NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Launching a cardboard boat down the Comal River tube chute might not sound like a good idea but it’s actually a quirky annual tradition. Thru the Chute will kick off at 10 a.m.

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 – Brown water roared over the New Braunfels tube chute in a cell phone video shot on June 12. The Comal River, swollen with overnight rains, flooded over its banks and the popular ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 16-year-old boy from New Braunfels drowned Saturday in the Comal River, according to the New Braunfels Police Department. Officers were called to the New Braunfels Tube Chute about 3 p.m. after a ...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — With Memorial Day Weekend around the corner, the City of New Braunfels is planning ahead for its summer tubing season, and they say you should too. Here's what you should be ...

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 ...