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Texas 4-H has announced they are gathering backpacks for students attending the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District this fall.  The backpacks received will be distributed to students enrolled in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Anyone wishing to donate can bring backpacks to the Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Office, 38 Business Court. Members of Texas 4-H say their goal is to collect 2,000 backpacks before the start of the new academic school year.

The City of Kerrville is closing a section of Cully Drive beginning Monday, July 25 as part of the annual paving maintenance plan approved by city council.  Crews will be reconstructing approximately 250 feet of Cully Drive beginning at Thompson Drive, and the project is expected to last until roughly August 26. Work Zone barricades will be placed at Cully Drive and Thompson Drive and at the northernmost entrance to […]

Kerr County landowners are eligible to apply for a grant that will help them recover costs associated with protecting their properties from wildfires.  The Texas A&M Forest Service (TAMFS) is offering the 2022 Mechanical Fuel Reduction Grant in order to reimburse selected landowners for the money they've spent to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. State funds will pay grant recipients up to $750 per acre for hand-cut fuel breaks […]

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its weekly Community levels and listed five Central Texas counties as "high" risk for COVID-19.  Those in the high category include Mason, Gillespie, Blanco, Hays and Caldwell counties. Two new omicron subvariants are driving COVID-19 numbers up in recent weeks.  The BA.5 variant accounts for 65% of cases while the BA.4 variant makes up another 16% of cases. The CDC reported […]

The Kerrville City Council and the Kerrville Planning and Zoning Commission have scheduled a Town Hall Meeting, set for Monday, July 25, at 6:00 p.m. at the Dietert Center in Kerrville.   Council and the P & Z are seeking citizen input prior to issuing regulations governing allowing Short Term Rentals (STR's) in residentially zoned neighborhoods.  Currently, a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) is required with limited opportunity for residen's objections. Additionally, the […]

The work on "Operation Share the Wealth" has been completed which included results from both inside and outside of Kerr County.  Kerr County officials worked alongside eleven other jurisdictions, deputies and investigators from the Kerr County Sheriff's Office, resulting in a successful sting operation against prostitution and human trafficking in Kerr County. In total, arrests covered Kerr, Kendall, Bexar, and Guadalupe counties.  Nine suspects were arrested in Kerr County, twelve […]

Short-term rental company Vrbo is facing another lawsuit involving a property known as Cielito Linda Ranch, located off Saddle Wood Trail in Comfort.  According to law enforcement, the owner of the property secretly recorded guests with an undisclosed camera. The new lawsuit was filed Friday in Travis County by two couples, or four people, who make up the plaintiffs.  According to the document, one couple stayed at the property in […]

The City of Kerrville Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting a public input meeting to receive community input for the Singing Wind Park Master Plan on Wednesday, July 20 at 5:30 p.m. at the Dietert Center, 451 Guadalupe Street in Kerrville. Singing Wind Park is a 100-acre park located at 2112 Singing Wind Drive.  Park amenities include the Olympic Pool, softball fields, skate park, […]

Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly has confirmed he will be implementing a temporary disaster order prohibiting the sale and use of fireworks anywhere in Kerr County beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 2, set to automatically expire at 1 a.m. Tuesday, July 5.  The only exception to the order will be the City of Kerrville's professionally supervised fireworks display planned for Monday evening at Louise Hays Park. The order states, in part:  […]