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Uvalde City Council members voted July 22 to raise sewer rates to help pay for a $7.8 million two-phase improvement project at the wastewater treatment plant. Assistant city manager Joe Cardenas told council members the second phase of the project is about 92 percent complete. Council members approved a payment of $462,195 to LEM Construction Company for work performed through […]
Border Patrol renames Uvalde checkpoint after late agent
The U.S. Border Patrol renamed its checkpoint on U.S. Highway 90 west of Uvalde after agent James Ray Dominguez, 13 years after he died while assisting a stranded motorist near Cline. Dominguez’s father, widow, children and sister participated in the July 19 renaming ceremony, where U.S. House Representative Tony Gonzales, USBP chief Michael W. Banks and USBP Del Rio Sector […]
UCISD trustees reject controversial compensation plan
Uvalde school board trustees rejected the proposed 2025-2026 district compensation plan on July 21, which would reduce many athletic stipends and cut some staff work days. After several failed attempts to amend the plan, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Ashley Chohlis asked the board to just vote on approving the plan as-is. Vice president JJ Suarez and Trustee Javier […]
Schools prep for cell phone ban
The Uvalde public school district will ban phones during the school day, but will still allow them on campus and in students’ backpacks, district officials announced on July 21. The district updated their cell phone policy in response to House Bill 1481, which will ban “personal communication devices” in Texas schools starting this fall. The bill requires schools to either […]
Walmart to donate $250K to El Progreso Library
Walmart will present $250,000 to El Progreso Memorial Library at 10 a.m. July 30 as part of the library’s 2025 Summer Reading Program finale celebration. The check presentation will launch a full day of free family-friendly activities. The event is open to the public and includes story time at 10:30 a.m., a Summer Reading prize drawing at 11:30 a.m., a […]
Uvalde schools get AI gun-detection grant
Uvalde public schools will implement new artificial intelligence gun-detecting technology thanks to the “Safe Haven” grant, created especially for the district. In March, the Uvalde School Safety and Security Committee said they wanted AI gun detection rather than metal detectors at schools, but the district couldn’t afford the technology. Omnilert, the company that created the AI security service, launched the […]
UHS sophomore inducted into national scholar society
The National Society of High School Scholars announced June 24 that Uvalde High School sophomore Troy Foradory will join almost two million other high school scholars from about 170 different countries as a member of NSHSS. Foradory, the son of Yubanca and Dustin C. Foradory of Uvalde, plans to one day study at Baylor College of Medicine. “This accomplishment means […]
Receive free newspaper e-edition with school supply donation
Uvalde CISD’s annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive is underway, with donations directly benefiting local students, said UCISD director of recovery services Katie Hughes. Anyone who donates at least $20 worth of new school supplies at the Uvalde Leader-News drop-off site will receive a free one-year e-edition subscription, a $38 value. With permission, staff will also snap a photo […]
County abandons claim to section of Sunset Ridge Road
Uvalde County Commissioners on Feb. 10 unanimously voted to abandon any claim to a portion of County Road 109, also known as Sunset Ridge Road, which the county had maintained for nearly 40 years. The decision followed a statement from an attorney that maintaining the area would be a criminal act, as it is private property. This was the third […]
Tragedy trapped city in money-driven quagmire
It never should have taken this long. That was the unifying message delivered by Uvalde school district trustees who on July 21 joined in a unanimous vote to release the district’s extensive records surrounding the attack at Robb Elementary. And yet “taking too long” has been a sad refrain in our community’s three year journey from May 24, 2022. Who […]
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