In Texas, diesel is up from $5.6683 yesterday, more than 5% from a week ago ($5.4868) and nearly 17% from a month ago ($4.9293). It's up 79% from a year ago, when the state average was $3.2224.
The goal is to remove and sort bagged trash and construction, metal and wood debris while leaving organic material in place for now, pending an evaluation of what should stay to stabilize the riverbanks and support new plant growth.
This year's beneficiaries are Kerr First Responder Alliance of Counseling (Kerr FRAC), Blind Faith Foundation, Courage Beyond Combat, Hill Country Crisis Council and Pregnancy Resource Center.
Friday brings three separate ways to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, alongside a midweek event tied to Kerrville's own flood recovery.
First-year coach Keith Allen didn't sugarcoat his team's first outing. Asked what went well, he said: "We scored more points than the opposing team." Asked what didn't: "Everything else. We've got to clean up a lot of stuff."
Statewide, regular gasoline is up from $2.77 a gallon a year ago — an increase of nearly 33%. Nationally, the trend looks similar. AAA's national average stood at $4.14 a gallon this week, up from $3.19 a gallon a year ago, a jump of about 30%.
The Mountaineers open the season at 6 p.m. Saturday against Austin College at Antler Stadium, the first of five home dates this fall under a new agreement that lets Schreiner share Kerrville ISD's stadium with Tivy High School.
One commissioner said they'd gone into the meeting skeptical about putting a truck stop at one of the city's main entry points, but came away impressed after reviewing the company's site plan and existing locations, calling it a well-designed property.
The obvious question locally: does this have anything to do with the flooding that hit Kerrville and the rest of the Hill Country in July?
The commission meets at 4 p.m. at City Hall. The only public hearing item on the agenda is Case PZ-2026-16, a bundle of three conditional use permits covering roughly 12.57 acres on Sidney Baker Street, on and around the site of a former Exxon station.
