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Replacement SNAP Benefits Recipients who lost food and/or their Lone Star card in the winter storms can apply for replacement food benefits for both regular Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)  allotments and SNAP emergency allotments provided in response to COVID-19.  SNAP benefits recipients are encouraged to request replacement benefits through one of the following options:   Dial 2-1-1 and select option 2.   Download and complete Form H1855 (Affidavit for Nonreceipt or Destroyed Food Stamp Benefits),   Once completed, the form can be faxed to 1-877-447-2...

Most City operations resume Monday Correction - 12:30 a.m, ACC Pinnacle Campus (7748 Highway 290 West, 78736) will also operate as a joint Austin-Travis County center for water distribution from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.. The City will resume normal operations Monday morning. The Austin Parks and Recreation Department continues to assess winter storm damage to its facilities. All facilities will remain closed until thorough site inspections are complete; however, parks and trails remain open. For the latest information, please visit austintexas.gov/parkclosures.  Water Distribution  Sites  Com...

Austin, TX – City of Austin and Travis County recovery operations continue in response

'keep conserving energy' local utility officials share as power is restored and last updated 2021-02-18 22:00:07-05 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — The power is back on... kinda. It's been a very tough week for Texans, it started with a deadly 100+ car pileup outside of Fort Worth, followed by chilling temperatures and days of widespread outages felt statewide, but there is a light gleaming at the end of this very dark week. Both College Station Utilities and Bryan Texas Utilities took to Facebook to spread the good news Thursday. "I think it was about midnight last night... ERCOT stopped the...

Has also contracted with the international medical core to obtain additional resources for assistance including 50 hospitals, two department emergency teams. we are in contact with health care facilities to ensure they have the resources they need. you have heard me say all week how important it is to get the lights back on after the storm. there are 19,000 personnel staged to begin utility restoration, and we will be posting power outage numbers from every utility. getting power back on is absolutely critical to our recovery and response effort, and it is a top priority. we have also focussed...