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At its peak of power loss, the city had roughly 50,000 homes with interrupted power, many of which had prolonged outages, Plano City Manager Mark Israelson said. (Liesbeth Powers/Community Impact Newspaper)
Plano faces long-term impacts from storm; Collin County vaccine hubs resume service and more DFW-area news
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, the city's longest-serving mayor, delivered her State of the City address on Feb. 25. (Ian Pribanic/Community Impact Newspaper)
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price speaks to residents, business owners in final State of the City address
Tens of thousands of people have been vaccinated at Denton County's vaccine drive-thru clinics at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. (Courtesy Texas Motor Speedway)
Denton County agencies offer free rides to vaccine appointments at Texas Motor Speedway
A lone runner jogs on a snow-covered road in Austin. Transportation projects across the city were briefly paused due to Winter Storm Uri. (Jack Flagler/Community Impact Newspaper)
ERCOT: Texas power system was less than 5 minutes from collapse during winter storm
Nonprofit Christ's Haven for Children in Keller was a recipient during the first round of PPP funding. (Design by Ellen Jackson/Community Impact Newspaper)
Stimulus loans help save jobs, local businesses in Keller, Roanoke, north Fort Worth
Also part of the second phase of the city's coronavirus stimulus, the city is currently operating a Give Small, Help Big in 76262 campaign. (Ian Pribanic/Community Impact Newspaper)
Roanoke coronavirus stimulus program helps 63 local businesses
Over 300,000 vaccine doses have been allocated to Tarrant County since Dec. 14. (Sandra Sadek/Community Impact Newspaper)
Tarrant County officials combat COVID-19 surge with vaccine
cars on snowy road
Texas Disaster Declaration opens door to federal aid for losses sustained during winter storms
Gov. Greg Abbott provided updates on the state's emergency response efforts during a Feb. 18 press conference. (Screenshot of April 17 press conference)
Gov. Greg Abbott: Power restored to nearly 2M homes in past day; statewide aid efforts continuing
Keller Town Hall
Keller provides water station as boil notice continues
Although tens of thousands of megawatts remain off the statewide power grid Feb. 17, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said relief is on the way for many Texans within the next 24 hours. (Hannah Zedaker/Community Impact Newspaper)
Gov. Abbott: Power restoration on the way for 1M households in next 24 hours
Keller Town Hall
Keller officials address electricity, water failures caused by weather
Here are several recent updates on how municipalities across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are responding to this week's winter storm. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Texas Winter Storm 2021: Updates from across the DFW metroplex
A winter storm warning is in effect from 6 p.m. Feb. 16 through 6 a.m. Feb. 18 for the North Texas region, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. (Jack Flagler/Community Impact Newspaper)
Power outages expected to continue as North Texans brace for another winter storm
Keller Town Hall
Keller, Roanoke, Fort Worth open temporary warming shelters