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Kerr County first tried to secure $1 million for a flood warning system in 2017, but could not. Could such a system have ...
The Texas Legislature is scheduled to convene Monday for a special session, which now includes flood-related issues.
After flash floods swept through central Texas in July 2025, people online searched for reasons why the disaster was so ...
Texas legislators on Wednesday lambasted a local river authority for a decision last year not to move ahead with pursuing a ...
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to ...
Officials balked at the cost for installing a siren warning system and the potential for sirens to blare in the middle of the ...
Kerr County authorities discussed warning systems at least 20 times since 1987 At least 110 people have died in the catastrophic flooding in Texas.
A Kerrville-area river authority executed a contract for a flood warning system that would have been used to help with emergency response, local officials said.
Former Kerr County Commissioner Tom Moser said in 2016 their flood warning system was "marginal at best." Still, the county couldn't get grants for sirens.
In the last nine years, federal funding for a system has been denied to the county as it contends with a tax base hostile to government overspending.
Leaders in Kerr County are facing major questions about a flood warning system that was discussed but never built.
Kerr County and the Upper Guadalupe River Authority have tried several times to get funding to upgrade flood alerts on the ...