Blanco County will be holding its countywide household waste collection event on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Bring your recyclables to the county drop off location, Blanco County/Waste Connections Transfer Station, at 377 Transfer Road in Johnson City. The station will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Household items accepted include lead-acid batteries, rechargeable batteries, construction debris, carpet, appliances (including refrigerators, stoves, microwaves, dishwashers, freezers, ns water heater ...
Lone Star Capital Bank is proud to have been selected as a Top Workplace for 2020. The winners were announced by the San Antonio Express News virtual event on October 8, 2020, as well as featured in the Top Workplaces Publication. This honor is bestowed to companies whose employees have participated in an anonymous survey and have rated their employers positively for various categories such as, work environment, communication, and management.
When asked what being named a Top Workplace mean ...
The Old Annex market hosted its first live music performance by Madison Rodges. The outdoor venue was perfect to accomodate socially distanced listeners. Keep up to date with the next event by following them on Facebook
@OldAnnexMarket.
Photos courtesy of Heather Wagner.
Think about a volcano emerging from the surface of the ocean and forming a new island, new land. At first there is no life of any kind on the island. Eventually, however, after the lava has cooled, there may be some bacteria and fungi begin to grow on the lava at the edge of the water, and these microorganisms begin a very long, slow process of breaking down the rock.
The Grammy-award winning Los Texmaniacs will be roaring into HSB on Saturday, October 24, at 6 PM. The Cultural Enrichment Society is hosting the band bayside at Quail Point.
Max Baca founded Los Texmaniacs in 1997. Baca is a legend on bajo sexto, a twelve-string guitar-like instrument. His nephew, Josh Baca, is a third-generation modern-day accordionist.
Members of the Blanco Masonic Lodge are normally planning for the Ernie R. Davis Jr. Care and Share Luncheon by the middle of October. This year, however, is a different case.
Held the Saturday before Thanksgiving, the Care and Share Luncheon has become a Blanco tradition. This year, due to the constraints of the COVID-19 virus, the Blanco Masonic Lodge is has regretfully announced that the meal will be canceled this year.
Coronavirus or not, the Masons wanted to offer some assistance t ...
Texans receiving unemployment benefits will need to show an active effort to find a job starting Nov. 1.
The Texas Workforce Commission suspended the requirement in March as the pandemic started. More than 3.6 million have filed for unemployment relief since then, according to Texas Tribune research.
Workforce Executive Director Ed Serna said the state continues to suffer from the pandemic, “but we’re seeing employment opportunities begin to bounce back in Texas as our economy rest ...
Fourteen members of Boy Scout and Cub Scout Troops 497 of Blanco help dedicate the new flagpole at American Legion Post 352 on Monday, October 19, 2020. The flagpole, donated last year as surplus to the American Legion by Blanco’s Gem of the Hills Community Center, now proudly flies Old Glory as well as the POW/MIA flag, commemorating American Prisoners of War and service personnel who are Missing in Action.
On November 16, The Rotary Club of Blanco County invites the public to meet former Astronaut Tom Henricks. Henricks will be the guest speaker at 6:30 p.m.
Contact Bob Backle at [email protected] for Zoom videoconferencing instructions.
About Henricks
Former astronaut Tom Henricks flew four Space Shuttle missions in less than five years to become the first person to log over 1,000 hours as a space shuttle pilot/commander.
Accepted into NASA’s astronaut program in 1985, he became ...
By Tricia Hartmann
Mayor Rhonda Stell called the regular meeting of the Johnson City Council at the Hoppe Room to order at 6 p.m. on October 6, 2020. A quorum was established, and Pastor Steve Sanchez gave the invocation.
Presentations
Stell said that interviews will be held this week for the position of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), and Chamber President Craig Van Engelen gave a presentation to the Council.
