NEWS RELEASE

Aransas County Courthouse ● 2840 Hwy 35 N ● Rockport, TX, 78382 ELEVATED RABIES NUMBERS IN THE REGION Friday July 28, 2023 – The Texas Department of State Health Services contacted officials in Aransas County today to share information about an uptick in rabies cases in the region. Ten skunks and one fox from Mission Read More …

REGISTRO PARA ASISTENCIA DE EMERGENCIA DEL ESTADO DE TEXAS (STEAR)

El estado de Texas ofrece a los texanos la opción de inscribirse en el programa STEAR, un registro GRATIS que proporciona al personal local de emergencia y planificación información relacionada con las necesidades que usted tenga durante una emergencia. ¿Quién debe inscribirse? Personas con discapacidades Personas médicamente frágil Personas con necesidades funcionales y deacceso: Personas Read More …

State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR)

The State of Texas offers the option to register with the STEAR program, a free registry that provides local emergency management planners and responders with information related to your needs during an emergency. Who Should Register? People with disabilities People who are medically fragile People with functional needs such as: Limited mobility Communication barriers Require Read More …

Holiday Pet Food Drive

IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE THE DOGS AND CATS OF ARANSAS COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL WOULD LOVE TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS BUT THEY HAVEN’T FOUND A FOREVER FAMILY JUST YET, SO THE STAFF AT THE SHELTER PROVIDES THEM WITH A SPECIAL HOLIDAY DINNER. ITEMS TO CONSIDER DONATING: CANNED FOOD, DRY FOOD, CAT LITTER, DOG/CAT Read More …

Disaster Assistance – SEVERE WINTER STORMS; ASISTENCIA PARA DESASTRE – TORMENTAS INVERNALES SEVERAS

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering low-interest disaster loans to non-farm businesses of all sizes, private nonprofits, homeowners and renters in the Texas counties of Anderson, Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Cherokee, Collin, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Read More …

PROCLAMATION DISASTER DECLARATION ORDER PROCLAMATION ORDER #PO-2021-02

WHEREAS, Greg Abbott, Governor of the State of Texas, certified on the 12th day of February 2021 “that severe winter weather poses an imminent threat of widespread and severe property damage, injury, and loss of life due to prolonged freezing temperatures, heavy snow, and freezing rain statewide” and declared a state of disaster in all Read More …

COVID-19 VACCINE CLINIC SUCCESSFUL; NEW VACCINATION WAITLIST IMPLEMENTED

Due to the efforts by community leaders and elected officials, the Rockport-Fulton community was able to get 300 vaccines to test the area’s ability to successfully host a COVID-19 vaccine drive-through event in Aransas County on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. DSHS Public Health Region 11 Medical Director and staff were present to monitor how our Read More …

Texas GLO releases State Action Plan outlining allocations for $5.024 billion in housing recovery disaster funds

  Texas GLO releases State Action Plan outlining allocations for $5.024 billion in housing recovery disaster funds Action Plan available for review at http://www.glo.texas.gov/recovery/reports/action-plans/index.html   AUSTIN – Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the release of the State Action Plan detailing the distribution and eligible uses of $5.024 billion in Community Development Block Read More …