As the deadline to submit comments or requests for a public hearing draws near, the Lower Colorado River Authority has seen residents expressing their concerns about a proposed sand mining plant along the Llano River arm of Lake LBJ.
Folks have until tomorrow, Feb. 4, to submit comments or protests regarding the Kingsland Sand & Gravel Plant; the deadline to request a public hearing is Monday Feb.
On Monday, January 25, 2021, the Llano Chamber of Commerce began visiting schools and businesses via the Llano Chamber Surprise Patrol, to deliver the Chamber’s annual community awards. The awards, normally given during the Annual Chamber banquet, were instead given “Publisher’s Clearing House” style, because of COVID-19.
Llano Executive Director Briley Mitchell said, “It was a challenge to keep everything under wraps and not let anyone know who won before the announcement.
The Llano High School football program received significant news last week when five senior players from the Jackets Varsity football squad were named to the Padilla Poll Coaches 2020 All-State Team for 3A-1.
The Jackets had Case Kuykendall, Quincy Prince, and Aiden Cuthbertson selected as first-teamers while both Cade Ligon and Lance Pierce were selected as second-teamers.
CASE KUYKENDALL: QUARTERBACK, FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE
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Llano voters made their choices known in several local races that were decided yesterday, including the Llano City Council, for which five candidates competed for two spots, and the Llano Independent School District Board of Trustees.
Voters decided to keep their LISD board president, Rick Tisdale, at Place 3, but school board newcomer Carlos Strand unseated the vice president at Place 4.
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A slew of civil lawsuits and Governor’s Executive Orders have made this fall’s election different than any we have witnessed – and that’s not even taking into account a hotly contested Presidential Election.
The Texas Legislature amended the Texas Election Code in 2017 to end straight party voting beginning with the 2020 General Election, so we knew to anticipate having to mark each race on the ballot.
In a small town like Llano, it’s quite possible that you know at least one of the five candidates who are running for three at-large spots on Llano’s City Council. But for those who don’t know the candidates, The Llano News wanted to give each alderman candidate a chance to introduce themselves and to elaborate on what local issues are important to them.
First, a brief introduction, in alphabetical order.
Although COVID-19 cases in Llano County have been on a downward trend after a spike in cases in July, one local high school student tested positive late last month.
As of Sept. 18, the county has logged 166 positive cases, five of which have resulted in death. The most recent death was a man in his 60s from Llano.
The student’s case was reported to Llano County Health District officials on Aug.
The Llano County Elections Office mailed Overseas and Military Ballots before September 19 and is in the process of mailing the Absentee Ballots By Mail (ABBM) requested by 1,930 Llano County voters.
Llano County Elections Administrator Cindy Ware said the ABBM will be be put in the mail late this week.
The Llano County Commissioners Court and the Llano County Hospital Authority Board of Directors participated in a public workshop Monday afternoon to discuss the options for continued Llano Hospital and EMS service after the current contract with Baylor Scott & White expires at the end of this year.
All speakers seemed to agree that the only path for the Llano Hospital to continue functioning is to obtain Medicare's Critical Access Hospital designation which helps rural hospitals to financi ...
There is a hopeful and cautious optimism among administrators and parents as the vast majority of Llano Independent School District students have returned to the classroom. A minority of families chose the district’s online option and those students are learning at home.
“You could literally feel the excitement,” said Kim Stubblefield, principal of Llano Elementary School.
