The Blanco Buggy Barn was honored with a First Place Most Authentic Plaque in the 2015 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Western Heritage Day Parade. This was the second appearance in this parade and the second time to win first place.
It was a cold windy morning as the many volunteers and riders loaded wagons and horses to head south to San Antonio.
At the regular monthly meeting of the governing body of Blanco on Feb. 10, council members voted to order a general election on May 9, to elect two council members and the mayor. The filing deadline is Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. The council seats up for election are those currently occupied by Danny Ray and Maria Guerrero.
Council also voted to approve an amendment to the city's agreement with the Blanco Independent School District and the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater District to hold joint elections.
Emergency Services District #2 (ESD #2) accepted in principle an agreement with a reconstituted Blanco Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD) to negotiate a contract to provide fire service during regular session Monday, Jan. 26 in the Blanco Volunteer Ambulance Corp Training Room.
The agreement is the latest move that will help better integrate the fire department with the ESD's strategic plan.
The breakthrough came as a result of a meeting among local BVFD members on Saturday, Jan.
The Bean and Biscuit has opened its doors, offering coffee and baked goodies to local residents in a relaxed atmosphere complete with WiFi connecting patrons to the Internet and beyond.
The coffee shop is a labor of love for married couple Hector Morales and Jenny Kuhnel, computer programmers with a young family who saw a business opportunity on the Blanco Square.
"I wanted to raise our kids here in the country,"
As the Blanco Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD) reorganizes to better integrate with local Emergency Medical Services under the umbrella of Emergency Services District #2, it will have a new person at the helm.
Robert Stewart has been named the new Fire Chief for BVFD. He was selected on Wednesday, Jan. 17 and introduced himself during the ESD #2 meeting on Monday, Jan.
It's rodeo time again and this year "Let's Rodeo San Antonio" has invited the Blanco Buggy Barn Museum to provide wagons and carriages in the 2015 Heritage Cattle Drive Parade.
This is a big honor for Dennis and Kelley Moore and family, owners, and the 2nd time to provide wagons in this parade that travels two miles down Houston Street to end at the Alamo with 200 head of cattle and longhorns.
Baker's Guns does not offer drive-thru service, but apparently the thieves that sacked the business early Wednesday, Jan. 14, did not get the memo.
Around 5:30 a.m., a stolen Ford F-250 was used to ram through the front of the building just one week after a huge bolder rolled from the back of a pickup truck failed to breach the double-paned window.
A Fredericksburg jury convicted Blanco resident Brandon Harber on Wednesday, Jan. 14, for tampering with physical evidence while disposing Trey Allen Noah's body in November of 2009.
Noah, 20, died of a single gunshot wound on Nov. 30, 2009; his body was not discovered until April 18, 2010.
The jury sentenced Harber, 24, after a short deliberation, to a 10-year probated sentence.
At a Public Hearing preceding the January meeting of the governing body of Blanco, Mayor Pro Tem Bobby McClung announced that the city has decided "to stop and start over" with the proposed annexation of properties in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
The city will meet with representatives from The Landing on Highway 281 North, which is a wildlife management area and therefore cannot be annexed.
Wild Woman Weekend, organized by the Blanco Non Profit Coalition, has opened an opportunity for a grant to be awarded to one additional non-profit organization serving the citizens of Blanco County, Texas.
The guidelines for the Additional Grant Award Recipients are as follows: 1) must be a tax exempt organization – 501(c)(3) excluding religious, school associated or political organizations 2) organization provides a benefit to the residents of Blanco County 3) request must designate a specif ...
