Two desperate men are on the run in Blanco. They are guilty, to be sure, but not of the murder that they are accused of. Fortunately for all of us, it is fictional, and all the action is being captured in the name of entertainment for the four-part series Death and Compromise on Amazon Prime Video.
The time in which the movie is set was one of radical strife and changes in Texas.
Blanco County has administered every last drop of the COVID-19 vaccine doses that were delivered to the county earlier this month, and now officials are awaiting the next shipment as cases continue to climb.
The county received a shipment of 300 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine three weeks ago and inoculations of first responders immediately commenced on Jan.
The Blanco County Commissioners Court was called to order at 9 a.m. by Judge Brett Bray. The four commissioners: Tommy Weir, Emil Uecker, Chris Liesmann, and Paul Granberg, were present. There were no public comments at this time.
The commissioners approved the minutes of the previous meeting. There were four line item transfers.
During the Blanco Historic Preservation Commission (BHPC) meeting on Monday, Jack Twilley gave a Streetscape Design Presentation.
The Blanco City Council passed a resolution responding to the public interest to create a Streetscape committee in October 2009. The resolution reads “to develop a local streetscape program and plan which would result in the historical preservation and beautification of the courthouse square area while protecting and enhancing the economic (re)development withi ...
“Don’t Mess with Texas” (DMWT) is a widely known campaign with a simple message to not litter that started in 1986. The program is sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The DMWT website provides great information and can be found at https://www.dontmesswithtexas.org/. There are many ways you can get involved including Adopt-A-Highway (AHA), “Report a Litterer,” and Trash-Off (TO).
This has been an unusual, different year. Let us hope and pray that this coming year is better.
Until things change there are things we need to do in our gardens and landscapes. When weather permits, till or add 2 to 3 inches of compost and organic material into the planting area, to loosen soil and improve moisture retention.
It’s time to sharpen tools and cleaning mowers, tillers and edgers plus hand tools.
No one had the Monday blues at the Henry House in Blanco earlier this week when residents and staff members who wanted the COVID-19 vaccine were able to receive it, thanks to the county’s EMS service. But the county is experiencing a delay in further shipments of the vaccine that’s very much in-demand.
Residents of the long-term care facility were eager, even anxious, to roll up their sleeves.
“Our residents are hoping this will be a way for them to be able to get out and spend time ...
Exhibitors showed their animals and other wares during the Blanco County Youth Stock Show held last week in Johnson City. At left, Ashton Ortiz of Blanco FFA, in the foreground, and Carley Norton of Johnson City FFA, show their hogs in the annual show. Watch out for the annual youth show special section, which includes additional photos and complete results of the youth show, in next week’s edition of The Blanco County News.
Amber Corder, program coordinator, called the Blanco Coalition on Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CoAPT) meeting to order at 9 a.m. on Jan. 13.
First, she went over the upcoming fundraisers for Project Graduation. One is a Flamingo Flocking Fundraiser which “involves deploying a flock of pink plastic flamingos in someone’s yard or outside a business entrance.
