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A woman in her 90s who lived at Kirkwood Manor in New Braunfels is Comal County’s 22nd death related to COVID-19. The patient, who had underlying medical conditions, died Friday at the nursing-and-rehabilitation facility. In ...
“Are the Canyon Lake boat ramps open?” It’s the number-one question visitors (and more than a few locals) ask each week. July 11: Canyon Lake is 96.8-percent full at 907.51 feet. Canyon Lake boat ramps ...
Stage 1 water restrictions go into effect on Monday in Comal and Blanco counties. Canyon Lake Water Service Company (CLWSC) said today the move follows similar actions by San Antonio and New Braunfels, which entered ...
Three more nursing home residents have died of COVID-19, Comal County said in a press release this morning. Dead are A man in his 90s with underlying health conditions who died at Kirkwood Manor in ...
Six years ago Larry Wells could stand outside his house in Hancock Oaks at night and count the lights on the south side of Canyon Lake. Now there are so many bright lights it’s not ...
Divers with the Houston Police Department and Harris County recovered the body of 25-year-old Luis Alexis Rodriguez at 5 p.m. today in Party Cove near Canyon Lake Boat Ramp #7, not far from where he ...
Comal County Commissioners Court reinstated the unpopular burn ban this morning, citing increasingly dry conditions. Calls to emergency services for non-controlled fires are increasing across the county, Fire Marshal Kory Klabunde said. “A lot of ...
Comal County confirmed three new deaths related to COVID-19 today, two of them residents of area nursing homes, and said it is creating a resource center to help nursing homes deal with the growing crisis. ...
Dive teams from Houston Police Department and Harris County are in Canyon Lake this morning, searching for the body of 25-year-old Luis Alexis Rodriguez, who drowned Saturday in Canyon Lake. They will be using more-advanced ...
Comal ISD will launch an online forum next week to help parents decide between on-campus instruction or remote learning for the upcoming school year. In an email today, Supt. Andrew Kim said the district will ...
COVID-19 tightened its grip on Comal County this week with six deaths and 103 new cases confirmed today. Five of those who died lived at the Heights of Bulverde nursing home. The sixth, a man ...
Jason Derscheid, executive director at The HeartGift Foundation in San Antonio, is the new executive director of the Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC). He replaces Darin Zumwalt, who stepped down on ...
The family of 25-year-old Luis Alexis Rodriguez, who drowned Saturday in Canyon Lake, is asking for the public’s help in searching for his body. Cousin Vanessa Vargas, who is in Canyon Lake along with Rodriguez’s ...
Neighboring Guadalupe County confirmed 44 new cases of COVID-19 today and said there are at least 43 patients hospitalized with the virus at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center (GRMC) in Seguin. Not all of these patients ...
The search continues today for the body of 25-year-old Luis Alexis Rodriguez, who drowned Saturday after jumping off a boat in Canyon Lake to cool off. Canyon Lake Fire/EMS Battalion Chief Justin Lowth said searchers ...
Comal County’s COVID-19 case count jumped to 989 this morning, with 82 new and confirmed cases reported on Tuesday. That number is expected to rise as Office of Public Health, which has been short-staffed since ...
Comal County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is asking anyone with information about 25-year-old Luis Alexandria Rodriguez of Mexico, missing and presumed drowned in Canyon Lake at around 4 p.m. Saturday, to call 830-620-3400. CCSO spokesperson Jennifer ...
Comal ISD Supt. Andrew Kim said today the University Interscholastic League (UIL) is canceling summer workouts, rehearsals, practices and instruction scheduled between July 3-12 over concerns that increased social interactions over the July 4 holiday ...
All Canyon Lake parks, boat ramps and outdoor recreation facilities are open for the July 4 holiday weekend. Tubing services cannot rent tubes but visitors can bring their own then pay to park and access ...
A hospitalized New Braunfels man in his 70s with a confirmed case of COVID-19 and underlying medical conditions died over the weekend, Comal County’s Office of Public Health said today. The county also confirmed 124 ...
Citing an alarming rise in COVID-19 cases, Comal County Judge Sherman Krause today signed an “unwelcome” order requiring all businesses in the county to develop safety plans that include wearing of face coverings for all ...
