The Upper Guadalupe River Authority Board of Directors unanimously approved a new task order with WEST Consultants to plan rain and stream gauges for the region’s flood warning system during a special meeting Friday. UGRA President Dr. William Rector called the meeting to order at 3 p.m. in the UGRA boardroom, confirming a quorum with […]
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Aid arrives for Texas flood survivors as families await FEMA help
UVALDE, Texas — Nearly a month after rushing floodwaters damaged homes in Uvalde, Kerrville, Boerne and other parts of Texas, families in affected areas are still seeking help. The majority of them still have questions about when federal assistance will become available. Catholic Charities of San Antonio has set up at Sacred Heart Catholic Church […]
Foundation issues $300K in emergency financial assistance
Emergency financial assistance is available to Uvalde County residents affected by July’s flood, by way of a $300K Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country grant. The foundation recently issued a grant to the Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc., for county residents that need financial assistance, whether its building material for destroyed homes […]
Legitimate Kerrville addresses misused in online scams
If you search for “women’s western wear” on Facebook, you might come across a page called Wear the West. The title proudly proclaims “Made in Texas,” and the first posts show beautiful women’s shirts and dresses with Southwestern flair. Most posts proclaim that “every order supports a small Texas family business affected by flooding.” The […]
Nonprofit helps flood victims create new home
A Kerrville couple has found their calling. At the age when most people are happily retired, they’ve been pulling 50 to 60 hours a week — or more — in flood relief work for victims in Kerr County. Howell and Debbie Ridout have lived on the banks of the Guadalupe River for 18 years. They […]
Rebuilding homes
The 2025 summer floods that impacted the Hill Country took over 100 lives and left many that survived unhoused. As this part of Texas dealt with more torrential rains in July of this year, most of the damage the floods caused this time was structural, impacting again hundreds of homes and businesses. One nonprofit organization […]
Aquatic life showing signs of resilience
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fisheries biologists are cautiously optimistic about the fate of aquatic life in the upper Guadalupe River following the July 16 flood, even as they continue monitoring species and habitat that were still recovering from last summer’s devastating July 4, 2025 floods. Alice Best, regional director of TPWD’s Inland Fisheries Division […]
Flood survivors confused on their insurance, damage
As Kerr County and surrounding communities continue assessing the damage from this month’s flooding, a new regional needs assessment is surfacing a less visible crisis: widespread uncertainty about whether survivors’ insurance will cover their losses at all. The 2026 Hill Country Flood Needs Assessment, conducted by Rebuild Kerr and published on Tableau Public, surveyed more […]
Three weeks after flooding, why hasn’t Trump signed disaster declaration?
After the deadly July 4, 2025 flood on the Guadalupe River, it took just two days for President Donald Trump to approve a major disaster declaration for the region, opening up significant federal assistance for Kerr County. Last month, after devastating flooding struck the region for the second time in 13 months, Gov. Greg Abbott […]
Flood-relief aid coming to Hill Country families
BOERNE – Hill Country Family Services has been tabbed to help distribute nearly $100,000 of flood relief funds directly to families in Kendall and Bandera counties, according to the agency’s executive director. Bryce Boddie said Tuesday the agency accepted the role of facilitator of $94,088 from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, the […]