You did not misread the headline. The recent Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, was about the draft form of a 20 YEAR Horseshoe Bay Comprehensive Plan to take the city into the year 2047. Your input is desired and needed. As Mayor Jeff Jones introduced the draft plan, “Your fingerprints can still be on this plan, and we want your fingerprints on this plan.” He and City Manager Jeff Koska explained that the full draft of the Comprehensive Plan and the adjoining i ...... read more

City Council appointed a relatively new citizen of Horseshoe Bay to serve as Chair of the new Legislative Advisory Committee. Walter Thomas Price IV, better known as Four Price, served 7 terms (14 years) as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2025. As Price introduced himself to the new Legislative Advisory Committee he confessed, “We moved to HSB as soon as my final term in the Legislature ended and I no longer had to live in the district.” ...... read more

The entrance to the 77 acre Phoenix Center property is easily visible driving west on SH 71 just inside the Horseshoe Bay ETJ. The surprisingly long driveway leads to the new Equestrian Therapy Barn which opened in January of this year. This 5,200 square feet state of the art facility with six horse stalls, an office, therapy meeting area, and attached riding arena and corrals recently welcomed a new resident, a 17 hand tall gelding named Donetello. This beautiful horse was donate ...... read more

The Lady Panthers battled the Johnson City Eagles in a five-set match Tuesday, September 15 falling to the Eagles 3-2 with set scores 12-25, 25 17, 21-25, 25-20, 15 10. Blanco is 16-13 on the season. Johnson City improves to 19-13 overall. Briley Myers led the Panthers with 12 kills. Averie Vargas hit 10 kills.... read more

Improve to 3-1 on season The Panther football team won their final non-district game of the season defeating the Burnet Bulldogs 28-7 Friday, September 18. The Panthers are 3-1 on the season. The Bulldogs are 0-4 overall. Blanco won the toss and chose to kick the ball and defer possession to the 2nd half. Caden Wood kicked off for the Panthers with Burnet starting on offense at their own 35-yard line.... read more

The Mason High School cross country program did more than hold its own while running in the Hoka Invitational September 18, which is considered the state meet preview because of its location. The meet is at Old Settler's Park in Round Rock, site of the Class 2A state meet. Head coach Terra Griffin was pleased with the results of her teams, especially since the meet drew thousands of runners. The Punchers finished sixth the Cowgirls were seventh in the varsity div ...... read more