The early voting period for the upcoming Nov. 7, 2017 Special Constitutional Amendment Elections in Blanco County begins on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, and will run through Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Registered voters will vote FOR or AGAINST the seven (7) Texas Constitutional Amendments submitted by the 85th Legislative Session.
Voters are also reminded that a current photo identification is still required to vote.
The Oct. 10, 2017 meeting of the governing body of Blanco, began with public comments. Blanco Historic Preservation Commission Chair Retta Martin urged council to allow the BHPC to return to the Byars Building to hold meetings.
“It should be the center for historic preservation in Blanco,” said Martin.
One of the executive session items the city council was scheduled to discuss was the city’s plans for the historic building.
While Blanco High School was celebrating its homecoming, a different, little known homecoming was taking place in southeast Blanco County.
Peyton Colony, founded in 1874 by Peyton Roberts as a freedmen’s community, held its 143rd annual homecoming in Peyton Colony’s Mount Horeb Baptist Church.
“Our homecoming is a gathering of anyone who used to live around here,” Lawrence Coffee, Mt.
For Blanco County Game Warden Sam Smith, the start of hunting season has him back on land, after patrolling the county’s rivers and nearby Canyon Lake by kayak and boat, March through August.
“The population of the county seems to triple when deer season starts,” said Smith.
Smith is the only state game warden assigned to Blanco County, and one of 14 officers in the seven-county reporting through the Kerrville field office, as part of the San Antonio region of the Texas Parks & Wild ...
I was honored to represent the city at the annual Texas Municipal League conference in Houston last week. It’s a great opportunity to learn about the issues and challenges that other cities are facing, along with presentations on programs and initiatives that are working.
The fact that Houston could even host the conference six weeks after Hurricane Harvey is a testament to the resiliency of that city as well as the Lone Star state.
tizens gathered at the Blanco Historic Cemetery to place wreaths at the gravestones of its local fallen heroes, as part of the Wreaths Across America campaign.
Wreaths Across America is the organization that places wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery each year. Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as more than 1,200 additional locations in all 50 U.S.
On Oct. 2, 2017, Blanco’s Planning and Zoning Commission met to consider two requests: one to re-zone two properties from residential to mixed use; the second, asking for a variance for a sign that exceeds Blanco’s sign ordinance dimensions. In the absence of chair Mike Green, vice-chair R.K. Seals presided.
A public hearing requesting public input on each issue preceded the regular meeting.
The Blanco Library is honored to announce that it has received funding for the third year to continue the cooperative efforts with the local Community English Classes (CEC) through the 2018 English Language Through Library Services and Technology project.
This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (2018).This grant provides $ ...
Town Creek is an approximately three-mile long ephemeral stream that flows generally southward from its headwaters north of the city of Blanco, to its confluence with the Blanco River in the downtown area. It maintains a natural bed and bottom for most of its course, with the exception of an approximately 600-linear foot concrete channelized segment that stretches from Elm Street to Highway 281 (Main Street).
Downstream of Highway 281 Town Creek runs through the Pecan Bottom which is public ...
My entry plan as new superintendent at BISD has involved listening, observing, learning and seeking feedback from district stakeholders. As a means to that end, I met with a Student Advisory Council at the high school to get student perspective and feedback. I asked several questions of the group and gathered valuable input to help guide conversations.
One of the questions I asked was: What would you do if you ruled the district?
