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Briscoe Animal Resource Center seeks dog walkers

Resident canines hope for forever homes


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. […]

McLaughlin says police should not have been ‘exonerated’



Former Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin Jr., who called for an investigation of the entire police department following the attack on Robb Elementary, said last week’s report from Jesse Prado “did not do what it was intended to do.” “You don’t exonerate anyone that day because there was failure all around. You have to take the criticism and if people need […]

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 […]

Cross camping outside PD until officers fired


“I’ll sit here as long as it takes,” Cross said on March 13. “I demand justice.”

Community members call for action after Prado report

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This was the first city meeting since the March 7 release of a report that exonerated all Uvalde Police Department officers that responded to the shooting.

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 […]

American Express, Main Street small business grants opening

Grant doubles to $10,000 this year

American Express and Main Street America are offering qualifying small businesses a chance to obtain a $10,000 grant. The application period will open at 9 a.m. on March 14 and close by 11:59 p.m. on April 7, or once 5,000 applications have been submitted. A webinar on the process is set March 13 at 11 a.m. which offers an application […]

Nolasco, Arnim face May 28 runoff for sheriff post



Yeackle, Kothmann win commissioner spots in Republican primary A runoff is set May 28 between incumbent Ruben Nolasco and challenger Otto Arnim for Uvalde County Sheriff because none of four Republican primary candidates secured more than 50 percent of the vote. The low voter turnout dismayed two sheriff’s office candidates. About 27.42 percent of the 17,554 registered voters participated in […]


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