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The Republican and Democratic parties will each choose a candidate to appear on the November ballot to replace Ray Helm as Precinct 3 Constable following his withdrawal from the ballot.

Donations made to the expansion fund at the Wimberley Village Library will be matched dollar for dollar up to $5,000 in contributions beginning August 5th through the end of the year 2020.

High school sports are trying to adjust to life with restrictions related to COVID-19. That includes changes to every day procedures as well as changes to the schedule.

The EMS Duck Race down the Blanco River is one community event that is well attended and provides a lot of fun for the community. It also one way the Wimberley EMS can raise funds to provide for the latest life-saving equipment in their ambulances for the residents of the Wimberley Valley. But the pandemic put a quick halt to plans for 2020.

Hays County Parks and Open Space Advisory Commission (POSAC) Chair Scott Way presented 16 prospective projects for a November bond election to the Commissioners Court last week.

A new report of backlogged data for positive COVID-19 cases in Hays County has skewed the overall numbers this week significantly.

Constable Ray Helm has permanently surrendered his peace officer’s license and submitted his resignation while also admitting to investigators that he falsely reported training to the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement that he knew did not constitute training for TCOLE purposes. A TCOLE investigation says that Helm “fabricated” documents to “memorialize” the training session they say did not occur.

Sheriff Gary Cutler appeared before the Hays County Commissioner’s Court on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 to request that the new Hays County Sheriff’s Academy facility being built be named the “Allen Bridges Training Academy” to honor the late Sheriff Allen Bridges.

The Hays County Commissioners Court approved two lease agreements for a COVID-19 testing center and eventual vaccination site, as well as a related call center.

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller urged Texans to take extreme precaution if the mail brings mysterious seeds from China.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivered bleak but unsurprising news Monday: Because of the economic fallout triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the amount of general revenue available for the state’s current two-year budget is projected to be roughly $11.5 billion less than originally estimated. That puts the state on track to end the biennium, which runs through August 2021, with a deficit of nearly $4.6 billion, Hegar said.

The filing period for the Wimberley ISD Board of Trustees and Woodcreek City Council elections has opened. Potential candidates can apply until the August 17 deadline.

Empty shelves at the supermarket are not the only shortage in the pandemic. Homes are in short supply, too, according to the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.