Announcements

Blanco County Emergency Services District No. 2 (BCESD2) met April 26, 2018 with city and county officials and retired ESD No. 2 commissioners to brief them on plans to build a new combined Blanco Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD) and Blanco Emergency Medical Services (EMS) station adjacent to the Blanco Police station on the corner of Blanco Avenue and Jones Road. The new $2.5 million station will be 14,700 sq ft., with 6,341 sq.

On the morning of Wednesday, April 25, 2018 the board of directors of the Pedernales Soil and Water Conservation District hosted the 34th Annual Soil Stewardship Breakfast. Approximately 50 Blanco County citizens gathered on Whittington’s Mountain to fellowship together and enjoy the breath-taking views. Everyone was treated to campfire coffee, juice, donuts and breakfast tacos prepared by the directors and staff. Pastor Carlos Cloyd of the Blanco United Methodist Church presented an in ...

Blanco County Judge Brett Bray has been honored by the Texas Judicial Academy for going the extra mile to be prepared to handle his duties as county judge. Judge Bray was inducted on March 22 as a Fellow in the Texas Judicial Academy during the 2018 Spring Judicial Education Session. The Texas Judicial Academy, a partnership between the Texas Tech University School of Law and the Texas Association of Counties, recognizes judges who attain significant judicial education above that required ...

ity will hold its monthly pot-luck supper and meeting Friday, May 4, 2018. The community center is at 7686 Ranch Road 1888, about half way between Blanco and Fredericksburg. The theme this month is “Cinco de Mayo” so expect sombreros and tex-mex food. Participants are ask to bring a dish of their choice and their own refreshments. Highlighting this month is the opening of the newly-completed bathroom.

Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park has been selected to through the Historic Preservation Training Center and a Traditional Trades Apprenticeship Program for an Individual Placement through AmeriCorps. This program is intended for the selected park to recruit and sponsor a youth between the ages of 18-30 years from the local community.

he Blanco High School National Honor Society held a ceremony for the 2018 inductees on Thursday, April 19. The 2017-2018 officers, President Mia Albrecht, Vice President David Struck and Secretary Sienna Buchenbacher conducted the candle-lighting ceremony and read descriptions of the requirements for NHS membership, including scholarship, service, leadership and character.

David Langford, a seventh-generation rancher in Kendall County, was one of the photographers selected to capture the essence of the 5,500-acre Bamberger Ranch northwest of Blanco. The book, “Seasons of Selah, The Legacy of the Bamberger Ranch Preserve” is a coffee table photography book published by Texas A&M University. The book makes its debut at the annual Selah!

EARLY VOTING REPUBLICAN/DEMOCRAT PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION LOCATIONS AND HOURS Johnson City Courthouse Annex 101 E. Cypress Johnson City, TX 78636 Monday, May 14 through Friday, May 18, 2018 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. NEW LOCATION: South Blanco Annex 402 Blanco Avenue Blanco, TX 78606 WEDNESDAY, May 16, 2018 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Hall of Fame recently announced the induction of Blanco native Leon Coffee. Coffee is one of 10 Class of 2018 inductees. As a PRCA gold card member and National Finals Rodeo (NFR) barrelman, Coffee has enjoyed a long career in ProRodeo as one of only three cowboys to be both a barrelman and a bullfighter, according to the PRCA. Since 1973, this Texas cowboy has fought bulls at the NFR twice (1979, 1984) and was a barrelman at the NFR in 19 ...