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Hays County applies for over $400K in emergency response grants

Hays County could gain up to approximately $411,000 in state funding to support emergency and incident response through six grant applications. The grant applications were approved by the Hays County Commissioners Court during a March 10 meeting.

The full story: The Hays County Office of Emergency Services, Sheriff's Office and Fire Marshal's Office will submit grant applications to the Office of the Governor, Urban Area Security Initiative.

The grants would fund equipment purchases and expanded training opportunities, according to agenda documents, including:

  • Two isotope identifier backpacks designed to identify radiation
  • Six Level A HazMat suits designed to protect against Class 1 and 2 hazardous materials
  • Four utility vehicles designed to enhance incident response
  • The Criminal Interdiction Unit’s attendance at the 2027 National Interdiction Conference, a training and networking opportunity
  • Training for all members of the drone unit, helping to improve response times, enhance collaborative efforts and better practical skill application
  • The Reid Technique of Investigative Interviewing and Advanced Interrogation Techniques, Forensic Technician and Forensic Photography 1 Fire Marshal's Office training
 
Coming Soon
JuiceLand to open in former Inta Juice Kyle spot March 26

The first Kyle location of Austin-based juice and smoothie shop JuiceLand will open later this month, a representative of the business confirmed to Community Impact. 

About the business: Founded by Matt Shook, the first JuiceLand opened in Austin in 2011. The business has grown to more than 55 locations across Austin, Dallas and Houston. 

On the menu: JuiceLand's menu includes a variety of smoothies, juices, lattes, wellness shots, matcha, as well as muffins, oatmeal, pudding, wraps and sandwiches. 

Remember this? JuiceLand will open in a space formerly home to Inta Juice, which closed Nov. 10, 2024.

  • Opening March 26
  • 5401 FM 1626, Ste. 185, Kyle
 

YOUR WEEKEND TO-DO LIST

Check out these weekend events across the metro area.

Kaleidospoke

Round Rock Express Fan Fest

March 20, 7-9:30 p.m.
Cedar Park

March 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Round Rock

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Main Street Spring Market

Spring Plant & Tree Sale

March 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; March 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Bastrop

March 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Buda

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Texas families now have until March 31 to apply for education savings accounts, judge rules

Texas families now have an additional two weeks to apply for the state’s new education savings account program, a Houston federal judge ruled March 17.

What's happening: U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ordered the state comptroller’s office to extend the application deadline to March 31 over concerns that no Islamic private schools had been greenlit to accept state ESA funds. In two lawsuits filed in early March, four Muslim parents said they felt deterred from applying for education savings accounts because the Islamic schools they send their children to were not among the 2,200 schools authorized to participate in the program.

Parents previously had until 11:59 p.m. March 17 to apply for the program.

Latest update: In a March 17 news release, the comptroller’s office confirmed that applications would be accepted through March 31 in compliance with the judge’s order.

Over 229,000 students had applied for the $1 billion program as of March 17, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said. The state will use a need- and income-based lottery system to determine who is accepted.

 

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