More than 75 leaders and advocates representing 15 counties and 40 communities across the Texas Hill Country gathered on May 28 for the Hill Country Dark Sky Conference, an annual event focused on strengthening regional efforts to preserve the area’s star-filled night skies. Representing local governments, utilities, businesses, and state parks, attendees shared insights, explored emerging challenges, and developed connections to continue the advancement of dark sky preservation ...... read more

The Falls on the Colorado Museum (FOCM) in Marble Falls invites the public to view a new temporary exhibit, Texas America250, from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) from June 23 through the end of July. Highlighting historically significant Texas Treasures from TSLAC’s collections, Texas America250 has been provided to local public libraries, schools and other community organizations starting in summer 2025 and continuing throughout the semi quincentennial ...... read more

A former Llano city manager and utilities director has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a scheme that involved falsifying wastewater testing data submitted to state and federal regulators. John Montgomery, 60, of Llano, admitted to aiding and abetting the falsification of wastewater test results, according to a June 11 announcement from the U.S.... read more

A Q&A session on the New World screwworm, organized and sponsored by the Hill Country Livestock Raisers Association, will be held Thursday, June 25 at 6:00 p.m. in the Lyssy and Eckel meeting room. Featured speakers will include representatives from the Texas Animal Health Commission, Jordan Cattle Auction, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Wardens. The program will focus on the pest’s potential impact on agricultural and wildlife health, current monitoring a ...... read more

The Llano County Commissioners Court renewed the county's New World screwworm disaster declaration, heard an update on local mental health services and declined to support a proposed federal Opportunity Zone designation during its regular meeting Monday morning. Judge Rob Hardy presided over the meeting with all four commissioners present. After discussing the consent agenda, commissioners removed an item pertaining to an employee time clock system before approving the re ...... read more

Camp Mystic, the all-girls Christian summer camp in Hunt, TX, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy nearly a year after catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River killed 25 girls, two teenage counselors, and longtime camp director Richard “Dick” Eastland. The filing was made Wednesday, June 24, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.... read more