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DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham issued a disaster declaration for Llano County due to weather issues that had left more than 12,000 county residents without power as of 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15. Staff photo by David Bean
As Central Texas Electric Cooperative crews and additional teams work to restore power, Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham issued a disaster declaration for the county.
Cunningham reported that approximately 86 percent of Llano County homes were without power as of 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, affecting more than 12,000 residents. A bulk of the outages are in eastern Llano County. He added in a media release that there’s no indication that power to some of these home will be restored within 24 hours.
Llano County applies to be COVID-19 vaccine hub 2 months ago | DailyTrib.com
With an eye on serving three counties, Llano County Local Health Authority officials submitted an application on Monday, Jan. 25, to the Texas Department of State Health Services to become a COVID-19 vaccine hub.
If the application is approved and vaccines are allocated, the Llano County hub could serve an area of 30,000 people, including Llano, Mason, and San Saba counties. Earlier in January, the DSHS adjusted the state’s vaccine rollout plan to feature hubs, or large vaccination sites, to more quickly get doses to residents and simplify the registration process, but this has left some rural counties struggling to receive vaccines.
DailyTrib.com Support Community Press You can show your support of a vibrant and healthy free press by becoming a voluntary subscriber. Subscribe Now The Texas Department of State Health Services designated Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Marble Falls as one of 82 COVID-19 vaccine hubs statewide. The state, however, hasn’t designated a hub in Llano County and hasn’t distributed additional COVID-19 vaccines to the county’s healthcare providers since a 100-dose allotment the week of Jan. 4. Staff photo by Daniel Clifton
Earlier in January, the state of Texas announced its COVID-19 vaccination plan would follow a “hub” approach to vaccine distribution, which has Llano County Judge Ron Cunningham concerned about future allotments to his rural county.