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The Kerrville City Council unanimously approved a resolution that notes its opposition to a rock and concrete operation that would be sited near three of the city's most important manufacturing operations. The proposed rock crushing would be located just south of Texas 27 and Al Mooney Road near the Kerrville-Kerr County Airport. It's also outside of the city limits and the only action the city can take is voicing its opposition to the plan.  What the resolution specified is that the city wants the plan to be more thoroughly reviewed.   Kerrville City Manager Mark McDaniel told the City Council that the city isn't exactly sure what impact the project would have on the air quality in the area, where manufacturers James Avery Artisan Jewelry, Fox Tank Company and the future site of Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing.  "We’ve got an area out there that’s very important to us," Kerrville Mayor Bill Blackburn said. "It creates some problems, especially for manufactur

Peterson Health said two people died Monday at Peterson Regional Medical Center from coronavirus, while Texas Health and Human Services confirmed a sixth person died last month at the Villagio of Kerrville — an assisted living center.  The death toll from coronavirus in Kerr County is now at 83 people, including 40 in the month of December. In the days after Christmas, there were 10 deaths of Kerr County residents. The death at the Villagio was on Dec. 29.  The only bit of good news when it came to the virus was that Peterson Regional Medical Center had 23 people hospitalized — the lowest count since Dec. 18.  On Tuesday, Peterson Health reported there were just 22 people positive for the virus — the lowest daily number since Dec. 30. In the first 12 days of January, 339 people have tested positive for the virus at Peterson Health. Tuesday's positivity rate was 16.9% — the lowest since Dec. 14.  At the Kerrville State Hospital, where three patients have died, there were 30 patients

Three more people who live in Kerr County are dead from the coronavirus, including another nursing home patient and a patient at the Kerrville State Hospital.  One of the deaths was reported by the Department of State Health Services on Sunday but was from Dec. 15. The death at River Hills Health and Rehabilitation, a nursing home, happened on Dec. 28. The coronavirus death toll in December is now estimated at 39 people, while the overall death toll is now at 79. There have been three deaths in 2021.  Since late September, 18 people have died in Kerrville nursing homes. Kerrville State Hospital had a patient die either Thursday or Friday of last week — the third death of a patient there.  On Monday, Peterson Health reported that there were 60 new COVID-19 cases from the weekend, while 30 people were hospitalized at Peterson Regional Medical Center. DSHS said that more than 2,700 people have tested positive for the virus, but that data is often delayed. The number of active cases in Ker

The Texas Department of State Health Services said that at least two more Kerr County residents have died from coronavirus, while Peterson Health reported hospitalized with the virus continues to stretch the capacity of Peterson Regional Medical Center. The deaths reported by the state are often from those residents who died in hospitals outside of Kerrville County — namely in Bexar County. One death happened Tuesday, while another appears to have happened on Dec. 19. The state also appears to have adjusted some dates of death, including confirming that at least four people died on Dec. 30.  With these two deaths, Kerr County has now had an estimated 76 residents die from COVID-19 during the pandemic. In December, an estimated 37 people died from the virus in Kerr County, but the accounting isn't finished. Reporting from the Texas Health and Human Services, which is counted separately of DSHS, and focuses on nursing and assisted living centers is delayed by two weeks.  On Friday, P

A coronavirus test that is used across Texas, including at mass testing events held in Kerr County, has one big problem — it has a risk of producing false negatives. The Food and Drug Administration said on Jan. 4 that the false negatives create a health care issue for those who could be positive for COVID-19. "Lack of monitoring of infected individuals and their household or other close contacts for symptoms resulting in an increased risk of spread of COVID-19 within the community, or other unintended adverse events," the FDA wrote. The agency said that health care providers should Consider retesting their patients using a different test if you suspect an inaccurate result was given recently by the Curative SARS-Cov-2 test. The FDA also said if testing was performed more than two weeks ago, and there is no reason to suspect a current SARS-CoV-2 infection, it is not necessary to retest. Curative was selected to replace the screening that was being performed by the Texas M

A Peterson Health respiratory therapist wears a fully contained breathing apparatus in order to treat patients with COVID-19 at the Kerrville hospital.  As Kerr County leaders, including those from Peterson Health, were hosting a community meeting about the coronavirus spread in the community, the state of Texas continued its grim reporting of COVID-19's impact by announcing two additional deaths of county residents.  The community meeting, which was hosted by the city of Kerrville, featured Peterson Health President and CEO Cory Edmondson making a plea to the community to wear masks and take precautions against contracting the virus, which has now stretched Peterson Regional Medical Center's capacity to care for those not infected with COVID-19.  Edmondson conceded that last month PRMC had a day when it had 36 patients admitted for COVID-19 — 40.9% of its capacity. That number had previously been unreported. Across the Texas Department of State Health Service's San Antonio

Peterson Regional Medical Center said Thursday it had a record number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 — nearing 40% of the hospital's total capacity.  The situation at Kerrville's lone hospital mirrored what was going on across the state and country as thousands of people are sickened by COVID-19. PRMC said it had 34 patients hospitalized — 38% of the hospital's capacity. On Thursday, Peterson said 38 people had tested positive but it was the fourth consecutive day where the hospital system reported positivity rates above 30%. In three days this week, Peterson has screened 404 people for COVID-19 with 132 testing positive for the virus — 32.6%.  At the Kerrville State Hospital, the number of patients sickened by the virus rose to 25, while staff members infected rose to 23.