The 2010 football season started with a bang for the Blanco Panthers, who took the season’s opening kick-off and drove 77 yards for their first score of the year. However, it would not be until their final drive of the night that Blanco would score again, as their game with the visiting Canyon Lake Hawks turned into a defensive battle. On the game’s opening drive, Blanco took over four minutes off the clock before Kyle Holmes bulled his way into the end zone from 17 yards ...

At the regular monthly meeting of the Blanco Historic Preservation Commission on Monday night, PEC addressed the situation involving the power pole that they recently installed in front of Uptown Blanco at the corner of 3rd and Main streets. The self-supporting concrete pole came under fire from the commission and Uptown Blanco for its placement in the historic district and the lack of communication involving its installation with those groups. Jerry Wisian addressed the commis ...

At the August 26, 2010 meeting of the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to set the District’s Ad Valorem Tax Rate at 2.31 cents per $100 valuation, down slightly from the 2.46 cents assessed during the previous two years. In addition, the Board voted to keep all administrative fees the same as the previous year. As an example, the owner of a home appraised at $200,000 will pay the District $3 less in taxes in the coming ...

Don’t miss the 11th Anniversary of the Wild Game Dinner fundraiser scheduled for October 2 in Johnson City at the Blanco County Show Barn beginning at 5:00 p.m. Game Dinner tickets are available for $15.00 per person. Included in the price will be the best wild game you have ever eaten, door prize chance, and dance until midnight to The Mike Clifford Band.