Disasters

As Ruskan heads to the ESPYs, the story of his Camp Mystic rescue has outrun the record – The Kerr County Lead

The Coast Guard rescue swimmer has stayed consistent and modest about what he did on July 4. The narrative built around him — shaped from the first week by Department of Homeland Security officials and amplified from the floor of Congress — has not. What it left out is the question Kerr County has been asking all year.

A year after deadly floods, Texas lawmakers haven’t addressed training for emergency coordinators

Texas’ emergency management chief has repeatedly recommended that lawmakers require minimum training but a bill proposed after the disaster failed.