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Olympic Pool to stay open through Aug. 22
By Hill Country Community Journal, August 17, 2020 The Kerrville Parks and Recreation Department announced that the operating season at the Olympic Pool will be extended to Saturday, Aug. 22. It was originally scheduled to close Aug. 14. “With the delay of the school start date, we wanted to be able to provide our community
Cleanup from Hanna spurs fear amid COVID-19 surge in Texas
By John L. Mone and Juan A. Lozano Associated Press at Fredericksburg News, July 27, 2020 WESLACO, Texas (AP) — As recovery and cleanup efforts got underway Monday in South Texas in the wake of a downgraded Hanna, worried residents confronted the prospect of undertaking the effort amid a surge in coronavirus cases that has
Hanna brings flooding, power outages to southern Texas Gulf Coast
Photo by Courtney Sacco By Alana Rocha, Mitchell Ferman, and Juan Pablo Garnham at Texas Tribune, July 24, 2020 Texans in the Rio Grande Valley and along the Coastal Bend continued to face the impact of now-Tropical Storm Hanna on Sunday. The storm, which made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Saturday evening at Padre Island, packed sustained
New Conservation Area in Texas Boasts Hundreds of Natural Springs
Photo by Charles Kruvand Associated Press |LEAKEY, Texas – January 24, 2020 – ( Newswire.com ) The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has acquired a conservation easement on 1,640 acres owned by landowner Gary Krause, preserving its unique natural features for future generations. The easement was funded in part by the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program of the U.S. Department of
Monkeys smashing nuts with stones hint at how human tool use evolved
A capuchin monkey in Brazil hoists a stone tool to crack open nuts. Luca Antonio Marino, CC BY-ND Kristen S. Morrow, University of Georgia Human beings used to be defined as “the tool-maker” species. But the uniqueness of this description was challenged in the 1960s when Dr. Jane Goodall discovered that chimpanzees will pick and
Two people dead, others left stranded and trapped in the wake of Tropical Storm Imelda
Both deaths were related to flooding from the storm. More than a thousand others needed to be rescued and evacuated. By Stacy Fernandez, The Texas Tribune. Two deaths are linked to Tropical Storm Imelda, which flooded the Houston area Thursday and left hundreds stranded and in need of rescue, officials say. Thursday’s downpour reached up
Preparing for hurricanes: 3 essential reads
Shoppers prepare ahead of Hurricane Dorian in Pembroke, Florida. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson Martin LaMonica, The Conversation The National Hurricane Center forecast on Aug. 29 that Hurricane Dorian could make landfall this weekend and bring large amounts of rain, strong winds and potential flooding from storm surge. Florida has declared a state of emergency and residents
How fireflies glow – and what signals they’re sending
A firefly’s light is part of its mating strategy. Japan’s Fireworks/Shutterstock.com Clyde Sorenson, North Carolina State University You might not really be sure you saw what you think you saw when the first one shows up. But you stare in the direction of the flicker of light and there it is again – the first
Ticks spread plenty more for you to worry about beyond Lyme disease
There’s a short window between when a tick bites and when it passes on bacteria or virus. MSU Ag Communications, Courtesy Dr. Tina Nations, CC BY-ND Jerome Goddard, Mississippi State University When it comes to problems caused by ticks, Lyme disease hogs a lot of the limelight. But various tick species carry and transmit a
