In early October, Uvalde High School students nominated king candidates Rylan Diaz, Reilly Mize and Fermin Barboza and queen candidates Andrea Perez, Nixon Havelka and Mialanie Garza to represent the senior class. For more information on Barboza and Perez, the students chosen as 2023 king and queen, please see the story on Page 1. Two students from the junior, sophomore... READ MORE >
Six Uvalde volunteer firefighters spent last weekend sifting through 40 mph waters and simulating underwater rescues, fire chief Mario Rangel said. During the weekend of Oct. 21-22, members of the Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department traveled three hours northeast to attend a swift water rescue training hosted by the Flood Rescue Academy in Georgetown. Training, which was performed in an indoor... READ MORE >
Knippa school trustees unanimously voted Oct. 19 to establish a district police force and a six-man football team. They also allocated votes between two of three candidates for the Uvalde County Appraisal District board of directors. The district must now apply for department approval from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to formalize the move toward establishing a police force,... READ MORE >
The 42nd-annual Hunter’s Roundup, presented by the Uvalde Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held Nov. 3-4 at the Uvalde County Fairplex, 215 Veterans Lane. For the first time it will be a two-day event, incorporating a Champions Barbecue Alliance sanctioned cook-off with a guaranteed $15,000 payout. The roundup will kick off Nov. 3 at 5 p.m. and is expected... READ MORE >
City staff is asking over two dozen short term rental property owners to comply with city rules after estimating the city is losing about $80,000 per year from non-payment of the city’s 7 percent hotel occupancy tax. City finance director Felix Castillo said Oct. 24 the city built a portal to make the process easy, but no one owning a... READ MORE >
Two of six Uvalde High School seniors will be named homecoming king and queen when the Coyotes take on the Minutemen this Friday evening. Earlier this month, local high school students nominated king candidates Rylan Diaz, Reilly Mize and Fermin Barboza and queen candidates Andrea Perez, Nixon Havelka and Mialanie Garza to represent the senior class. Two seniors from the... READ MORE >
Uvalde County Appraisal District directors were deadlocked in a 2-2 vote last week over chief appraiser Roberto Valdez’s employment contract, which expires in September of 2024. After a 76-minute closed session discussion on Tuesday, Oct. 17, directors pushed the issue to the Nov. 14 meeting, at which point they hope to again have a fifth member on the board. Bruce... READ MORE >
Southwest Texas Junior College trustees cast even votes among three candidates running for Javier Flores’s spot on the Uvalde County Appraisal District’s board during their Oct. 21 meeting. In the separate election to fill regular term seats on the board, trustees cast all 207 of their votes in favor of college board member Tony Moreno. Four total seats are opening... READ MORE >
Uvalde County Commissioners appointed Diana Olvedo-Karau as early voting ballot board judge on Oct. 23, the first day of early voting for the Nov. 7 election. This was the fifth time the matter of approving election judges has appeared before county officials. On Oct. 10, commissioners appointed Emma Trimble to the spot, but Trimble later declined to serve. Commissioners expressed... READ MORE >
Gabby Giffords, former U.S. Representative from Arizona and a leading voice in gun violence prevention, visited Uvalde on Oct. 23 to honor the victims of the May 24 tragedy at Robb Elementary and discuss challenges facing the Uvalde community in the shooting’s aftermath. Giffords, the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona State Senate, was shot in the head in... READ MORE >
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