New Braunfels might permanently limit nighttime access to the area near the city-run tube chute on the Comal River, with officials pointing to “serious behavior concerns” in the crowds who hang out ...

UPDATE: 12 p.m. Monday, April 29: New Braunfels residents made a splash over the weekend at the annual Thru the Chute Boat Race. The event tested residents' ability to build and successfully sail a ...

On a steamy Saturday afternoon, parts of the Comal River are starting to look like a parking lot. A line of tubers — the most common aquatic creatures on the river during the summer months — is ...

Comal River floaters and swimmers need to use extra caution when lifeguards aren't on duty at the City Tube Chute in New Braunfels. Swimming in the Tube Chute is about to become a little more ...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — Just days after the city of New Braunfels announced the Comal River was unsafe for its seasonal lifeguards to do their jobs, a 16-year-old boy drowned. It happened Saturday ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Police in New Braunfels are investigating after a 16-year-old drowned in the Comal River Saturday afternoon. According to a Saturday press release, police were called to the New ...

With temperatures above 100 degrees expected to stick around for the next week, some time tubing or swimming on local rivers is probably looking pretty tempting. If you’re planning a tubing trip on ...

A 16-year-old boy drowned while swimming with his family in the Comal River, near New Braunfels, according to Texas police. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 16-year-old boy died after vanishing near a ...