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Big Seed Festival will be the first public event at Arcadia Live
By Kerrville Daily Times Staff, October 8, 2020 If everything had gone according to plan, Grace Guerriero would not have been here in Kerrville this fall. She would have been enjoying her first year at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia. The funny thing about plans in 2020 is they have a
Main St Closed on Saturday for Key to the Hills Rod Run
Heads up Boerne: The Key to the Hills Rod Run 2020 is this weekend. On Saturday, October 10th, Main Street will be closed from E. Blanco to Rosewood and only one way from Blanco to W. San Antonio starting at 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. With this year, we hope to bring a great spectacle
Hoping to ease teacher workloads in Fredericksburg
District still looks for ways to balance resources, safety while looking at ways to help alleviate the heavy workloads of teachers.
Texas colleges offer free coronavirus tests. Why aren’t more students getting tested?
Halfway through the semester, schools are reporting participation rates far below their goals, prompting at least one school to go so far as to offer prizes to students who volunteer to get a coronavirus test.
President Donald Trump says he and the first lady have tested positive for coronavirus
The president’s physician wrote that Trump and his wife “are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.”
Governor limits counties to one absentee ballot drop-off location
The Republican governor's order Thursday was a rebuke to large, Democratic counties that have set up numerous locations where voters may drop off their completed absentee ballots in person. Civil rights groups say it will suppress voting.
How Texas became a leading COVID-19 research hub
Two new trials in the Houston area are recruiting participants to study whether giving people infusions of blood from recovered COVID-19 patients can help treat early-stage infections or even prevent people from catching the disease.
Federal Court orders the Texas prison system to provide hand sanitizer for some geriatric inmates
Texas has had more inmate deaths related to the coronavirus than any other prison system in the nation. Its death toll of at least 162 inmates outranks every other state as well as the federal prison system.
As Texas reopens, border leaders say restrictions at international bridges should be lifted
Local leaders say the federal government’s decision to extend a ban on nonessential travel across the U.S.-Mexico border is crippling their budgets and local businesses.
CHDI receives $46,479 grant for pandemic response
Community Health Development Inc. has received a $46,479 grant from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s pandemic response fund, “Hill Country Strong.”
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.
Federal Judge blocks Texas’ elimination of straight-ticket voting
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office has filed a motion to stop the judge’s order and will file an appeal of the district court’s ruling.
