May 24, 2018 Issue

All 1,333 ballots cast in Blanco County in the 2018 Runoff Election have been counted and the candidates for November’s general election have been chosen. Precinct 2 of Blanco County chose their lone candidate for Commissioner, Republican, Emil Ray Uecker. Uecker received 52 percent of votes in the Commissioner race against fellow Republican Lance Odiorne who received 47 percent of votes. Democrat Lupe Valdez won the Democratic primary race with 53 percent against Andrew White with 46 p ...

The May meeting of the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District was called to order by chair Jimmy Klepac Thursday May 17, 2018 at 7 p.m. The first order of business was public comment. Twenty-nine people mostly from Precinct 3 voiced their concerns about the possibility of a quarry being located in the northern part of Blanco County.

Johnson City seniors Hailey Bickley and Alexis McDougal are the first recipients of the Science Mill’s new student employee scholarship program. They were each awarded a $500 scholarship to be used towards their post-secondary education as a reward for their outstanding work at the museum. Science Mill Co-founder Bonnie Baskin said the Science Mill not only inspires students who visit the museum to pursue a future in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), it also influences the ...

For the first time in history, Johnson City sent a representative to the UIL State Gold Tournament. Zack Hernandez has been Johnson City’s only golfer for the past four years. Zack got his start by playing golf with his father who taught him the basics and he says “my dad and grandfather were the two people who started my love of golf.” Freshman year, Zack began his high school golf career.