Nueces County is one step closer to having a state veterans nursing home built in the Coastal Bend.
In June, KRIS 6 News reported that Nueces County Director of Veterans and Social Services and Veterans Services Officer J.J. De La Cerda was working with the Texas Veterans Land Board to build a home that would strictly care for veterans.
The Veterans Administration would cover 65 percent of the construction costs, and the Texas Veterans Land Board would cover 35 percent…