Comal County on Tuesday reported 56 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 for a total of 654, bringing its positivity rate to 10.28 percent. Of the 56 cases, 55 are confirmed and one is ...
COVID-19 hasn’t canceled early voting in Comal County, which began Monday for the July 14 primary election runoffs. The Comal County Elections Office is providing hand sanitizer, disposable styluses and finger coverings for voters; sanitize ...
The Lodge at Turkey Cove has canceled its annual Fourth of July fireworks show, leaving Canyon Lake without any options for official celebrations. On Sunday, it confirmed the recent spike in COVID-19 cases left it ...
Join or renew your membership with Friends of Tye Preston Memorial Library (TPML) by June 30 and be automatically entered into a drawing for an Amazon Fire HD-10-inch Tablet. The drawing for the tablet is ...
Twenty-year-old Converse resident Brody Tyler Davis is in Comal County jail this afternoon, charged with first-degree felony murder in the death of 53-year-old Kyle Leonard Foster of Canyon Lake. Foster was found dead around 10 ...
Comal County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said it is investigating the death of a man whose body was found around 10 a.m. Sunday in the 4000 block of South Cranes Mill Road in Canyon Lake. The ...
Comal County today, June 27, reported 46 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19, for a total of 598. Its positivity rate – the percentage of tests with a positive result – is now 9.72%, ...
Hays County on Friday expanded an order it issued just days ago to include a ban on outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people in unincorporated parts of the county. Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra’s ...
New Braunfels closed its river parks along the Comal and Guadalupe rivers today and postponed the city’s Fourth of July fireworks display in Landa Park. The closures only affect areas inside city limits. The announcement ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed Comal Independent School District (Comal ISD) Superintendent Andrew Kim to the Texas School Safety Center’s (TxSSC) board of directors. The board reports to the governor, the legislature, the State ...
Gov. Greg Abbott closed bars and tubing outfitters in an executive order this morning, but Canyon Lake’s county-operated boat ramps and parks will remain open. Comal County Judge Sherman Krause has not ordered any further ...
Comal County on Friday reported 48 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases in the county to 552, the county said in a statement. Comal County’s positivity rate ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) pleaded with the public today to help keep its 25 lake projects — including Canyon Lake — safe and trash-free. Without recreationalists’ cooperation, USACE’s Tim Miller, Forth Worth chief ...
Comal County’s Office of Public Health said in a statement today it is working to support The Heights of Bulverde, a nursing home specializing in assisted living, which has 23 COVID-19 cases. Eleven of the ...
As thousands of extra visitors surge into Canyon Lake this summer, leaving so much trash behind that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is warning it may have to close more parks or trails, ...
Canyon Lake non-profit Operation Float a Soldier (OFAS), which provides boating, jet ski and fishing-and-lake activities for thousands of active and retired military personnel injured in the line of duty or suffering from post-traumatic stress ...
Comal County on Wednesday reported 52 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 for a total of 471 and a positivity rate of 8.65 percent. Of the 52 cases, 42 are confirmed and 10 are ...
Face masks are now required inside New Braunfels city limits. New Braunfels Mayor Rusty Brockman today issued an order, effective immediately, mandating the use of face coverings for anyone over the age of 10 when ...
Startz Memorial VFW Post 8800 said today it is closing for 24 hours to sanitize its facility after a patron learned they had been in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The facility, ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) today confirmed it is closing the Guadalupe Trail parking lot at Canyon Lake and warned of future closures over safety and environmental impact concerns. As reported yesterday, the Corps ...
Comal County confirmed 52 new cases of COVID-19 and 21 additional probable cases on Tuesday, for a total of 419 cases reported since the pandemic began. “We are seeing rapid increases in both cases and ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) said today it is closing Guadalupe Trail including the parking lot on Saturdays, Sundays and major holidays to prevent damage of natural resources on public and private property. Clay ...
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Comal County’s positivity rate – the percentage of tests with a positive result – is now 15.10%, up from 14.75% on Friday and 12.67% one week ago.
New Braunfels Woman in Her 90s Is Comal County's 22nd COVID-19 Death | My Canyon Lake
A woman in her 90s who lived at Kirkwood Manor in New Braunfels is Comal County's 22nd death related to COVID-19. 37 new cases were reported on Saturday.Comal Park is full.
