The Kerr County Courthouse is closed to the public for the foreseeable future after floodwater severely damaged its lower level, according to a news release.
William B. “Dub” Thomas is set to retire after 11 years as Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator.
Kerr County released thousands of pages of texts and emails on Tuesday afternoon detailing officials’ response during the catastrophic July 4 floods in the Hill Country.
Hundreds of newly released messages add more detail to the devastating timeline of the deadly floods.
Kerr County Commissioners Court met on Monday to discuss continued flood recovery efforts and several community items.
The Kerr County Commissioners’ Court unanimously approved a motion on Monday to reappoint the President and Treasurer of the county’s Emergency Services District (ESD) #4.
The Kerr County Commissioners’ Court approved its new budget and lowered the property tax rate, capping off a prolonged debate following deadly flooding in July.
Ongoing cleanup from deadly July 4 flooding and a looming vote to adopt a proposed budget were topics of conversation during a short Kerr County commissioners meeting Tuesday morning.
Kerr County is moving forward with a multi-phase flood warning system designed to provide life-saving alerts to residents in flood-prone areas of the Hill Country.
The Kerr County Commissioners Court discussed the 2025-26 proposed budget and tax rate during a Wednesday afternoon workshop meeting.
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said during a Monday commissioners’ court meeting that he wants the county to dip into its savings to avoid raising the tax rate.
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said during a Monday commissioners’ court meeting that he wants the county to dip into its savings to avoid raising the tax rate.
Kerr County released its first proposed budget Friday, following concerns over potential property tax increases.
Kerrville emergency management coordinator Jerremy Hughes put in retirement paperwork two days before the deadly and catastrophic Fourth of July flood, according to the city.
Property tax rates were just one of the topics discussed at the Kerr County Commissioners Court meeting on Monday morning, which happened to fall one month after the devastating Hill Country floods.
In the aftermath of the Guadalupe River flood that ravaged the Hill Country on July 4, claiming over 100 lives in Kerr County, questions are still mounting about the timeline of how local officials prepared and responded to the catastrophe.
The five-year-old plan, required by the state, detailed when additional monitoring was to take place and who was responsible for alerting the public to evacuate.
As catastrophic floods on the Fourth of July swept through the Texas Hill Country, killing more than 100 people, one Kerr County official told lawmakers he was at the lake while another said he was sick in bed.
Two top leaders in a rural Texas county were asleep and a third was out of town in the initial hours of a catastrophic flood that caused widespread destruction and killed more than 130 people.
Officials discussed several flood-related topics at the Kerr County Commissioners’ Court meeting on Monday.
Only one girl from Camp Mystic and one adult male remain missing more than two weeks after the deadly Hill Country floods, Gov. Greg Abbott said on social media Tuesday.
Some leaders said they are not prepared to raise taxes for what costs “might” be around the corner as Kerr County rebuilds from the Hill Country floods.
Kerr County officials addressed the Fourth of July floods that killed dozens of people during a commissioners’ court meeting on Monday morning.
On Monday, the Kerr County Commissioners Court unanimously approved Tax Assessor-Collector Bob Reeves to calculate an adjusted “voter-approval tax rate."
The Kerr County Commissioners Court discussed installing early warning sirens as early as 2015, after a deadly flood on Memorial Day. To date, it still has not done so.
Texas police described some of the harrowing rescues they conducted after flash floods engulfed camps and homes in the state's Hill Country.
Officials in Texas are facing questions about whether they did enough to get people out of harm’s way before a flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River and killed at least 120 people, including more than two dozen children and counselors at an all-girls Christian camp.
In the days after the devastating flood that killed dozens in Central Texas, local officials have deflected direct questions about preparations and warnings in advance of the storm that struck July Fourth.
As families and search crews sift through debris, mangled trees and toppled vehicles in Kerr County after the catastrophic Fourth of July flooding, authorities are facing growing questions about whether enough warnings were issued.
The death toll from flash floods that raged through central Texas has risen to 82 after searchers found more bodies.
Hours before a massive wall of floodwater barreled down a river in the heart of Texas Hill Country before sunrise on Friday, forecasters with the National Weather Service warned people that dangerous conditions were brewing.
Devastating flash floods from a storm that pounded central Texas have killed at least 51 people.
At least 25 people are dead and several others remain unaccounted for after flooding in the Texas Hill Country early Friday, the start of a busy Fourth of July weekend.
Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly has issued a disaster declaration ahead of the total solar eclipse on April 8 in anticipation of impacted local resources and an influx of visitors to the area.
