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Comal County’s Public Health Department reported 471 new cases of COVID-19 and one death from Aug. 5. – Aug. 11. Six people were hospitalized with the virus, county Public Information Officer Cary Zayas said. The total number of cases reported in the
Bad news from forecasters with the U.S. National Weather Service Austin-San Antonio in New Braunfels today. No significant improvement in south-central Texas’ drought status is likely over the next one to two months, the weather service said in today’s South Central Texas
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) is increasing the release rate from Canyon Lake reservoir to 107 cubic feet-per-second (cfs) through Aug. 23. By increasing flow rates the agency hopes to meet its customers’ downstream water-supply demands. GBRA said property owners, recreationalists and other
A public hearing on a controversial wastewater permit that would allow SJWTX to discharge 260,00 gallons of treated domestic wastewater daily into the Guadalupe River above Canyon Lake begins 7 p.m. Thursday at Smithson Valley Middle School’s cafeteria, 6101 FM 311, Spring
Blanco County’s Office of Emergency Management said a thunderstorm Saturday brought much-needed moisture to some but not all parts of the 1,210-acre Smoke Rider Fire, and lightning slowed operations. “Overall, crews worked really hard today to bring the containment of the Smoke
Comal County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) spokesperson Jennifer Smith said an autopsy on the body of 45-year-old Shana DiMambro, the Spring Branch resident who disappeared from her RV home in Spring Branch July 19, revealed no signs of obvious trauma. DiMambro’s remains were
Authorities are trying to get to the bottom of what really happened in the death of a 36-year-old Mexican national found dead Wednesday from a gunshot wound in a home in the 100 block of Navigator Lane in Spring Branch. The death
Drought tightened its grip on Canyon Lake today. SJWTX, Canyon Lake’s water company, today moved customers in Comal, Blanco, Hays, Travis, Kendall, Bandera and Medina counties into Stage 3 water restrictions. Under Stage 3, outdoor watering is allowed once every other week
Children headed back to the classroom this month can get vaccinated by Comal County’s Public Health Department. Parents and guardians of schoolchildren in Comal County are urged to make sure their child is current on routine immunizations. “Comal County Public Health Department
Comal County District Attorney (DA) Jennifer Tharp says her office disposed 597 convictions in district courts in June and July. Some 181 of those were felony convictions. The DA’s office used “enhancements” to lengthen the prison sentences of some of the repeat