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Kerrville Farmers Market set for an open-air return on Oct. 2
Kayte Graham, who runs the market, has been keeping the popular market alive through curbside pickup service at Pint and Plow during the coronavirus pandemic, but earlier this week, she happily announced that the open-air market would return on Oct. 2 at the Schreiner Mansion on Water Street, near the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library.
Texas grape growers with Dallas roots open Fredericksburg winery
Greg and Nikhila Narra Davis debut new Kalasi Cellars tasting room.
Face Mask Mandate Lifted in Kerr County, but still encouraged
The Kerr County application for exemption from Gov. Greg Abbott's mask mandate was approved.
Kelly asks governor to exempt Kerr County from mask order
Faced with a low number of confirmed COVID-19 infections and large-scale, public disregard for the governor’s face-covering order, County Judge Rob Kelly asked the governor’s office to exempt Kerr County from the order.
Face Mask Mandate Lifted in Bandera
Bandera County officials said information from the Texas Division of Emergency Management last week showed that the county had received an exemption from the state-imposed requirement that people wear face coverings in public when close contact with others is unavoidable, though they felt it remains a useful safeguard for people to consider as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Texas officials walk back $15 million proposed cuts to women’s and children’s health services
The changes to the budget proposal come after lawmakers and advocates protested the previous plan would hurt vulnerable Texans.
U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, of Arlington, hospitalized due to complications from cancer treatment
The freshman member of Congress has been undergoing treatment for lung cancer since last year.
Texans testing positive for COVID-19 is dropping, but the threat isn’t over
One key COVID-19 metric is trending downward, but experts worry that Labor Day gatherings and school reopenings could cause cases to spike again.
McDonald’s Selling a Meal Deal Named After a Texas Rapper
McDonald’s began selling a meal named after Houston rapper Travis Scott on Tuesday.
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Native Communities
While the current health and economic crisis has impacted Americans nationwide, it has disproportionately affected the Native American/Alaska Native (NA/AN) community. Not only have chronic economic inequalities and systemic lack of infrastructure in many Indigenous territories put tribes at high risk, but these problems have been exacerbated by the loss of revenue experienced by tribal businesses shuttering their doors.
Texas physicians losing money during the pandemic, wanting health insurers to pay up.
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is also asking legislators to expand Medicaid insurance coverage to low-income adults and restore funding for a program that studied racial health disparities.
Texas universities blame off-campus parties for rising COVID-19 cases
Schools, desperate to keep their doors open but worried about health risks to their students, are being put in the uncomfortable position of having to govern young adult behavior that is mostly happening off university property.
