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By Kayleen Holder
Editor
Every kid loves to see the airplanes flying by, and it looks like they may be seeing a lot more of them soon. The military has selected most of Medina County and parts of Uvalde, Frio, and Bandera Counties as a prime area to conduct “low-altitude” flight training with a floor of 500 feet above ground level.
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By Anton Riecher
A public hearing on potential tax abatements regarding the $500 million Project Cinco data center proposal will be included on the agenda for the March 24 Lytle City Council meeting, City Administrator Zachary Meadows has announced.
The hearing will also address the development agreement for the project, “spelling out various matters including annexation of the property” by the city, Meadow said during a council session Monday.
Mayor Ruben Gonzalez said the public hearing is “an opportunity for an open ended conversation” about the project follows the March 3 opening house conducted by Rowan Digital Infrastructure, developer of the project.
In an email to The News this week, the data center developer clarified that while power line upgrades won’t be needed in Phase 1, they will be needed in future phases. They also clarified that the estimated water usage is “based on current designs” in an effort to be completely transparent.
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Medina County ESD #2 in Devine (fire) has special called meeting for today Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at the fire house, 1419 County Road 5710, Devine to consider and take possible action to order a Forensic Audit for the Devine Volunteer Fire Department amid two investigations underway involving the DVFD.
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By Anton Riecher
John J. Byrum, the authority’s executive director, told Medina County Commissioners that with its two major reservoirs operating at 19 percent of capacity the Nueces Basin is registering a daily deficit of nearly 235 million gallons. That deficit is expected to grow to 402 million gallons daily by 2070.
That estimate only includes population growth, not industrial demands, Byrum said.
“We need water and God gave us a big puddle of water just south of Corpu Christi called the Gulf of Mexico,” he said.
The Nueces River Authority serves as a regional water resource planning agency for all or part of 22 counties in South Texas, monitoring state and federal activities affecting the Nueces Basin. The desalination project calls for removing water yet replacing the brine as not to effect the deep sea ecology.
Support from Medina and other counties will be important when the authority approaches the Texas Legislature to fund the project, Byrum said.
