The new positive cases were found in a free-ranging mule deer in Lubbock County, as well as within seven captive deer breeding facilities in Hunt, Uvalde, Matagorda, Mason, and Duval counties.
Showers and thunderstorms will be numerous across the area with 1.4 to 1.75 inches of rain possible causing flooding across the area during Friday night football.
The hiker was flown by a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to Big Bend Regional Medical Center in Alpine.
A strong cold front is blowing through West Central Texas Tuesday bringing cooler temperatures and an increase in the danger of wildfires one day before Autumn officially begins.
Biologists remain optimistic that continued research and restoration work will ultimately lead to self-sustaining wild populations of Texas horned lizards
