We all know the story. On February 2nd, people come from all over to gather and watch a diminutive critter crawl out into the sun. If he sees his shadow? Six more weeks of winter. If he doesn’t, spring begins.
But we’re not talking about a groundhog from a small town in Pennsylvania who can predict the changing of the seasons.
Horseshoe Bay’s Cultural Enrichment Society is excited to welcome The Everly Brothers Experience featuring the Zmed Brothers to Quail Point Lodge in HSB at 107 Twilight Lane at 4:30 PM on Sunday, February 28. Tickets are $45 each and are available for purchase at hsbenrichment.org.
Since 2016, brothers Zachary and Dylan Zmed, along with their partner and drummer Burleigh Drummond, have celebrated the pivotal music and history of The Everly Brothers legacy with enthusiastic crowds worldwid ...
Fredericksburg– The Hill Country Alliance, Texas Tech University’s Department of Natural Resources Management, and partners have launched the 2021 Axis Deer Control Project and are encouraging landowners and hunters to participate.
Axis deer are an exotic species that were introduced from India to the Texas Hill Country in the 1930s. Since their introduction, this species has proliferated in several portions of the Hill Country, adversely impacting agricultural production, native wildli ...
AUSTIN-The filing period for three vacancies on the Education Service Center Region 13 board of directors is February 1 through February 20.
Rich Elsasser, executive director of the education service center, announced that candidates may file on a board approved form, in person or by mail, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
In last week’s issue, there were two errors.
Dr. Mark L. Smith is a resident artist of Johnson City in the Mark Smith Studio Gallery, not the Texas Arthouse.
The City Councilmember Clayton Young’s term is up in May, not Shelton Young.
The regular business meeting of the Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department (JCVFD) was held on January 27. President Ray Bible called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m., and a quorum was established. Those present included: Ray Bible, Whitney Liesmann, Sam Richardson, Orlando Ibanez, Chris Welch, Kemp Elliott, Aaron Luedtke, Penny Whisenant, Justin Kohner, and Justin Davis.
Dr. Heidi Abraham, MD, FAEMS, began her medical career as an EMT with a volunteer fire department in Ohio in 2004 or 2005. She was recently appointed the local health authority for Blanco County.
Abraham’s father encouraged her to pursue medical school. Eventually, she followed his advice and attended Wright State University, where she completed her Emergency Medicine residency as chief resident.
During her residency, Abraham also served as the Fairborn Fire Department assistant medical ...
The Hill Country Trail Ride gets underway this weekend and will go through Blanco for the 56th year.
The trail ride started with 12 others from across Texas to head into San Antonio to kick off the stock show and rodeo. The trail rides normally kicks off the rodeo riding into the ATT Center, with riders representing each area of Texas.
Jerry Thompson of the Blanco County Friends of the Night Sky (BCFNS) presented a Hill Country Alliance (HCA) certificate in appreciation for the County’s participation in the Hill Country Night Sky Month to Judge Brett Bray and the Blanco County County Commissioners on January 26. Left to right are Judge Brett Bray, Paul Granberg, Jerry Thompson, Tommy Weir, Emil Uecker, and Chris Liesmann.
Maura Ibanez, a junior at LBJ High School, will be one of 17 students with work featured in the Clingman Education Gallery at the Briscoe Western Art Museum. Ibanez’s work, On the Chase, was recognized as Best in Class in the the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Western Art Competition.
