Burnet news

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

A second resident from the Bertram Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center reportedly has died while at a facility where patients who test positive COVID-19 are transferred to undergo treatment, officials said.

As of deadline Thursday, June 4, final confirmation of the cause of death was pending from Burnet County Health Authority Juliette Madrigal and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The age and gender of the patient and the official date of death had not yet been released. …

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

A 57-year-old woman who was a resident of Bertram Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center has become Burnet County's first COVID-19 fatality, County Judge James Oakley announced Thursday, referring to information provided by the Burnet County Health Authority.

By Connie Swinney
Staff Writer

Officials with the Boys and Girls Club of the Highland Lakes have navigated several weeks of COVID-19 order limitations and have turned their attention to requesting the ability to serve more youngsters.

As the nonprofit organization pivots to summer programs, Executive Director Bill Drake shared with various groups the challenges the programs have faced in Marble Falls, Burnet, Kingsland and Llano.

Drake addressed members of the Marble Falls Daybreak Rotary Club during a video teleconference on May 12.

From staff reports

The National Weather Service is reporting with increasing confidence that areas of Burnet County could receive between 2-4 inches of rain and possibly up to golfball-sized hail from a strong to severe storm expected to hit the Hill Country on Friday, May 15.

From staff reports

The Faith Academy of Marble Falls 2020 senior graduation ceremony will be limited to seniors, their families and staff, according to a press release from the school's director of academics.

Graduation will take place on Friday, May 15 at 7 p.m. at Hill Country Fellowship Church, 200 Houston Clinton Drive in Burnet. …

Special to The Highlander

Faith Academy will hold a graduation ceremony for the 2020 seniors on its originally planned date Friday, May 15 at 7 p.m. at Hill Country Fellowship Church in Burnet.

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

An April 25 testing event by the Texas National Guard at the Burnet County Fairgrounds yielded no new confirmed positives for COVID-19, officials said Saturday.

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Burnet County during the past weekend, bringing the number of confirmed positives to 17, the county's health authority said.

By Connie Swinney
Staff Writer

Due to improved ability to keep shelves stocked in recent weeks, H-E-B grocery store locations in Burnet, Marble Falls and Kingsland will ease limited store hour restrictions starting Monday, April 27.

“To better serve our customers, H-E-B will expand its temporary hours of operation at stores across Texas,” according to a store statement.

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The Burnet Whataburger, 402 E. Polk St. (Texas 29) is closed indefinitely due to precautions the business enacted after an employee reported a "presumptive positive" for COVID-19.

By Lew K. Cohn
Managing Editor

A Burnet fast-food restaurant will remain temporarily closed “out of an abundance of caution” after one of its employees received a presumptive positive diagnosis of COVID-19 (coronavirus).