By Harold Mann
Mar 2, 2021
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Entergy Texas, Inc. is committing $650,000 to help community nonprofits and qualifying customers who are struggling with the financial impact of the recent severe winter storm. These grants will go directly to local nonprofits assisting low-income customers with emergency needs following the winter storm, including the Montgomery County Food Bank, Brazos Valley Food Bank, Southeast Texas Food Bank, and SBP USA, an organization focused on helping communities rebuild after weather events. Additional funding also will be provided to The Power to Care, which provides payment assistance to Entergy Texas customers who are low-income seniors and people with disabilities. The Power to Care works through agencies like the Community Assistance Center, Center for Christian Services and the Greater East Texas Community Action Program, among many others.
UpdatedMon, Feb 15, 2021 at 6:30 pm ET
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Francis Horton, left, and his wife Angie.
Upscale Thrift assistant manager Kimia Ansari, left, and Francis Horton, right, sorting donations. (Image Credit CAC)
The Board of Directors of the Community Assistance Center (CAC) is pleased to share the appointment of Francis Horton as its new CEO, following in the footsteps of Tamara Carrera upon her retirement. Horton comes to CAC with extensive leadership experience with international nonprofits in the realm of lifting people out of poverty. He is excited to join CAC where he can apply his life-long experiences to helping neighbors in his own backyard.
6:45 p.m. update: All state government offices, except for public safety and corrections personnel, in the Carson City, Washoe County and Douglas County areas will open two hours later than normal on Wednesday due to dangerous road conditions.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered the delay in opening late Tuesday. As such, state offices in these areas will open at 10 a.m.
State employees are urged to leave extra time to safely commute in snow and icy road conditions.
6:15 p.m. update: Hundreds of homeless people have signed up for beds at the City of Reno s temporary shelter after it expanded capacity for the winter while also trying to keep people socially distanced amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: WCSD snow day Thursday, travel discouraged as heavy snow falls in Reno/Tahoe area Reno-Gazette-Journal 1/28/2021 Amy Alonzo and Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette Journal
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6:35 p.m. update: Thursday is another snow day for the Washoe County School District. The district sent a note to families at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. It s the second snow day for the district this week as heavy snow and hazardous roads are expected overnight.
Original post: A winter storm warning remains in effect for the Reno/Tahoe area as up to a foot of additional snow could land on valley floors through Thursday afternoon, while a blizzard warning is in effect for higher-elevation areas.