San Antonio Texas News

This is the sixth in an occasional series exploring Texas locales near and far that offer uncommon sights and experiences. In the days before Hurricane Harvey wreaked coastal devastation, the chief symbol of Rockport’s staying power would have been the Big Tree, a live oak anchored on sandy soil near the coast for an estimated 1,000 years or more. Five years on from Harvey, that symbol might now be the Rockport Center for the Arts, an…

Firefighters worked Thursday to fully contain two intense wildfires that have burned at least 2,200 acres in the Hill Country this week. Amid the summer’s record heat and dry conditions making vegetation ready fuel, fire crews outside of Fredericksburg continued to battle the Big Sky Fire, a blaze that has scorched 1,400 acres and which was about halfway contained Thursday afternoon, while crews outside of Blanco contended with the Smoke Rider Fire, a blaze at…

Enchanted Rock State Park and Perdenales State Park both announced they were closed Wednesday due to wild fires in close proximity.  Crews are responding to multiple wildfires in the Hill Country area. The “Smoke Rider Fire” in Hays County is estimated at around 800 acres and is 30% contained, as of Wednesday morning.  The forest service also reported a fire burning northeast of Fredericksburg on Tuesday afternoon off of Eckert Road, near Big Sky Drive…

Enchanted Rock State Park and Perdenales State Park both announced they were closed Wednesday due to wild fires in close proximity.  Crews are responding to multiple wildfires in the Hill Country area. The “Smoke Rider Fire” in Hays County is estimated at around 800 acres and is 30% contained, as of Wednesday morning.  The forest service also reported a fire burning northeast of Fredericksburg on Tuesday afternoon off of Eckert Road, near Big Sky Drive…

Enchanted Rock State Park and Perdenales State Park both announced they were closed Wednesday due to wild fires in close proximity.  Crews are responding to multiple wildfires in the Hill Country area. The “Smoke Rider Fire” in Hays County is estimated at around 800 acres and is 30% contained, as of Wednesday morning.  The forest service also reported a fire burning northeast of Fredericksburg on Tuesday afternoon off of Eckert Road, near Big Sky Drive…

Enchanted Rock State National Area closed on Wednesday, August 3 due to the Big Sky Fire.  Enchanted Rock State National Area A massive 1,400-acre wildfire called “Big Sky Fire” caused the temporary closure of one of San Antonio’s most popular area state parks, Enchanted Rock State National Area. The large wildfire is burning north of Fredericksburg in Gillespie County, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.  The Fredericksburg natural area posted about its closure on…

The fire is now 50% contained in Gillespie County. Priscilla Aguirre Aug. 3, 2022Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 9:07 a.m. Enchanted Rock State National Area closed on Wednesday, August 3 due to the Big Sky Fire.  Enchanted Rock State National Area Update as of 9 a.m., Thursday, August 4: Enchanted Rock, the site of a large wildfire, has reopened. No extra details were given about the state of the wildfire. However, park visitors are encouraged to do…

Critical fire danger and widespread drought conditions have resulted in multiple wildfires continuing to burn across Texas this week, according to officials. Here’s what we know so far about the wildfires in Texas as of Wednesday, July 20. According to Texas A&M Forest Service, the areas of concern include the eastern Rolling Plains, Cross Timbers, Central Texas, North Texas near the Waco and Dallas-Fort Worth areas, and south along the I-35 corridor near the Capital…

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has closed a state park due to the massive wildfire in Palo Pino County. Officials announced on social media how Dinosaur Valley State Park is now closed as of Tuesday, July 19. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the destructive fire in Palo Pinto County has burned more than 500 acres and reportedly destroyed at least eight homes. As of Tuesday morning, 10% of the fire has been…

Two brothers, who were both members of the Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire Department (MCVFD), died on their way back from fighting a wildfire in Lockhart on Monday afternoon, June 20. Around 2 p.m., Assistant Fire Chief Jonathon Coco, 25, and firefighter Hunter Coco, 20, were driving a brush truck back to the firehouse when their vehicle rolled over on Hwy. 20 near San Jacinto Boulevard in Lockhart. MCVFD spokesperson Samantha Lucas says a driver failed…

On an evening in October 1998, a police sergeant pounded on the door of my family’s home. I watched as he issued an urgent request to my father to use our canoe. The policeman explained there had been a disaster in our city, and there were people who needed to be saved.  I watched as my family’s red Old Town canoe was marched to a convoy of flashing lights and pick-up trucks. Away the heroes…

The massive tornado blew across the highway in dramatic video posted on social media.  Warren Faidley/Getty Images Storms rolled into San Antonio and most of Texas on Monday, May 23, as a cold front blew its way into the Lone Star State. The severe storms also brought what weather officials are calling a super tornado to Morton, a small town west of Lubbock, and one storm chaser caught it on camera. The storm chaser, Chad…

TxDOT held an event on Tuesday, May 17, at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio to celebrate the campaign’s 20-year anniversary, while an event featuring Leon was held in Austin a day earlier. A TxDOT news release claims 6,972 people have been saved by seat belts since “Click It or Ticket” began. 16-year-old Riley Leon shares his story of how a seatbelt saved his life when a tornado rolled his pickup….

Rain stock photo Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61 The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Val Verde County through 10 p.m. Sunday. The risk of strong to severe storms has expanded farther east into the Austin metro area Sunday evening into early Monday morning. A tornado watch has been issued for parts of New Mexico and Texas until 10 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/iZ1zTcSjMO — NWS Austin/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) May 1, 2022 San Antonio may hear rumbles…

San Antonio braces for potential severe threat of weather and cool front. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Residents of the Bexar County area may want to think twice before hitting the roads this afternoon on Monday, April 25. As of this writing, there is a marginal risk for isolated strong to severe storms, according to the National Weather Service.  “We have a cold front moving across our area as we speak, and as the frontal boundary pushes…