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The City of Kerrville's Finance Department was recently awarded the Government Finance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting for its PAFR for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.  In receiving this award, the City of Kerrville is now a GFOA Triple Crown Award Winner.  This award recognizes governments that have received GFOA's Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award, and the […]

The Texas Comptroller announced this week that the City of Kerrville received both the Traditional Finance Transparency Star and the Debt Obligation Transparency Star from the Comptroller's office.  The Data Analysis and Transparency Division of the Comptroller's office completed its annual review of the Traditional Finances and Debt Obligations transparency information and verified that the city's financial transparency information continues to meet the criteria for this prestigious recognition. The State […]

The Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department is inviting community members to help assist in selecting movies for the 2024 "Movies in the Park" series by completing a short survey. Movies in the Park Options: Spiderman across the Spider-verse (PG) The Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3 (PG-13) Puss in Boots:  The Last Wish (PG) Haunted Mansion (PG-13) Dive-In Movie Options: Shrek (PG) Cars (G) The Little […]

The Kerr County Sheriff's Department confirms that KCSO Deputies responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting in the 100 block of Hilltop Drive in Kerrville.  According to a press release, when deputies arrived on scene, a 61-year-old female, identified as Christy Burns, was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest. Kerrville Fire Department EMS transported Burns to Peterson Regional Medical Center where she was later pronounced deceased.  […]

The Charter Review Commission (CRC) for the City of Kerrville will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday, December 6, beginning at 4 p.m. at Kerrville City Hall, 701 Main Street.  Prior to opening the public hearing, the CRC has scheduled a presentation which will be centered around its proposed charter amendments.  The CRC invites attendees to make comments on the proposed amendments following the event. During the August 22 […]

Honda is recalling nearly 250,000 vehicles in the U.S. because bearings can fail, causing the engines to stall and increasing the risk of crash, according to a press release.  The recall covers certain 2018 and 2019 Honda Pilot SUV's and Odyssey minivans and some 2017 and 2019 Ridgeline pickup trucks.  Also affected are certain 2015 to 2020 Acura TLX cars and some 2016 to 2020 Acura MDX SUV's. Honda says […]

The City of Kerrville Public Works Department wants to inform residents of a few upcoming changes to the regular collection schedule for trash and recycling over the Thanksgiving holiday. No collections will occur on Thanksgiving Day.  All households regularly scheduled to have trash collected on Thursday, November 23 will instead have their waste removed on Friday, November 24.  Households scheduled to have recycling collected on Friday, November 24, will instead […]

Kerr County officials are currently seeking new recruits who may be interested in joining the ranks of the Kerr County Emergency Response Team.  "What we need are folks who can keep a cool head in an emergency situation, who never hesitate to jump into action when needed, and who want to be trained, ready, and able to help their neighbors when there is a real need," said Kerr County Emergency […]

The City of Kerrville has announced that all of the city's municipal offices and the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 23-24, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.  The library will resume regular business hours on Saturday, November 25 at 10 a.m..  Municipal offices will resume business at 8 a.m. on Monday, November 27. The city secretary's office will be closed November 23-24 in observance of […]