Lydia White, right, was crowned the 2021 Blanco County Fair Queen Saturday night. Joining her on the court are, from left, Ema Price (first runner-up), Riley Birck (third runner-up) and Clare White (second runner-up).
The Blanco County Commissioners adopted a fire code at Tuesday morning’s meeting.
The fire code goes into effect Oct. 1 and governs unincorporated areas of the county. The code governs businesses, public buildings and multi-family residences, but does not govern individual housing.
Blanco County did not previously have a fire code in place.
After a challenging year, The Good Samaritan is up and going strong.
For those of you who do not know what we do, here is a short explanation. We are a non-profit thrift store and food pantry for Blanco County.
We take donations of clothing and household goods for the thrift store which are then sold onsite and used to buy groceries for the food pantry and provide special aid to the community.
We are a 100 percent volunteer organization.
Is Blanco County in the middle of a real estate boom? It seems that Blanco is just a happening place and that’s unlikely to change.
“When talking to other ‘old timers,’ this boom reminds us of the boom and subsequent bust in the 1980s; that was a tough one, but then we laugh and remind each other we’ve been saying the same thing for the past 10 years,” said Candy Cargill with Hill Country Real Estate in Blanco.
Cargill, who has been a Realtor in Blanco for 35 years, and other ...
Blanco County’s unemployment rate fell in July and the county continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the nine-county Rural Capital Area region, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Friday.
The Blanco County unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent last month, down from 4.1 percent in June.
The unemployment rate in the Rural Capital Area region fell to 4.3 percent in July, after climbing to 4.9 percent in June.
Members of the class of 2022 personalize their parking spaces in the high school parking lot Monday, a tradition that started at Blanco High School last year.
Water customers in the City of Blanco have endured another water shortage, the second water service disruption in 6 months. The taps went dry for around 1,200 water customers in mid-February during the winter storm. Last week, residents again faced water-related issues that led to the city shutting down service to two Blanco businesses.
“The first incident showed the statewide water and electrical problems due to an unprecedented freeze and this second incident was due to water main break ...
Tuesday was the first day of school for students in Blanco ISD. Here, Wyatt Staas (1st grade) and Leah Staas (6th grade) are ready for school. See next week’s paper for additional back to school photos.
The Blanco Police Department received a recognition from the Texas Police Chiefs Association at the Aug. 10 city council meeting.
The Police Chiefs Association Foundation presented Blanco Police Chief Scott Rubin its Best Practices Recognition. This accreditation process found that Blanco Police comply with the state’s rigorous standards for professional excellence.
Blanco ISD superintendent Clay Rosenbaum and head softball coach Michael Seales accept a check from Stormy Pruitt, Hondo National Bank Senior Vice President and Blanco President. The donation will pay for a new scoreboard at the BHS softball field. The new scoreboard will be a tremendous improvement over the current scoreboard, including inning-by-inning scoring.
