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 government overspending.

A newly surfaced video shows Kerr County commissioners and residents in 2021 delaying over $10 million in federal funds —dismissing it as "Biden money"—that could have been used for critical infrastructure upgrades. The decision is now under fire after the destructive July 4 Texas floods exposed weaknesses in the county's emergency systems.

As the search and recovery continues in Kerry County, the issue of emergency sirens have become a focus both locally and across teas.

An expert highlights a "point of failure" in Kerr County's emergency alerts during the flood. HOUSTON — Disaster and risk communications scholar Jeannette Sutton created The Warn Room to help first responder agencies improve emergency warnings and alerts one message at a time.

Dr. Christina Propst, a Houston pediatrician, was fired after recent comments over the deadly Texas Hill Country floods.

The way Central Texans rushed to each other's aid over the Fourth of July weekend conjured memories of Hurricane Harvey for Donnie Mosher, a Houston man who had traveled to Kerr County to look for a home.