Don’t miss the 22nd Annual Blanco County Wild Game Dinner on Oct. 2 in Johnson City at the Blanco County Show Barn.
The Wild Game Dinner is sponsored by the Blanco County Sale Committee and all proceeds go to support Blanco County 4-H and FFA activities. Doors open at 4 p.m.
The City of Blanco’s interim city administrator is hitting the ground running to tackle challenges such as the two water shortages that have affected customers over the past year.
“Blanco faces challenges with the wastewater treatment plant but we’re slowly working on these issues,” said Kelly Kuenstler, MPA. “Having to use our backup water supply while the water treatment plant is undergoing renovation already has proven to be challenging; however, city staff members seem to ‘s ...
Among the first lessons the preservationist learns is the legitimate stewardship to help protect historic places, that lies chiefly with all local governments.
This is a lesson often learned the hard way, for many people assume that the federal government, being the “highest” level of government, is the strongest guardian of historic sites.
A shooting in Blanco County on Saturday night left an Army veteran and former Blanco County volunteer firefighter dead and his family in mourning.
Donald Boumans, 25, was allegedly shot and killed by his step-father, James “Jim” Mayer Harris Jr., 63, said Chief Deputy Neal Leonard with the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday.
“The case is still being investigated,” Leonard said.
Blanco County is closing in on 1,000 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began last year, and almost 100 of those have occurred just in the past few weeks, a county health official said on Tuesday.
“We’re definitely seeing a surge of COVID-19,” said Blanco County EMS Chief Ben Oakley, who is the county’s health authority.
Simon Ramirez was 10 years old when he started his career in scouting with the Cub Scout Pack 497 of Blanco. Two years, later he received his Arrow of Light and crossed over to the Boy Scout Troop. Today Simon is almost 18 and has just completed his Eagle Scout project that will grant him the Eagle Scout rank, the highest rank any boy or girl can achieve in Scouting.
Ramirez designed, fundraised for, and oversaw the construction of a bird and wildlife viewing station for the Gem of the Hill ...
Author Ben Rehder has released the 14th book in his Blanco County series.
The book, Boom Town, is available online and in print through Amazon.
The description of the book is as follows: “Lonnie Blair was sitting comfortably in a deer blind on a crisp January afternoon when his life came to a sudden, violent end.
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.
