Judge Brett Bray called the meeting to order at 8:59 a.m. with all commissioners present. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved and both line item transfers were approved.
Commissioner Liesmann moved to approve the outstanding bills of $196,859.95; Commissioner Uecker seconded and it carried.
Keith Neffendorf with Neffendorf & Knopp, PC.
Beginning, July 8 the Johnson City Library will present “Unsinkable: Voices of the Storm,” an exhibition produced by the Bullock Museum, presented in partnership with Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and made possible by reporters at Texas Monthly.
Hurricane Harvey first made landfall on August 25, 2017, near Rockport, Texas.
It was a packed van towing a packed trailer that rolled out of Johnson City Thursday and, a few hours later, rolled into Eagle Pass, on the Texas side of the border with Mexico.
Inside were goods donated by generous Johnson City residents — clothes, shoes, tote bags — things the asylum-seekers needed once they were screened, documented, and released by the US Border Patrol.
“As far as the government is concerned, once these people are processed and released, they’re on their own,
Imagine what it feels like to be the person who shows a child that heroes still walk the earth, that all grown-ups are not the same. To be the one that can restore a child’s faith in people and can give them hope for the future. Think about a time in your life when you felt totally alone and in need, and someone stood beside you.
Aubrey Humphrey, a 2013 graduate of LBJ High School was recently honored by the US Coast Guard Reserve (USCG) as Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year for USCG District 8 which encompasses 26 states. Aubrey, a Marine Science Technician base out of USCG Sector Corpus Christi was selected from an enlisted force of over 800 based on his display of pride, professionalism, and dedication to Coast Guard core values.
The Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department has a unique and truly hometown history. For seventy years volunteers have given of their time and talents to keep not only Johnson City, but the surrounding areas safe from fires.
Around 1936 the entire block where the Black Spur sits today burned down. Chief Roy Burdett said, “In 1949 the city figured they better come up with something, so the Fredericksburg Fire Department donated their first fire engine to Johnson City.” The truck was a 192 ...
General Manager of Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, Ron Fiesler, met with the Blanco County Commissioners at a workshop on May 14 to look at some of their proposed revisions to the Blanco County subdivision regulations. The Commissioners adopted the proposal a couple weeks later. “Those new subdivision regulations are in affect right now,” Fiesler said.
Two of the top athletes in the LBJ High School Class of 2019 were recently selected to compete in All-Star contests in their respective sports. Standouts Rylee Weirich (Softball) and Lance Hobbs (Basketball) were nominated by Eagle coaches and selected by committee to represent Johnson City in the showcase events that featured the best in local talent from their graduating class.
Lady Eagle Softball Coach Brent Harris was proud when his nominations of Weirich to two such squads were confirm ...
The PAWS Shelter of Central Texas, located at 2965 FM 165, Dripping Springs officially opened its doors on Thurs. June 20 with a series of ribbon cuttings for Blanco, Johnson City and Dripping Springs.
With more than 100 people roving in and out during an Open-House style Grand Opening, attendees enjoyed food from Onion Creek Kitchens, craft cocktails from Dripping Spring Vodka along with other sponsors such as Dr.
By George Barnette
People still refer to it as “the old Super S", but the building on Highway 281 South in Johnson City is rapidly becoming the new Blanco County Community Resource Center.
The building was taken down to its slab and structural “bones”, and now has interior ceilings and walls, turning former supermarket aisles into a network of offices, meeting rooms, and other spaces where government and non-profit agencies can provide social services to residents of Blanco County.
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