Staff Report

HAYS COUNTY — Hays County Pct. 4 Commissioner Walt Smith has called on County Judge Ruben Becerra to issue a disaster declaration for drought and wildfire.

Per the press release, Smith said that the county and state is suffering through one of the “most brutally hot summers on record,” and with this heat comes a rash of fires that have beset Hays County, taxing the resources of emergency service districts, citizens and partner municipalities.

Storage for displaced ani...