[caption id="attachment_63561" align="aligncenter" width="1071"] Acting Uvalde County Judge Jerry W. Bates proclaims Aug. 2-8 as National Health Center Week, bestowing the framed proclamation to Community Health Development Inc. representatives (from left) Marcella Arias, Hanna Case and Eloisa R. Medina. Arias and Medina are community health workers, and Case is community relations manager. Bates recognized CHDI...... READ MORE >
Families with elementary-age children can pick up free school supplies July 28 at Legacy Elementary during Endeavors’ fourth-annual Supplies-for-Success event. The drive-through distribution is scheduled from 5:30 p.m. until supplies run out at the school, 820 E. Leona St. The event is open to Uvalde students entering pre-K through fifth grade. Children must be present to receive school supplies, and... READ MORE >
The Uvalde Coyotes have been projected to finish fourth in the District 14-4A Division 1 football race this season. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine, one of the premier publications for Texas high school, college, and professional football, lists the Coyotes fourth in the seven-team district race. “We are excited about the new season,” said Uvalde High School head coach Wade... READ MORE >
The final two youth sports summer camps sponsored by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District are scheduled for July 28-30. At the Uvalde High School soccer field, the youth football camp will be conducted, while UHS’s Harvey Kinchlow Gym will be the site for the youth volleyball camp. Football camp will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. daily. Camp... READ MORE >
Uvalde High School tennis players will kick off the 2026-27 school year with pre-season team tennis practice this week. Beginning on July 27, two-a-day practices will run from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The first match of the team tennis regular season will be on July 31 at the Terri Rambie Tennis Complex.... READ MORE >
Even as their own homes were filling with feet of water, Uvalde’s volunteer firefighters responded to countless calls on 30 hour shifts last week, rescuing hundreds of stranded residents from July’s devastating floods. Third assistant chief Mac McLaughlin said the team’s mutual trust kept them going. “Everyone has been around each other so long. We know our capabilities, we know... READ MORE >
Floodwaters washed away the caliche surface on nearly all 172 miles of the county’s caliche roads, leaving only about three miles that do not need to be resurfaced, road administrator Dee Kirkpatrick said July 21. “Just about all of them are gone. As in, I think there’s three miles that doesn’t need to be repaved with caliche,” Kirkpatrick said. He... READ MORE >
As floodwaters receded across Uvalde County last week, they left behind washed-out fences, waterlogged fields and an unknown number of missing livestock, poultry and companion animals. After dealing with years of drought and a renewed bout with New World screwworm, area producers along the Leona, Frio and Nueces rivers are beginning the process of assessing damage to crops, agricultural infrastructure... READ MORE >
More than 11 inches of rain had fallen in downtown Uvalde by July 16, pushing the Leona River over its banks near Memorial Park, flooding residential streets and dividing the city with road closures. The July 2026 storms ranked third highest in more than 100 years of rain tallies. By comparison, rainfall for the entire year was 13.04 inches in... READ MORE >
Uvalde City Council unanimously voted July 23 to apply for a temporary alternative landfill site, or as they like to call it, “plan B,” pressured by an increasing need for landfill space to help flood-impacted residents and the landfill’s estimated six-year lifespan. “What people don’t see, or don’t understand or don’t realize is that a landfill only has so many... READ MORE >
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