Briscoe Animal Resource Center is seeking more volunteers to walk dogs in the program at Uvalde Memorial Park, which is near their headquarters at 127 S. Camp St. Volunteers typically need to be age 16 and up, or accompanied by an adult if younger. Background checks are typically required, and volunteers are asked to commit about two hours per week. […]
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Housing board meets March 18
Commissioners of the Uvalde Housing Authority and the directors of the Garner Field Property Management Corp. will meet on March 18 at the Uvalde Housing Authority Community Room, 1700 Garner Field Road, to discuss operational updates. Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. while the directors will meet at 6:15 p.m. Topics on the commissioners agenda include an update on the […]
County office delivers Panhandle fire donations
The Uvalde County Office of Emergency Management collected and delivered community donations to support efforts to address wildfires in the Texas Panhandle earlier this month. The office held a donation drive on Saturday, March 2, to collect items for firefighters and other first responders handling brush fires in the northernmost part of the state. Forrest Anderson, the county’s emergency management […]
Wilsons go on mission
Douglas Wilson is returning to a mission area in South America in which he first served in 1963 as a 19-year-old Arizonan. Wilson and his wife, Carol, left Texas last weekend on a flight to San Fernando, Argentina. The Wilsons, who are members in Uvalde of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are starting a two-year mission in […]
Eva Strong Memorial Run set March 16
An annual walk/run memorializing Robb Elementary teacher Eva Mireles is scheduled to kick off at 8 a.m. on March 16 in Uvalde’s downtown. Anyone who wishes to participate in the run must pre-register online. The Eva Strong Memorial 5K/10K run and one mile run/walk will begin in the 100 block of East Nopal Street. Mireles was among the 21 people […]