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Plans for a $1.25 million flood warning siren system are a welcome step in helping to alert Uvalde County residents and visiting tourists about an impending disaster. Funding for the venture will come entirely from the state via the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). The Texas Legislature last year approved $50 million in disaster preparedness grants for 30 counties — […]
Viewpoint/Editorial
Letter to the editor: March 29, 2026
Roadside kindness In a world that we often hear of bad things. I would like to share about a gentleman from Uvalde that showed kindness to a stranger. On Feb. 15, I was traveling alone on Interstate 20 when I had a flat tire. I pulled off the interstate to a convenient store parking lot. I was there for well […]
10 Years ago: Small fraction of city streets repaired
10 years ago Thursday, March 24, 2016 Parks and altercations – A 28-year old man was stabbed multiple times on Sunday in an early morning attack at Jardín de los Héroes park. The incident, which comes just days after three juveniles were robbed at gunpoint at Uvalde Memorial Park, occurred when David Castro was attacked by multiple unidentified men who […]
Jack Molloy’s got your number!
At age 94, Uvalde resident Jack Molloy’s memory is phenomenal. He has been retired from the Uvalde Post Office for over 40 years, but, if you lived in Uvalde between the early 1950s and the early 1980s, he can still recite your post office box number or your street address. I recently mentioned my friend Mona Booker to him and […]
Pastor’s Column: Crucifixion signified beginning, not the end
Readings: Mt 21:1-11, Is 50:4-7, Ps 22, Phil:2-6-11, Mt 26:14-27:66 The crowds preceding him and those following kept crying out and saying: ‘Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.’” Palm Sunday begins Holy Week with the procession with palms in remembrance of Christ’s triumphal entrance into […]
Remember When: UCAD scrambling to right taxing error
10 Years ago Thursday, March 17, 2016 UCAD scrambling to right taxing error – As plans were discussed Tuesday evening to correct a $210 million property valuation difference between the state’s calculations and those of Uvalde County Appraisal District, Albert Mireles, chief appraiser, announced that he plans to retire by the end of the month. … Mireles, who took the […]
Pastor’s Column: Exchanging broken pieces of life
One of the things I have discovered that God loves to do is restore or redeem things in our lives. No matter how bad things look or how much you have lost, God is standing right beside you orchestrating redemption just for you. What is redemption? The dictionary says it is: “to compensate for the faults or bad aspects of […]
Editorial: Don’t miss museum’s new look, exhibits
If you think you know the Briscoe-Garner Museum, chances are you don’t. A whole new space called the Kate Marmion Gallery now occupies a portion of the ground floor, and the Cactus Jack of Texas exhibit has been refreshed in a most appealing way. The first installment in the Kate Marmion Gallery, which will rotate every six months, is part […]
EDITORIAL: DPS still dodging failures at Robb
It took more than two years to see an indictment in the botched Robb school shooting response, and now we learn that forcing the Texas Department of Public Safety to release its voluminous records of the tragedy could hamstring future indictments. That is the ludicrous message projected by last week’s appellate court decision to reverse an earlier trial court ruling […]
Editorial: Power line project a negative for region
Today’s newspaper includes a public notice spanning an unprecedented 12 pages. The document describes in intricate detail proposed routes for a massive 765-kV power transmission line that would cross our region on its 370-mile journey from San Antonio to near Fort Stockton. The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved the Howard-Solstice Transmission Line Project in April 2025. It is one […]
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