The first fatality related the COVID 19 pandemic has been confirmed in Bandera, and a second fatality could be added to the toll soon, emergency response officials said this week. Bandera County Emergency Management Coordinator Carey Reed said the most recent report from Region 8 of the Texas Department of State Health Services on Monday, Aug. 10, said Bandera County had reported one death from the pandemic, 52-year-old Darren Dugosh from the Lakehills area who owned a metal structure construction business with his wife. He died on July 20, but his passing was not counted in the Region 8 COVID-19 case count ...