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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.

WASHINGTON – National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today announced the deployment of 19 additional Economic Assessment and Evaluation Teams to communities affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. These interagency teams will work with communities in Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas to help them orient to their economic situation, develop action steps, and will offer guidance geared towards spearheading post-event economic recover ...

The Pedernales Soil and Water Conservation District and the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) invite the public, and any organization or agencies with an interest in agriculture or conservation to attend a Local Work Group Meeting/Listening Session to be held at First United Methodist Church in Johnson City. This meeting will be on September 8 at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this meeting is to receive input from a broad range of local agencies, organizations, businesses, ...

By Larry Hobson At about 11 years old, I had subscribed to “Boy’s Life” magazine and was always interested in Whittlin’ Jim’s “Neckerchief Slide of the Month”. The photos were black and white and directions were sketchy at best, but the interest was there, yet I never attempted to “whittle”. Many years passed and on a family vacation to the Santa Cruz area in California, the carving bug struck pretty hard.

On August 2, 2010, Blanco Mayor Chuck Homan received notification from TCEQ regarding an investigation conducted on July 12, 2010 of the City of Blanco Water System at 1015 Fulcher Street, Blanco. The letter stated that Lawrence King of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Austin Region Office conducted an investigation of the City of Blanco Water System facility to evaluate compliance with applicable requirements for public drinking water systems. Lawrence King compl ...

The body of Kingsland Pharmacy owner Warren Dale Freeman was found Friday morning on his ranch in Blanco County. According to Blanco County Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Terry Carter, Freeman, 53, had gone out to his ranch Thursday afternoon and was using a box blade on a tractor to build a stock tank.

The September 9 meeting of the Kendall County Area Democratic Women (KCADW) will feature Texas Senator Leticia Van de Putte. The meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. and will be held at Kronkosky Place, 17 Old San Antonio Road, in Boerne. Senator Van de Putte represents a large portion of San Antonio and Bexar County.

Last Friday, the three men involved in the attempted heist of the Cattleman’s National Bank in Round Mountain last November received their sentencing. Two of the three illegal citizens were handed down 20 years in a U.S. prison for bank robbery and weapons charges – while the third man only received 17 years as part of a plea agreement. According to witnesses and court documents, the assailants jabbed a gun into the stomach of Cattleman’s National Bank Vice President ...