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To fund the $50,434,481 operating budget they approved Aug. 26, which includes a 5 percent salary increase for county employees, Uvalde County Commissioners are opting for the voter-approval tax rate, formerly called the rollback rate, of 57.41 cents per $100 property valuation. The budget is based on this rate, which is the highest rate commissioners can select without triggering an […]
AG’s office conducts raid in alleged vote harvesting case
Texas law enforcement officials last week searched the home of Texas House candidate Cecilia Castellano and a Democratic legislative aide for evidence in what Attorney General’s Ken Paxton’s office called an alleged vote harvesting operation. According to court records obtained by the Texas Tribune, the case involves allegations that a longtime Frio County political operator had illegally influenced voting, especially […]
Dove forecast signals exceptional hunting
This year, Texas is home to more than 47 million mourning and white-winged doves. The estimated number of white-winged doves is the highest ever, nearly 13 million birds. Clean your guns and get plenty of shells because it’s going to be a great year! Hunters generate over $300 million annually in Texas pursuing these dynamic aerial flyers. What is surprising […]
UCISD board postpones community center decision
Lease length, pending Robb litigation factor into decisionUvalde Consolidated Independent School District trustees took no action on Aug. 19 regarding a memorandum of understanding with a group that wants to build a community center on the Robb Elementary campus. The group, comprising five community members, wanted the district to tentatively agree to lease 19 acres adjacent to the school building to the group for 75 years. Ahead […]
National ag agent hall of fame welcomes White
The National Association of County Agricultural Agents has presented Texas A&M County Extension Agent Emeritus Kenneth G. White with its hall of fame award during its 109th-annual meeting and professional improvement conference, held July 14-18 in Dallas. White worked in Uvalde, Liberty, Goliad, and Collin counties during his 33-year Extension career, with 13 spent in Uvalde. The association presents one […]
More than 5,000 attend CHDI wellness fair
Community Health Development Inc. CEO Mayela Castañon said 5,100 people, including exhibitors, attended the 23rd annual back-to-school wellness fair on Aug. 9 at the Willie De Leon Civic Center. This is nearly 2,000 more than the 3,190 who attended the event in 2023. Volunteers hosted multiple giveaways and handed out 1,160 backpacks with supplies. Castañon said the event went well, […]
Uvalde school board changes district employee leave policy
FREEUvalde school trustees voted Aug. 19 to tighten the district’s staff leave pay policy, stipulating that only people who formally retire from the district after 10 consecutive years of employment qualify to collect accumulated leave. Trustees made the change as part of the Aug. 19 meeting’s consent agenda, two months after the newspaper reported that Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District […]
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