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The USPS is a federal level service provided to deliver mail. Even though USPS is not responsible for providing the containers for your mail, they have boxes available for rent in the Horseshoe Bay facility. The City and POAs are not responsible for mail services. Mail service is federally managed and controlled.
A statewide mask mandate exemption for which Llano County qualified last month was reversed a week after it was granted because the county’s COVID-19 cases began to creep upward. As of Oct. 5, Llano County had 22 active coronavirus cases, which is over the limit of 20 active cases allowed for an exemption from the mandatory statewide mask requirement. On Sept.
Efforts to raise funds for area Volunteer Fire Departments have resulted in a goal of $100,000 being reached. By September’s end, a soft date to reach the goal, Donna Klaeger, Director of Community Resource Centers of Texas exclaimed, “We made it!” The number one priority of Highland Lakes Fire Departments, including the important Volunteer Fire Departments, is to prevent loss of life and property.
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.
Horseshoe Bay Police Patrol Sergeant Lin Thorp had a heart attack while helping fight The Trails fire, but that set back may have been a silver lining in disguise. When the call came in reporting a fire along RM 2831 near The Trails on August 18, 2020, many units of the HSB Fire Department were already dispatched to the scene of grass fire in HSB South.
A few of you may have heard that there's an election coming up in November, not just a Presidential election, but also several Llano County races that were postponed from May 2, including contests for Llano Independent School District Board of Trustees, Kingsland Municipal Utility District Board of Directors, and the City of Llano City Council. Llano County Elections Administrator Cindy Ware pointed out that Texans will not have straight party voting for the first time in over 100 years.
The wildfire along and to the west of RM 2831 on August 18, 2020 burned almost 400 acres and called for the voluntary evacuation of two neighborhoods. But only one home was lost and no injuries were sustained, thanks to the efforts of the dozens of fire agencies who responded to the emergency. In an interview this week, Horseshoe Bay Fire Chief Brent Batla said the initial call came in at 3:19 p.m.
Llanoans who tuned in on Sunday to the Animal Planet’s law enforcement TV show “Lone Star Law” were treated to some local scenery. The Castell General Store, a longtime Llano River destination, is right there on the screen, as Texas Game Warden Kegan Gould talks to locals and gets some vittles for the road before busting some bad guys. Episode one of season eight premiered on Sunday. Gould is one of three game wardens in Llano County with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
Gary Stites, ACE Hardware General Manager and President of the Horseshoe Bay Business Alliance, Inc. had an idea for this year’s Boogie at the Bay free concert series. “Let’s give away a large coral, not pink, Yeti Cooler for the benefit of Clay Cauble’s medical fund.” So began efforts by the Business Alliance, producers of Boogie each year, to accomplish the goal. Tickets were available during each of the three weekly concerts at a suggested $10 donation to be eligible to win the ...
Llano County is among the counties that are requiring residents to wear a mask when in public spaces. The order applies to counties with at least 20 COVID-19 cases. As of July 6, the county’s health authority reported 50 positive COVID-19 cases, 14 of them in Horseshoe Bay. Thirty-one people have recovered and no deaths have been reported. So far, the city’s police department has not had to do much enforcement of the governor’s order.

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