AUSTIN — Incumbent President Donald J. Trump, who received 94% of the vote in the Lone Star State’s Republican primary election, and former Vice President Joe Biden, who received 34.5 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, were their parties’ top vote-getters on March 3, Super Tuesday.
Biden’s closest rival was Vermont Sen.
The Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department held a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 26. President Ray Bible called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and a quorum was established.
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Shelly Neely of AIR EVAC LIFETEAM of Burnet gave a brief informational exchange about the program. Cost is $55.00 per household with all family members included.
Johnson City Library Friends are pleased to host a Silent Auction during the upcoming Dessert and Bingo Extravaganza. The Extravaganza, sponsored by the Johnson City Woman’s Civic Club, is happening on Saturday, March 7, at the Activities Center of First United Methodist Church. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for delicious desserts, Bingo with prizes, and bidding on a diverse selection of silent auction items.
The Texas Regional Bank celebrated a new branch location here in Johnson City with a ribbon cutting ceremony and shrimp boil on Thursday, February 27, with the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce. The bank is located at 206 E. Main Street, and has a drive-up window and drive-up ATM.
The Blanco County Community Resource Center, located in Johnson City, celebrated a grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, February 28, with the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce. The center has offices for many local non-profit organizations, the Johnson City Christian Food Pantry, and meeting spaces availible. The CRC is located at 206 S.
A large enthusiastic crowd gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Blanco County’s Community Resource Center (CRC) on Friday at 11:30 a.m. There was a brief program followed by the traditional ribbon cutting, refreshments and guided tours.
The goal of the CRC is to provide health and human services in one central location for rural residents and to be a one-stop-shop for community resources.
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and Hill Country Astronomers (HCA) invite you to attend free planetarium and dark sky programs and a star party at the LBJ Ranch on Saturday, March 14.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m., the National Park Service will host programs highlighting the marvels of the night sky and the importance of preserving dark skies.
Located on the high divide in far western Gillespie County, Harper, Texas is out there on the edge; connected to the German Hill Country in some ways and separated from it in others.
Harper is famous for its healthy climate. A whimsical reporter once compared Harper to a similar town in Oklahoma where, “the town graveyard was a measly little patch in which only 3 lots had been taken and the occupants of those were 3 doctors who had tried to make a living there and starved to death because ...
This is how you make short work of a big pancake! That’s Jackson Walker demonstrating winning form in the Biggest Bite contest at the Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at the First United Methodist Church. The traditional free pancake-sausage-and-bacon supper is the church’s last event before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, when dining is more restrained and less…enthusiastic.
David Hamm set the screws as Jim Aldridge held the parts steady when the wheelchair ramp construction crew built one for a lady just north of Johnson City last week. She’s not really in a wheelchair, but is decreasingly able to climb the steps into her home. The builders, working through the First United Methodist Church, build free ramps for those needing them throughout Blanco County.
