Hays County

Si bien la mayoría de los residentes del condado han recobrado el servicio eléctrico, muchos no tienen agua todavía.

While most residents in the county have their power back, many are still without water.

The H.O.M.E Center raised more than $25,000 in a week to help people during the severe winter weather.

County Judge Ruben Becerra and the mayors of San Marcos and Buda issued local disaster declarations over the weekend that are in effect for seven days or until the winter weather conditions no longer exist.

Qualified Hays County residents can register for appointments starting Friday at noon. Officials are working to make the process more accessible, especially for older residents and people without internet access.

For decades, the school was represented by a rebel mascot, a symbol school board members retired last year for its racist past.

The nearly 2,000 doses of vaccine that arrived Friday were the first major shipment sent to the Hays County Health Department in the weeks since the vaccine rollout began.

The Hays County Health Department will be given almost 2,000 doses from the state. Officials have promised a registration portal will go live once the county gets the shipment.

County officials hosted a Facebook Live on Friday to answer all too familiar questions and concerns about where to get a COVID-19 vaccine. But the county still maintains that without more vaccine from the state, there's not much they can do.

San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson won with 66% of the vote, and Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell won with 55% of the vote.