Marisa Charpentier
Digital ProducerMarisa Charpentier joined KUT as a digital producer in January 2020. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin with degrees in journalism and Plan II Honors in 2018, she worked as a reporter for Community Impact Newspaper, covering the Central Texas communities of Cedar Park and Leander.
She is originally from St. Louis but grew up in Flower Mound, Texas. You can email her at mcharpentier@kut.org.
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Whether or not you’ve been vaccinated, health officials encourage anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 (fever, cough or loss of smell or taste, for example) to get tested. -
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a new order Thursday that effectively voids all his previous COVID-related executive orders and combines some of them into one. The main takeaway: The state and local governments can’t require masks or vaccines.
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As COVID-19 vaccine rates wane, the state is partnering with Texas A&M to provide grants to organizations across the state working to educate the public on vaccines.
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El departamento de salud pública de Austin volvió a subir el indicador de riesgo, apenas a una semana de elevarlo a nivel 3. La agencia recomienda que todos — vacunados o no — vuelvan a usar máscaras o cubrebocas en cuando estén en sitios cerrados.
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Hospitals in Central Texas are seeing an “incredible increase” in the number of people being hospitalized for COVID-19 and placed in ICUs, officials said Friday.
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The Williamson County and Cities Health District is now recommending people — regardless of vaccination status— wear a mask in public, keep 6 feet apart from others they don’t live with and avoid crowds.
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La oficina del médico forense del condado de Travis publicó sus hallazgos finales sobre las muertes que ocurrieron durante la helada de febrero. Esto es lo que encontró.
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The site is a revamped version of Austin's iconic Castle Hill graffiti park that closed in 2019. Construction crews have been taking down the park walls over the last few weeks.
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San José II es un cementerio poco conocido que hoy en día se encuentra cubierto por follaje y escombros. Desde lejos, parece abandonado. Pero hay un grupo que quiere recuperar su historia.
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The Travis County Medical Examiner's office on Wednesday released its final rundown of the deaths it investigated during February's winter storm. Here's what it found.
