By Mike Viesca, PEC, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs
Fitch Ratings, a nationally recognized credit ratings agency, has affirmed Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s AA- rating, noting the rating outlook is stable.
“We’re very pleased with Fitch’s decision, and we believe our AA- rating reflects PEC’s commitment to financial stewardship and responsible planning on behalf of our membership,” said PEC Chief Executive Officer Julie Parsley.
In explaining the rating score, Fitch concluded PEC’s financial performance is consistently st ...
Hill Country Memorial Hospice will offer a free five-week bereavement support group for anyone who has experienced any kind of death or loss.
The Living with Loss-Fredericksburg support group will meet weekly on Mondays from July 23-Aug. 20 from 4-5 p.m. at the HCM Women’s Pavilion classroom (1011 S. Milam St.).
If I hadn’t before, I’ve recently come to appreciate these words: “I’m tired of the way that things have been…you break me down, you build me up…Pain, you make me a believer.” (“Believer”, Imagine Dragons, 2017) It speaks of rising above pain and realizing (as I often say), it’s the struggle that makes us stronger.
Pain: It makes us believers in many ways.
Les Goates said that he would never forget the autumn of 1918, “that terribly climactic year of World War I during which more than 14 million people died of that awful scourge ‘the black plague,’ or Spanish influenza.
“Winter came early that year and froze much of the sugar beet crop in the ground.
A while back I was giving a talk to a group of people about the condition of our Hill Country habitat when a woman, obviously peeved about my suggesting the overabundant population of deer was damaging the habitat and needed to be reduced, blurted out, “Well, you just like plants more than animals.” My initial thought was that it was just a reflex response to my suggestion that some of her beloved deer should be shot.
On further reflection, I think that at least part of her response was ...
With ticks posing an ongoing threat to Texas’ cattle industry and mosquitoes causing challenging human health diseases such as Zika virus, a consortium of public health experts met at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Weslaco to hear the latest research and offer potential solutions.
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are leading a collaboration to solve threats from the pests as members of the Western Gulf Center of E ...
By Crystal Washington, Austin Regional Director, Better Business Bureau
Every few months it seems we hear about another major hack of consumer information. In the wake of these massive data breaches like Equifax in 2017, which exposed the personal information of millions of Americans, a new federal law will soon allow you to get credit protection, without paying a fee.
In May, Congress passed a bill known as the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act.
The Blanco County Sheriff’s Office received 336 calls for service from 6/25/2018 through 7/1/2018. The Blanco County Communications Center received the following call types during the seven-day period:
7 = Arrests
143 = Traffic Stops
18 = Reckless Drivers
26 = Medical Aid Calls/Medical Alarm
16 = 911 Hang up Calls, Mis-dials, Open line or Abuse calls
12 = Fire Calls/Fire Alarms
9 = Motor Vehicle Accidents
4 = Disturbance Calls
13 = Animal Complaints/Loose Live Stock Calls
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Motorists hitting the road to celebrate the July 4 holiday will be feeling more pinched than last year, shelling out an average of $2.90 per gallon, the highest Independence Day prices since 2014, when the national average hit $3.66 per gallon, according to GasBuddy, a smartphone app connecting drivers with gas stop locations and prices.
Making holiday travel sourer this year is that a price jump is looming.
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Texas Redistricting Maps
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 on June 25 to approve 10 of 11 disputed Texas House and congressional redistricting maps used in the state’s 2014 and 2016 elections.
The court ruled that only Texas House District 90 in Fort Worth was gerrymandered along racial lines and therefore must be redrawn.
Except for the case of HD-90, the high court reversed findings issued by a three-judge panel of a San Antonio U.S.
