Blanco County native Billie Jean (Beck) Kutzer grew up hearing stories of the Hill Country as told to her by her great grandmother Linda Wuest and grandmother Elsie Beck. They and many other families with roots in the Texas Hill Country during the 1800s have similar stories.
One of those stories led to her writing the screenplay “Legend,” which is in production and being presented to several studios.
Legend is based off the story of a mule train carrying gold through the Hill Country ...
A dry and warm fall is predicted for early fall throughout the southwest, including Texas, according to an AccuWeather report on the fall season.
According to the report, Americans looking forward cooler temperatures may need to wait a little longer this year as summer lingers across much of the United States.
The autumnal equinox will mark the official changing of the seasons with fall kicking off on Tuesday, Sept.
WASHINGTON, DC — As part of its ongoing effort to ensure that voters and election officials have the information they need to successfully use the U.S. Mail to vote in the November general elections, the U.S. Postal Service has launched a new Election Mail website. The website, which provides clear and concise information about voting by mail, is available 24/7 by going to: usps.com/votinginfo.
The Postal Service recognizes that many states are choosing to expand mail-in voting options ...
By Tricia Hartmann
President David O’Bannon called the August 17 regular meeting of the ESD 1 to order at 7 p.m. via teleconference. All members were present, and a Quorum was established. There were no citizens comments.
The minutes from the July 20, 2020 Regular meeting were approved as written with motion from Vice President Brandt Raeburn.
The Blanco County Wild Game Dinner has been canceled for 2020, the sale committee announced Saturday.
“At this time the sale committee has made the decision not to hold the event this year,” the Facebook announcement read. “We want to say a huge thank you to each and everyone of you for your support of our event.”
Though the annual event has been canceled for this year, fundraising efforts will continue.
Students across Texas returned to campuses last week as schools and universities scrambled to put into place new lesson plans that best accommodate a pandemic.
For many school districts, this meant greatly expanding the technological resources of their students to support a mix of in-person and online education. For example, Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District east of Houston announced plans to buy 16,000 iPads for almost $3.1 million.
Judge Brett Bray called the Blanco County Commissioners Court meeting to order at 9:02 a.m. with all four commissioners present.
The meeting was simulcasted to the county’s YouTube page due to the pandemic. This allows citizens to watch the meetings without being there in person.
The public hearing for the proposed budget was opened after the Pledge of Allegiance.
Kenneth Welch spoke briefly about the inconsistency of the budget.
”Over the past few weeks you have discussed numerou ...
FREDERICKSBURG—Die Kunstler von Fredericksburg (DK) organization will resume its normal meeting schedule beginning on Thursday, September 3, at 6:00 PM.
Beginning the fall season, the guest artist will be Brian Grimm. A native of central Texas, he is nationally recognized in his medium. After receriving a degree in commercial art and working for many years as a graphic designer, he turned his attention to fine art.
By Rachel Lumpee
The special meeting of the Blanco Commissioners Court on Aug. 17 was called to order at 9 a.m. by County Judge Brett Bray. All four commissioners were present.
After the pledge of allegiance, Kenneth Welch took the floor for public comments. He began by reading the definition of corruption and said, ”I believe persons in power in Blanco County government may be corrupt.
