🌱 How a free “Uber-style” shuttle is reshaping daily life on Fort Hood

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In today's newsletter:

• How a free “Uber-style” shuttle is reshaping daily life on Fort Hood
• Why Fort Hood is intentionally burning 20,000 acres this season

Also on today's calendar: Looking for Virtual Assistant - Part-time.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunshine; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 73 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: Sunny and delightful, temps: high: 65, low: 50.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 79 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fort Hood's microtransit changing lives (spectrumlocalnews.com) — A new on-demand Cavazos Connector shuttle now lets Fort Hood soldiers travel across the vast post and into nearby cities like Killeen and Harker Heights for free, vastly improving access to work, services, and recreation. The microtransit system, launched in March 2024, has exploded from a few thousand annual riders to hundreds of thousands, and other U.S. bases are studying Fort Hood’s model.
   

• ‘The goal is 20,000 acres': Fort Hood conducting annual prescribed burns around live-fire training areas (kwtx.com) — If you’ve seen smoke over Fort Hood lately, it’s from planned burns designed to protect both training and nearby communities. U.S. Fish and Wildlife crews are intentionally burning up to 20,000 acres around live-fire ranges to reduce wildfire fuel, safeguard endangered habitats, and cut training downtime for soldiers.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Hood

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Looking for Virtual Assistant - Part-time
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Coffee Corner and Game Time at Salado Senior Center
  Salado Senior Center , 650 Royal St , Salado
  9:00 am
• Stitch & Sip Crew of MPR
  Morgan's Point Resort city hall , 8 Morgan's Point Blvd , Belton
  1:00 pm
• Kappa Alpha Psi Media Day
  Khanetic Images , 308 E Avenue D , Killeen
  1:00 pm
• Pint Night at Chupacabra
  Salado Lone Star Winery & Chupacabra Craft Beer , 401 S Main St , Salado
  4:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Market with a Mission (December)
  Ogletree Gap Preserve , 1878 Post Office Rd , Copperas Cove
  4:00 pm
• Live Music Friday Nights at Barrow Brewing Co.
  Barrow Brewing Company , 108 Royal St , Salado
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Gem Amethyst Rock Fossil Sale Dec 20, 21 (9am - 5pm) - (Temple-Killeen, TX)
  Holiday Inn Killeen - Fort Hood Area by IHG , 300 E Central Texas Expy , Killeen
  9:00 am
• *SPECIAL EVENT* Christmas Tree Paint Pour Workshop
  Painting with a Twist , 716 Indian Trail Ste 220 , Harker Heights
  4:00 pm
• Live Music at Chupacabra Craft Beer
  Chupacabra Kitchen , 409 S Main St , Salado
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Live Music Sundays at Barrow Brewing Co.
  Barrow Brewing Company , 108 Royal St , Salado
  4:00 pm
• Mountain Flowers **TOP ART OF 2025!!**
  Painting with a Twist , 716 Indian Trail Ste 220 , Harker Heights
  4:00 pm
• Snowman Love
  Painting with a Twist , 716 Indian Trail Ste 220 , Harker Heights
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Killeen

• ‘We got lucky': Survivor of Killeen apartment fire speaks on community coming to their aid (kwtx.com)
• 'A central heart' for Killeen: A look at the city's first Emergency Operations Center (kwtx.com)
• KISD Education Foundation awards grants to district teachers (fox44news.com)

Copperas Cove

• 7 Brew Coffee Copperas Cove: Ribbon Cutting Date, Time, and Location Revealed (kkam.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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