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New active cases of COVID-19 in Kerr County, as well as hospitalizations of pandemic patients, have taken a sharp upturn over the course of last week, according to Kerr County Emergency Management Coordinator Dub Thomas. As of Monday, January 10, the Texas Department of State Health Services is confirming 281 new active cases, a jump of 139 people from exactly one week ago. Thomas says that state public health officials […]

Texas Senate Bill 5, known as the Safe Outdoor Dogs Act, was passed by the 87th Legislature, 3rd Special Session, and will take effect January 18. Under the new law, pet owners can not restrain their dog with chains or weighed down restraints. All ties must be a minimum of ten feet long or five times the length of the dog from nose to tail. All allowable tethers must be […]

The City of Kerrville has announced that candidate application packets are now available for persons interested in running on the May 7, 2022 ballot for a place on the Kerrville City Council. Packets can be picked up in the city secretary's office at City Hall, 701 Main Street, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The first day for filing an application is January 19, and the last […]

Peterson Health has announced that beginning Thursday, January 6, they will begin offering a new COVID-19 testing center at the Kerrville Medical Plaza. The testing center will further operate Mondays through Fridays, from 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., by appointment, for community members over the age of 2 years. PRMC will have an employee available on site to give instructions, and tests will be administered via self-swab testing. This service […]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on December 31 that Texas has formally requested resources for federally supported testing locations, medical personnel and additional federal allocations of the monoclonal antibody treatments. The Texas DSHS has also requested three teams of medical personnel to provide additional support to hospitals in urban areas of the state that do not have DSHS-contracted staff. Abbott's request for more doses of infusion treatments is because they […]

The Kerrville Dog Park located at Lehman-Monroe Park, 200 Park Lane, will be closed beginning Monday, January 3, for maintenance. This scheduled closure is expected to last approximately two weeks. During these two weeks, the Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department will be turning ballfields No. 2 and 3 at Singing Wind Park, 2112 Singing Wind Drive, into a temporary dog park. All visitors are expected to abide by the normal […]

Windstream Communications is currently experiencing outages throughout the area, according to a press release from the Kerrville Police Department. Windstream administrative phone lines will be down for an unknown period of time due to a fiber cut outside the immediate area, and they are working to repair the issue as quickly as possible. All 911 lines are still working but administrative phone lines in and out of KPD are not […]

The City of Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department will be accepting Christmas trees for recycling beginning December 26, 2021 to January 16, 2022. The designated drop-off area will be located in Lehmann-Monroe Park, 200 Park Lane, near the Park Lane/La Casa Street park entrance. Christmas trees should be free of all ornaments, hangers, icicles, strings, glass, metal and plastics and the service is free of charge. Trees that were not […]