When 1,035 Blanco students joyously departed for Spring Break last month, they didn’t know they wouldn’t see their teachers again until the next school year.
Blanco Independent School District students have not seen their classrooms since March 13; at that time, no COVID-19 cases had yet been discovered in the county.
Editor’s note: Fredda Jones doesn’t live in Blanco, but she might as well during the school year. She spends much of her time chasing around three of her grandchildren who attend Blanco ISD schools and taking photos of sporting events in which they participate, and you see some of those photos in The Blanco County News.
The county-wide stay at home order and curfew have been rescinded.
Blanco County Judge Brett Bray issued an order Monday morning stating the two orders have been rescinded, but also stating that certain previsions of the disaster declaration remain in place. He directed residents to follow the governor’s statewide orders.
“This action should not be misinterpreted as an ‘all clear,’” the county judge’s order read.
It’s been quite the journey for dancers at Blanco Ballet.
The students were preparing for what should have been their spring performance when the coronavirus pandemic hit.
However, that hasn’t stopped them from keeping things going. The approximately 50 dancers have moved to online lessons through Skype up to five days a week as they continue to prepare for their now postponed performance.
At first, things were quite different than their normal, in-person practices.
“It was a bi ...
Two people were injured and at least 11 residences were destroyed when a tornado touched down in Round Mountain early Sunday morning.
The tornado touched down along Ranch Road 962, traveled northeast across U.S. Hwy. 281 south of EE Ranch Road, and continued its northeast trek as it left the county, according to a preliminary path of the storm provided by Ben Oakley, Blanco County public information officer.
A group has announced its intent to file a lawsuit against Permian Highway Pipeline and Kinder Morgan due to impacts felt from the March 28 drilling mishap.
Attorneys on behalf of Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association announced last week of their intention to file suit against Kinder Morgan and PHP for “contamination of an underground source of drinking water” from the drilling mishap that day, according to a press release.
Blanco County is holding steady at four confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 12 more “likely” cases, but area hospitals are abiding by an old adage by being “better safe than sorry.”
County officials announced the second two cases on April 6 and no further cases have been identified as of April 13.
Also holding steady are local hospitals such as Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Marble Falls and Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg, both of which serve Blanco County re ...
Ben Rehder’s latest work in his Blanco County book series is here.
The comic mystery novel, Free Ride, is his 13th in the series and has been released in both print and online versions. An audio book will later be released.
As do the other books in the series, Free Ride follows the zany local adventures of Red O’Brien and Billy Don Craddock.
From Amazon, “Safari Adventure is a small but popular zoo that entertains visitors from all over Texas—until one morning when most of the a ...
The Blanco County Commissioner regular meeting was called to order April 14 by Judge Brett Bray with commissioners: Tommy Weir, Emil Uecker, Chris Liesmann and Paul Granberg present.
There was a public comment request by Kenneth Welch, however, the court prohibited the comments to be made due to alleged disparaging remarks.
Teri Albright thought she found some clear water in her barn shower.
She attempted to shower and wash her hair there, but it wasn’t long before the water turned brown, like the well water in her house. Days later, her hair remained thick and sticky, even after attempting to rinse it with bottled water and more shampoo.
“It’s ridiculous,” said Albright, who lives along River Oaks Road, with her husband, Milton Shaw.
Albright and Shaw are one of at least three Blanco-area property ...
