## Hood County Express's Post
### **Hood County Express**
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📰 EVENING NEWS BRIEF 📰
Early voting’s final day • Halloween outlook • Flood aid approved
October 30th, 2026AD
🔥 TONIGHT'S HEADLINES
1. Early voting reaches final day
2. Recall order not yet posted
3. Mostly dry Halloween evening
4. Election-week storms possible
5. Flood aid for 20 counties
6. El Paso disaster declared
🌤️ WEATHER
CURRENT: 70° with light rain at the Granbury airport at 5:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
TONIGHT: A 40% chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 60, according to the National Weather Service.
HAZARDS: No NWS alerts for Hood County at 5:33 p.m. Friday. Hood County was not under a burn ban in the Texas A&M Forest Service listing checked Friday evening.
☀️ 3-DAY OUTLOOK
Saturday: chance rain showers, 74°/61°
Sunday: mostly cloudy, 81°/66°
Monday: partly sunny, 83°/61°
🚗 TRAFFIC
Loop 567 film production between FM 4 and Highway 377, near Granbury Regional Airport: temporary stops of up to 10 minutes, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., through Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Full closures in both directions on that stretch are scheduled from 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to 6 a.m. Friday, and from 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, to 6 a.m. Saturday.
FM 4 bridge replacement: one-way signal control remains in the latest carried report.
🏛️ LOCAL LEAD
🗳️ EARLY VOTING REACHES ITS FINAL DAY
Friday, Oct. 30, is the final day of early voting before Tuesday’s election.
Hood County recorded 17,965 early votes through Thursday, Oct. 29, representing 33.2% of registered voters, according to Texas Secretary of State daily reports compiled by TexPolls.
Those figures cover 11 of the 12 early-voting days. They are not Friday’s final count and can be revised.
In-person early voting was 18% ahead of the same point in the 2022 midterm, TexPolls reported.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Hood County participates in countywide polling, so registered Hood County voters may use any Election Day polling location in the county.
🤝 LOCAL PRIDE
⚖️ NO RECALL RULING POSTED YET
The public court register listed a remote hearing for 1:30 p.m. Friday before 355th District Judge Bryan Bufkin in the Granbury recall case.
That hearing concerned intervenor Kellie Chewning’s application for an expedited writ of mandamus involving the recall calendar.
No ruling or order from it was posted as of HCE’s 5:33 p.m. check. A register check does not establish what occurred at the hearing.
🎃 HALLOWEEN EVENING LOOKS MOSTLY DRY
Saturday brings a 30% chance of showers before 1 p.m., followed by mostly cloudy skies and a high near 74, according to the National Weather Service.
The hourly forecast checked Friday afternoon puts Halloween temperatures near 74 at 6 p.m., falling to 67 by 9 p.m., with rain chances of 4% to 7% during those hours.
Clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, as daylight saving time ends.
🏗️ INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
⛈️ STORMS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO ELECTION DAY
Another storm system is forecast to move through North Texas Monday night into Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service says.
Forecasters describe a low risk of severe weather, with details to be refined over the weekend. Dry, breezy conditions are expected Tuesday after the storms move east.
Monday’s forecast high is near 83, with wind gusts as high as 35 mph.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
🌊 FEMA APPEAL APPROVED FOR 20 COUNTIES
The federal government approved Texas’ appeal for FEMA Individual Assistance following July storms and flooding, Gov. Greg Abbott’s office announced Friday.
The approval covers 20 counties. Hood County is not among them.
Eligible residents can apply through FEMA’s disaster assistance website or call 800-621-3362.
A separate appeal for Hazard Mitigation grant funding remains pending, the governor’s office said.
🚨 EL PASO COUNTY DISASTER DECLARED
Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster in El Paso County after a severe storm that began Oct. 23 brought heavy rainfall and flash flooding, according to a proclamation he signed Oct. 29.
The proclamation says the storm poses a threat of imminent disaster, including widespread and severe property damage, injury or loss of life.
✅ BOTTOM LINE
Friday is the final early-voting day. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, with countywide polling in Hood County.
Halloween evening looks mostly dry. Clocks fall back at 2 a.m. Sunday.
Watch for forecast updates on storms Monday night into Tuesday morning.
Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26
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