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Deaths on area waterways took a dip in 2020, when most Texas water-related businesses closed for months-long periods due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Comal County Sheriff’s Office is still investigating the apparent drowning of a Wimberley man whose body was recovered from Canyon Lake on Saturday.

Law enforcement agencies on Saturday recovered the body of a 47-year-old Wimberley man who reportedly walked into Canyon Lake on Wednesday morning.

Almost two weeks after the body of Canyon Lake’s third drowning victim this season was recovered, first responders returned to look for a 26-year-old man who went missing early Sunday evening. Canyon Lake Fire and EMS Chief Darren Brinkkoeter said units from his department, Comal County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens were called to a cove just east of Boat Ramp 7, around 5 p.m. “It’s a unified search,” Brinkkoeter said around 8:30 ...

On the fourth day of searching, divers Tuesday afternoon recovered the body of Joel Jijo, 22, of Houston, who disappeared while swimming on Canyon Lake on Saturday morning. Samuel Padgett, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden, said Jijo, who wasn’t wearing a lifejacket when last seen between Boat Ramps No. 5 and No. 6 on Saturday, was recovered by Houston Police Department divers in about 34 feet of water around 5 p.m. “From the beginning of the search there wasn’t a m...

Recovery crews scoured Canyon Lake again on Monday, but came up empty in the search for the 22-year-old Houston man who disappeared while swimming Saturday morning.

Darkness suspended the search for a 22-year-old Houston man who first responders believed drowned Saturday in Canyon Lake.

The search continued Sunday for a 22-year-old Houston man who disappeared Saturday morning while swimming in Canyon Lake.

With COVID-19 on the way out, thousands of visitors are headed to Comal County this holiday weekend to visit family, friends and water recreation venues denied by the pandemic last