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It was formally announced Monday that the Regional Hill Country District Jr. Livestock Show has been canceled for 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns. The annual Kerrville area event had been scheduled for Jan. 15 to Jan. 23. Event officials had submitted a COVID-19 prevention plan but it was rejected. According to Hill Country District Junior Livestock Show President Steve Bauer, "Due to the high expectations of increased COVID-19 cases, the […]

Kerr County bars must shut down until further notice and other businesses are ordered to step back their reopening efforts from 75% to 50% capacity, effective Wednesday, Dec. 30, because local COVID-19 hospitalizations have become too high. At Monday's Kerr County Commissioners' Court meeting, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly informed commissioners that the county has exceeded its hospitalization capacity with more than 15% of all hospital beds taken by COVID-19 […]

CVS Health will begin vaccinating residents and staff members at Texas long-term care facilities for COVID-19 starting Monday. Vaccines are expected to be in more than 2,000 nursing and assisted living facilities, and more than 275,000 patients will be vaccinated through the program in Texas. CVS rolled out its vaccination partnership in 12 states last week, and Texas is part of 36 states that will begin the vaccination process. In […]

The City of Kerrville municipal offices and the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 25 in observance of Christmas holiday, and Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 in observance of the New Year holiday. The Parks and Recreation Dept. office located at Kerrville-Schreiner Park will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The landfill and transfer station will close at 2:30 p.m. on Christmas […]

There will be more Texas Dept. of Public Safety troopers out on the roadways during the next week because of the holiday season. Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw said the increased patrols began Dec. 23, and they want to remind people to "celebrate the holiday season responsibly by practicing safe driving habits and obeying all traffic laws." The goal of the increased patrols, DPS says, is to make the roads […]

The Kerrville VA Medical Center began administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to healthcare workers and veterans in long-term care facilities on Wednesday. According to South Texas Veterans Health Care System CEO Christopher R. Sandles the Kerrville facility is one of 37 VA medical centers receiving the vaccines in the state. Kerr County officials want to offer last minute COVID-19 guidelines for keeping you, your family and guests safe during the Christmas […]

The City of Kerrville's Public Works Dept. would like to inform Kerrville residents of the 2020 holiday schedule and special trash collection that will be offered to residents on their regular trash pickup day during the week of Dec. 28. This special collection is for bagged trash, which will be picked up in addition to residents' regular trash bins. Please note that Christmas trees will not be picked up during […]

Hundreds of thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccine are on the way to Texas during the second week of the vaccine distribution. This is the first week that the Moderna vaccine will be distributed, and the first shipments are expected to arrive in 20 Texas cities on Monday. Texas will get 620,000 doses of the vaccine statewide ahead of Christmas, according to the DSHS. The CDC will send shipments to […]

By: Michelle Layton Kerr County is working alongside Kerrville Pets Alive! in hopes of enhancing the operation of Kerr County Animal Services to help save and improve the lives of dogs and cats. Kerrville Pets Alive! was established last year in answer to a call by Kerr County Commissioner's Court in forming a nonprofit to assist with funding, educational endeavors, pet adoptions and publicity for Kerr County Animal Services. KPA! […]