🌱 How a $14.8M broadband grant could change Kerrville’s connectivity

Coffee in hand, Kerrville? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a $14.8M broadband grant could change Kerrville’s connectivity
• Why lawmakers quietly toured Camp Mystic near Kerrville this week

Also on today's calendar: Not Your Granny's Bingo and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Fog this morning, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 82, low: 68.
• Friday: A t-storm around in the a.m., with a high of 88 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

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📰 News we're reading

• Texas middle-mile program awards $113M in grants (telecompetitor.com) — Kerrville’s Public Utility Board just secured nearly $14.8 million to build 11 miles of new middle‑mile broadband infrastructure in Kerr County, part of a statewide $113 million grant package. This investment is expected to improve internet reliability, support emergency communications, and help make high‑speed service more affordable for local residents and businesses over time.
   

• State legislators tour Camp Mystic to learn more about deadly July 4 flash flood (expressnews.com) — State lawmakers investigating last summer’s deadly July 4 flash flood quietly toured Camp Mystic, the girls’ camp near Hunt about 18 miles from Kerrville where 27 people died. Multiple state agencies and the Texas Rangers are probing the camp’s actions, licensing, and flood response, and Camp Mystic’s riverfront site will remain closed this year while reports and lawsuits move forward.
   

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📸 Around Kerrville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kerrville

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Country Nights Open Mic at Gravity Check Saloon and Arena
  Gravity Check Saloon and Arena, 3979 Bandera Hwy, Kerrville
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Not Your Granny's Bingo
  Arcadia Live , 717 Water St , Kerrville
  6:00 pm
• THS Theatre - Sleeping Beauty
  Kerrville ISD Kerrville, TX 78028
  7:00 pm

Friday April 24

• After Hours at Turtle Creek Vineyard
  Turtle Creek Vineyard , 183 Fall Creek Rd , Kerrville
  5:00 pm
• Live music with Time Bandits Live
  Tailchasers Patio + Pub , 516 Jefferson St , Kerrville
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• VASE State Contest
  Kerrville ISD Kerrville, TX 78028
• Family Free Day at the Museum of Western Art
  The Museum of Western Art , 1550 Bandera Hwy , Kerrville
  10:00 am
• Taste of Soul
  Doyle Community Center , 110 W Barnett St , Kerrville
  12:00 pm

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📣 Kerrville Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Documentary Screening
  Schreiner University , 2100 Memorial Blvd , Kerrville
  10:00 am
• Friends of the Library Book Sale at Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library
  Butt-Holdsworth Library , 505 Water St , Kerrville
  11:00 am
• NHS Induction Ceremony
  INGRAM ISD Ingram, TX 78025
  6:00 pm

Friday April 24

• UIL Academic Regionals
  Abilene Christian University , 1600 Campus Ct , Abilene

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Kudos and many thanks to JD (David) Galvan over the past couple of weeks for taking down all these many dead trees and cleaning up the area.
  Such a blessing to see this hard worker do such a great job in a task that I’m no longer capable of doing. Planning on hiring him in the future for… (Nextdoor Tureau Hills)
• We just saw three horses running loose.
  We are on harville road running towards Derrick road. (Nextdoor Tureau Hills)

• H-E-B Grocery Company, LP posted a job opening for Kerrville 01 (Main St/Hays St) Bakery - Cake Decorator - Part time in Kerrville. Apply here.
• Schreiner University posted a job opening for Administrative Specialist for Dean of Faculty in Kerrville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kerrville here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ingram

• New power plant breaks ground in Garwood (coloradocountycitizen.com)
• Hill Country to lawmakers: Focus on Kerr County's 119, not just Camp Mystic (kxan.com)

Fredericksburg

• William Chris plans Fredericksburg tasting room. Here's when (mysanantonio.com)
• Flood Threat Increases Tonight From the Eastern Hill Country Into San Antonio and New Braunfels (texasstormchasers.com)
• Pope Refused To Declare War On 48ers (rosamondpress.com)

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Ok Kerrville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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