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On Monday, the Gillespie County Communications Center reported a "large, grass fire" which has burned roughly 45 acres near Fredericksburg. The Texas A&M Forest Service said the fire, named the Orchard Fire, has caused several street closures. Ranch Road 1631 is closed near Klaerner Road and the Palo Alto Creek. RR 1631 is closed about three miles outside of Fredericksburg. As of Monday afternoon, multiple fire departments were on the […]

The City of Kerrville has announced that effective August 1 at 12:01 a.m., Kerrville will move from Stage 1 to Stage 2 water conservation measures. The watering schedule for Stage 2 allows for landscape and lawn watering with hose-end sprinklers or automatic irrigation systems from 6-9 a.m. and 8-10 on Tuesday and Saturday for street addresses whose last digits end in an odd number, and Wednesday and Sunday for street […]

The Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library will be hosting two family movie afternoons in August to conclude its summer family-friendly events. On Tuesday, August 1 at 2 p.m., kids can partake on a thrilling adventure to find pirate treasures and save their family home. On Tuesday, August 8 at 2 p.m., families can enjoy an epic journey with Nicholas Cage as he searches for a massive lost Freemason treasure hidden on the […]

The Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department is gearing up for the end of summer by hosting the "End of Summer Shindig" celebration on Saturday, August 5, at the Kerrville-Schreiner Park Riverfront from 3-6 p.m. The event includes free paddleboard and kayak rentals, yard games, and food trucks. The event is free and open to the public. Additionally, the Kerrville-Schreiner Park is waiving entry fees to the park for the entire […]

The Kerr Regional History Center will debut "Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas," beginning August 1. The exhibit is curated by the Woman's Collection of Texas Woman's University Library and produced by Humanities Texas. This particular exhibit focuses on the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 which granted American women the right to vote as U.S. citizens. Texas played a crucial role by becoming the first […]

The Kerrville Police Department is reporting that on Thursday, July 27, at approximately 8:48 p.m., an officer observed a driver of a vehicle commit a traffic violation at Mile Marker 509 IH 10 W. According to a press release, the officer initiated a traffic stop, and the vehicle exited the interstate at the 508 exit, eventually stopping in the 2200 block of Sidney Baker. KPD officers contacted the driver, who […]

The Peterson Health Pevehouse Ambulatory Care Center therapy pool will officially close effective July 28, ending aquatic therapy due to aging infrastructure. According to Assistant Director of Outpatient Rehab Jim LeRoux, "We have determined that given the cost of renovation relative to the amount of patient care it provides, it is just not financially feasible to keep it open." LeRoux also states that other therapy treatment methods have been proven […]

Peterson Health and Peterson Auxiliary has announced that Lynda DeMasco will be the new President of the Texas Association of Healthcare Volunteers (TAHV). DeMasco has been a member of the Peterson Auxiliary for many years and has served as President, Vice President, and a volunteer. She was also instrumental in the creation of the Auxiliary Scholarship Committee. TAHV supports volunteer organizations in Texas by providing resources and educational opportunities in […]

City of Kerrville officials have announced that due to the continuing decline in the Guadalupe River flow in Kerr County, the city has reduced its river water diversion - the amount of water the city draws from the river - by 0.775 million gallons per day. This decision marks the third time since June 2022 that the city has self-curtailed or reduced river diversion, resulting in a cumulative curtailment of […]