Convenience Big Store: Cook: Navy Blue, Bludorn's pricey seafood restaurant, dazzles with immaculate dishes

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Hamachi Tartare with papaya, coconut and tapioca chip photographed at Navy Blue, 2445 Times Blvd, on Friday, July 21, 2023 in Houston.

Photo by: Karen Warren, Staff Photographer

Alison Cook: Aaron Bludorn's seafood restaurant Navy Blue pops with immaculate details

When the kitchen stars align, the prices on the dishes at this Rice Village restaurant can seem well spent. The product is unfailingly excellent, and the execution seldom wavers, according to Houston Chronicle columnist Alison Cook.

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A work crew pieces together a string of buoys to be deployed on the Rio Grande south of Laredo on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The air boats belong to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Migrants can be seen on the island.

Photo by: Billy Calzada/Staff Photographer

Gov. Abbott remains defiant ahead of 1 p.m. deadline to remove buoys from Texas border

The Biden administration has threatened to sue the Texas governor over the floating barriers along the border with Mexico if he doesn't remove them by Monday afternoon.

A graduate waves to her friends and family during the procession for UH Clear Lake's College of Human Sciences and Humanities and College of Science and Engineering graduation ceremony at NRG Arena on Saturday, May 13, 2023 in Houston.

Photo by: Karen Warren/Staff Photographer

Billions in federal student loan debt relief coming for nearly 64K Texans

Texas is the state with the greatest number of borrowers benefiting from the debt cancellation as about 64,000 Texans will have federal student loans forgiven.

Alfredo Islas poses for a portrait Wednesday, July 5, 2023, at his apartment in Houston. He said he decided to change his life in 2015 while in prison, and he talked about the importance of reentry programs in that process.

Photo by: Jon Shapley, Staff Photographer

Uncertainty surrounds Houston health programs designed to reduce violence due to funding cuts

The funding uncertainties and the potential shutdown of a number of health department programs - many designed to tackle violence - have sparked concern among city officials and past participants.

Houston Texans Head Coach DeMeco Ryans is photographed at rookie camp Friday, May 12, 2023, at NRG in Houston.

Photo by: Yi-Chin Lee, Staff Photographer

11 pressing questions, position battles for the Texans as training camp begins

The DeMeco Ryans era is upon us, and it begins with some position battles. But is quarterback really one of them?

Sarah Saidock, 29, and her daughter Skylah at one of the Houses of Extra Measures on Thursday, July 20, 2023 in Houston. Saidock went from using amphetamines to help her study in college to an addiction to opioids and cocaine. MAT and living at Project HOMES in Houston helped her get sober.

Photo by: Elizabeth Conley, Staff Photographer

UTHealth is helping people in recovery for opioid addiction find stability

The Project HOMES program provides housing for people using medication-assisted treatment as part of their recovery.

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08/28/1980 - Houston Oilers Rob Carpenter (26) blocks for teammate Earl Campbell (34) after handoff from quarterback Ken Stabler (12) in the Astrodome against the Buffalo Bills.

Photo by: Jim McNay, Houston Chronicle

What Tennessee Titans got wrong about their 'Luv Ya Blue' Houston Oilers throwback uniforms

The Titans say their throwback uniforms pay homage to the Oilers' Luv Ya Blue era, but the uniforms they designed are more closely related to the Warren Moon-era than Earl Campbell's stretch in Houston.