This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCorrection: This story has been changed to correct the number of San Antonio companies that received Paycheck Protection Program loans.More than two dozen San Antonio-area companies, including the Thomas J. Henry law firm and Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises, received loans of at least $5 million under the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.Other local recipients of loans from $5 million to $10 million included Our Lady of the Lake University, Joeris General Contractors Ltd., Lewis Energy Group and South...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateCorrection: This story has been changed to correct the number of San Antonio companies that received Paycheck Protection Program loans.More than two dozen San Antonio-area companies, including the Thomas J. Henry law firm and Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises, received loans of at least $5 million under the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.Other local recipients of loans from $5 million to $10 million included Our Lady of the Lake University, Joeris General Contractors Ltd., Lewis Energy Group and South...WW…

A convention that was expected to draw thousands to San Antonio this month — and was seen as potentially the start of the tourism industry’s recovery — has gone the way of every other major event since mid-March: it’s canceled.The Texas High School Coaches Association is scrapping its in-person convention and coaching school, which was scheduled for July 19-21 at the Convention Center, and shifting to an online format.Organizers of the Texas Deer Association’s annual convention also have dropped plans to meet next month in San Antonio, which is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases. They,...…A convention that was expected to draw thousands to San Antonio this month — and was seen as potentially the start of the tourism industry’s recovery — has gone the way of every other major event since mid-March: it’s canceled.The Texas High School Coaches Association is scrapping its in-person convention and coaching school, which was scheduled for July 19-21 at the Convention Center, and shifting to an online format.Organizers of the Texas Deer Association’s annual convention also have dropped plans to meet next month in San Antonio, which is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases. They,...WW…

Amazon is planning to build a data center on the far West Side, state construction documents indicate.The company expects to start work early next year on the project, dubbed “AWS Rockfish” in filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.AWS stands for Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud-computing arm.Here’s where it gets murky. Two of the three filings list 7400 Potranco Road. as the location, which is next to the National Security Agency’s San Antonio installation, and a third lists Texas 211 and Potranco.On ExpressNews.com:All describe a 109,600-square-foot facility...…Amazon is planning to build a data center on the far West Side, state construction documents indicate.The company expects to start work early next year on the project, dubbed “AWS Rockfish” in filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.AWS stands for Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud-computing arm.Here’s where it gets murky. Two of the three filings list 7400 Potranco Road. as the location, which is next to the National Security Agency’s San Antonio installation, and a third lists Texas 211 and Potranco.On ExpressNews.com:All describe a 109,600-square-foot facility...WW…

The San Antonio-area housing market continued its hot streak in August as prices rose and house hunters faced a shrinking supply of available homes.Buyers in Bexar County and surrounding counties closed on 3,693 homes last month, an increase of just over 7 percent from the same period last year, the San Antonio Board of Realtors reported Monday.The median price jumped 9.4 percent to $259,600. Nearly 70 percent of the houses sold in August were priced between $200,000 and $499,000, with 22.2 percent costing under $200,000 and 8.2 percent costing over $500,000.“New residents are moving into...…The San Antonio-area housing market continued its hot streak in August as prices rose and house hunters faced a shrinking supply of available homes.Buyers in Bexar County and surrounding counties closed on 3,693 homes last month, an increase of just over 7 percent from the same period last year, the San Antonio Board of Realtors reported Monday.The median price jumped 9.4 percent to $259,600. Nearly 70 percent of the houses sold in August were priced between $200,000 and $499,000, with 22.2 percent costing under $200,000 and 8.2 percent costing over $500,000.“New residents are moving into...WW…

Over the last year, fast-food employees have dealt with a deadly pandemic, customer resistance to mask mandates and long lines during February’s winter storm.To show appreciation, San Antonio-based Whataburger is awarding more than $90 million in bonuses to its 46,000 employees — an average of nearly $2,000 each.Employees “helped set record company performance numbers” since last March, Whataburger said in announcing the bonuses.The company said it also gave workers “extra mile” bonuses and emergency pay and doubled their 401(k) match for 2020 “in thanks for their extraordinary...…Over the last year, fast-food employees have dealt with a deadly pandemic, customer resistance to mask mandates and long lines during February’s winter storm.To show appreciation, San Antonio-based Whataburger is awarding more than $90 million in bonuses to its 46,000 employees — an average of nearly $2,000 each.Employees “helped set record company performance numbers” since last March, Whataburger said in announcing the bonuses.The company said it also gave workers “extra mile” bonuses and emergency pay and doubled their 401(k) match for 2020 “in thanks for their extraordinary...WW…