast contains comments from the chief facilities officer of the Texas A&M system, Brett McCully, during the February 5, 2026 meeting of the board of regents building committee. The Texas A&M system board of regents approves spending an additional $16.5 million dollars for its new semiconductor institute on the RELLIS campus. That brings the price tag of what is described as a world...