Rotary Club of Blanco County President Bob Backle teamed with the Blanco Chamber of Commerce Night Sky Friendly representative Sandy Switzer in giving a night sky friendly recognition certificate to one of Blanco’s new business owners. Pictured, from left, are Switzer, Phil Giglio of Oro Bianco Italian Creamery, and Backle.
May is National Historic Preservation Month and understanding the purpose is good for the local business and community.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation led the charge in 1973 to establish this recognition, and many groups and towns embrace this theme.
Locally, the City of Blanco, the Old Blanco County Courthouse, the Blanco Chamber of Commerce, Blanco Bowling Alley, the Blanco Historic Preservation Commissioners (BHPC), the Blanco Rodeo Association, Pioneer Museum, and many o ...
Blanco County is outpacing state and national vaccination rates, with nearly 40 percent of residents over the age of 16 fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As of May 9, just over 34 percent of Americans and 38 percent of Texans have been fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Department of State Health Services.
In Blanco County, almost half of residents 16 years of age and older have had at least one dose of the vaccine, accordin ...
Blanco County Judge Brett Bray called the regular Blanco County Commissioners Court meeting to order at 9 a.m. Tuesday with all four commissioners present.
All public comments were in regards to item 12, which focuses on the consideration of de-annexation and cancellation of lots 1, 2 and 3 in the Live Oak Canyon subdivision.
City of Blanco voters elected a pair of newcomers to the political scene to municipal office, while sending one member of the council back for another term.
Blanco voters handily elected Rachel Lumpee as mayor on Saturday, while Connie Baron and Keith McClellan were elected to city council positions.
Mayoral race
Lumpee, in her first race for office, bested Phil Thompson by a 225 to 108 tally in unofficial results released by the city.
All Blanco County residents will be covered by an emergency services district after Saturday’s annexation election.
Voters in ESD 2 and those asking to join it handily approved a proposal to allow Blanco County residents who live in Fredericksburg ISD territory to join it. Those living in ESD 2 approved the annexation by 130 to 9 vote, while voters asking to join voted for the proposal by a 14 to 0 margin.
The election also asked voters to approve those asking to be annexed, if approved ...
A local man’s new book, published by the University of Oklahoma Press, brings the Guadalupe River Basin in the 19th century into vivid focus for history lovers.
In “Texas Rangers, Ranchers, and Realtors,” author Thomas O. McDonald uses historical documents to tell the story of seven real families, including his own ancestors, pioneers James Hughes Callahan (1812-1856) and Sarah Day (1822-1856).
“I think they would be surprised there was a book written about them, because I’m sur ...
Cub Scout Pack 0497 held a spring recruitment event that included a flag retirement ceremony on April 28.
“A national flag that is worn beyond repair may be burned in a fire. The ceremony should be conducted with dignity and respect and the flag burned completely to ashes,” according to the Boy Scouts of America.
This ceremony could not have been completed without the help of local American Legion Memorial Highway Post 352.
A bill under consideration by the Texas House of Representatives would allow the two municipalities in Blanco County--Blanco and Johnson City--to use funds from its hotel occupancy taxes to promote dark skies.
Rep. Erin Zwiener, who represents District 45 in Blanco and Hays counties, presented House Bill 2433 to the House Ways and Means Committee earlier this month.
The Blanco County Commissioners Court special meeting was to order at 9 a.m. Tuesday by Judge Brett Bray.
After roll call and the pledge of allegiance, public comments were heard. Kenneth Welch took the floor first and discussed item 13 on the agenda regarding the road width requirements in the county’s Development Rules and Regulations; he explained that the narrower roads proposed are not good for the future growth.
