Brian Kirkpatrick
General Assignment Reporterbrian@tpr.org
Twitter: @TPRBrian
Brian Kirkpatrick has been a journalist in Texas most of his life, covering San Antonio news since 1993, including the deadly October 1998 flooding, the arrival of the Toyota plant in 2003, and the base closure and realignments in 2005.
He also served as news director and anchor at KTSA and Metro Networks, and was previously the "Morning Edition" anchor at Texas Public Radio. His early career included work as a news anchor and production assistant for the Texas State News Network/Dallas Cowboys Radio Network in Dallas, from 1988-1993. During his years at TSN, he helped cover the Luby’s mass shooting in Killeen and the Branch Davidian standoff at Mount Carmel. Kirkpatrick read his first newscast on a small radio station in the Hill Country as a teenager in 1981.
Brian returns to reporting after teaching high school journalism at Harlandale High School in San Antonio for the past seven years.
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Texas tax code allows for such a hike in the wake of disasters. -
The home of the World's Largest Pecan offers small town living and access to nearby big city jobs. -
The Economist/YouGov poll surveyed nearly 1,680 U.S. adults this week, and 52% blamed lack of government preparation for most of the deaths, mainly centered in Kerr County along the Guadalupe River. -
The team will play a benefit game for Hill Country flood victims at Nelson Wolff Stadium on Aug. 9. -
Yet the local housing market still shows signs of area resilience because home prices remain higher than a year ago. The median home price in June was $324,000, up 4% from June 2024. -
The San Antonio-based Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC), which coordinates the EMS and hospital response to mass casualty events for a 22-county area, including Kerr County, reported its emergency response grew to 130 units, including 61 ambulances. -
He plans the concert at Estancia at Thunder Valley, which is west of Boerne. Ticket and tables at the indoor arena event start at $1,000. -
Existen probabilidades muy bajas de lluvia en San Antonio y Hill Country, alrededor de Kerrville, durante los próximos días. -
With no rain to rinse the air, the concentrations of dust are expected to increase. -
Increase in water levels may lead to reopening of recreation areas and boat ramps.
