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Did politics delay approval of Kerr County life-saving infrastructure?
A newly surfaced video shows Kerr County commissioners and residents in 2021 delaying over $10 million in federal funds ...
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Did fiscal conservatism block plans for a new flood warning system in Kerr County?
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 ...
FEMA records show Kerr County didn't alert all cellphones as flooding began
FEMA records show Kerr County officials did not use FEMA’s system to send warnings to phones in the critical hours as the ...
Kerr County officials waited 90 minutes to send emergency alert after requested, dispatch audio shows
At a Wednesday morning press conference, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha declined to answer a question about delayed ...
One week later: At least 103 dead in Kerr County, Trump visits to see devastation
Historic Texas flood leaves 161 missing and 96 dead. Rescuers battle harsh conditions, as communities grapple with heartache ...
Petition pushing for installment of warning sirens in Kerr County gains 35,000 signatures
Over 35,000 signed a petition urging Kerr County to install flood warning sirens after flash flooding killed at least 100 ...
Former Kerr County official shares what first responders were seeing in first hours of flooding
New audio reveals what Kerr County first responders were hearing and acting on during the critical first few hours of the ...
The Same Texas County Hit by Catastrophic Flooding Over the July Fourth Weekend Dealt with a Deadly Flooding Disaster in 1987
The same region of Texas that experienced catastrophic, deadly flooding over the Fourth of July weekend also experienced ...