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Bandera County remained free of any confirmed coronavirus cases for another week and from any additional restrictions on the movement of residents and the operation of businesses other than those imposed almost two weeks ago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as the caseload of the deadly virus grew.
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Bandera Nursing & Rehabilitation center resident Vicki Torres, in foreground in photo at left, looks out the window at her granddaughter Mackenzie and other families who had come to visit her but had to do so outside the facility because of new safeguards implemented in nursing centers because of the coronavirus outbreak. In photo above, resident George Huth uses a tablet computer the center has to keep in contact with his sister during the health emergency. Rehab officials said they are taking extra steps to keep residents and their families in touch during the difficult times created by the coronavirus. COURTESY PHOTOS
Read moreThough no emergency regulations require them to, several RV park owners in Bandera have closed off their parks to new tenants and are not taking reservations for the next few months to keep their current tenants safe and to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
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Silver Sage has expanded its senior services in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic that threatens older people more often than the young, officials said.
Read moreComparing things from back in the day to my current lifestyle reveals some major changes as you would expect. Even in my wildest fantasies during childhood, I could not have imagined some such things.
Read moreOfficials with the Medina Community Library has acquired iPad tablet computers thanks to a grant from the Bandera Electric Cooperative Charitable Foundation that were checked out to Medina Independent School District students who needed them for their schoolwork while classes have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Read moreIn an abundance of caution, the Bandera County Public Library has made the difficult decision to close to the public.
Read moreKeep America Beautiful, a nationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to beautifying and improving communities, presented Keep Utopia Beautiful with its 2019 President’s Circle Award at the Keep America Beautiful 2020 National Conference earlier this year in Memphis, Tennessee.
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