Kelly Hagemeier, disaster program manager for Kerr Together, updated the Hill Country Community Journal last week on the progress made and the remaining challenges in providing help and guidance for flood victims in this area through the Kerr Together office. “Initially we had about 100 private roads in the county with damage. Residents of those […]
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Heart of the Hills Heritage Center: the flood exhibit isn’t ready. It won’t be for 5 to 10 years. That’s exactly right.
Angela Kennedy made a decision after the July 4, 2025, flood that most institutions would have made differently. The Heart of the Hills Heritage Center would not rush to open a flood exhibit. The center received a specialized Rebuild Kerr grant from the Community Foundation to build a comprehensive archive of both the 2025 and […]
Habitat for Humanity Kerr County went from building 3 houses a year to rebuilding 30. Most of them held in the second flood.
On Monday, Aug. 24, the final family displaced by the July 4, 2025, flood will move into a new home built by Habitat for Humanity of Kerr County. The furniture went in Thursday. The Arcadia Recovery Collaboration and Four Premier Properties served as the design team for the final interior install. Baylee Parks, Habitat’s Community […]
H.E. Butt Foundation: 6,000 hours of recorded history, a 1,900-acre Frio River ranch, and a 3 a.m. phone call on July 16
Marcus Goodyear woke up at 3 a.m. on July 16. The H.E. Butt Foundation’s camps on the Frio River — 1,900 acres along the headwaters, roughly 15 miles north of Leakey — sit in a canyon that floods fast. Goodyear got on the phone with the canyon spotters and started working. By the time families […]
The flood took her rental. The community helped her buy a house
KERRVILLE, Texas — Valerie Tucker woke to pounding on the front door at 2:30 a.m. She and her husband had been asleep in their rental home in Hunt, Texas, right along the Guadalupe River. It was July 4, 2025, and the homeowner’s son came to tell them the river was rising rapidly. “‘We gotta go. […]
Buc-ee’s admits it can give away cash benefits for customers – all you have to do is fill out a form
BUC-EE’s has rolled out a way for customers to claim cash benefits. Eligible participants simply have to fill out a form to be considered. Buc-ee’s is offering donations to nonprofits in communities where the gas station supercenter operates. To request a contribution, nonprofits have to fill out a form on the chain’s website. The organization must share how the […]
Community Foundation deploys $5 million and 36 case managers — and still can’t keep up
John Reed was hired in December 2025 to help manage 2025 flood recovery. He did not expect a second flood. “I was not expecting a second flood,” Reed said Tuesday on Lead Live. “But with each one that comes, it causes us damage — but the community itself is resilient and we rebuild and we […]
Working hard to fast-track assistance
Light on the Hill church in Kerrville has been putting their $1.2 million grant from the Community Foundation to use by speeding the flood recovery process along for many affected families with financial need. Austin Dickson, CEO of the Community Foundation, said the amount reflects the scale of need in the area. “It’s because there […]
LiftFund: $50,000 flood grant for small businesses closes Aug. 20 — apply now
More than 100 small businesses sustained damage in the July 16 flood. The hit was concentrated along Main, Earl Garrett, and Water Streets downtown, and along Goat Creek, Camp Meeting Creek, and Town Creek corridors. LiftFund has $50,000 to distribute to those businesses. The application window closes Thursday, Aug. 20. “Getting these funds out as […]
Academy Sports + Outdoors Fuels Growth with Eleven New Stores Opening Across Six States in Q3
KATY, Texas, Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Academy Sports + Outdoors (“Academy” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ASO), a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer, is excited to announce it has opened two new stores in St. Clairsville, Ohio and Kerrville, Texas; and will open nine additional locations this quarter in Celina, Texas; McAlester, Okla.; Lacy Lakeview, Texas; Fayetteville, Ga.; Roanoke, Va.; Statesboro, Ga.; Granbury, Texas; Millington, Tenn.; and Fairview, Texas. To […]