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The PAWS Shelter of Central Texas, located at 2965 FM 165, Dripping Springs officially opened its doors on Thurs. June 20 with a series of ribbon cuttings for Blanco, Johnson City and Dripping Springs.
With more than 100 people roving in and out during an Open-House style Grand Opening, attendees enjoyed food from Onion Creek Kitchens, craft cocktails from Dripping Spring Vodka along with other sponsors such as Dr.
By George Barnette
People still refer to it as “the old Super S", but the building on Highway 281 South in Johnson City is rapidly becoming the new Blanco County Community Resource Center.
The building was taken down to its slab and structural “bones”, and now has interior ceilings and walls, turning former supermarket aisles into a network of offices, meeting rooms, and other spaces where government and non-profit agencies can provide social services to residents of Blanco County.
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By Billie Jean Kutzer
Saturday, June 22, was a perfect day for the contestants to compete in weighted and non-weighted categories. The overcast sky kept spectators from getting too hot. Children enjoyed rides on a train made from fifty-five-gallon drums pulled by a riding lawn mower. Some children competed with lawnmowers.
The U.S. Supreme Court today closed a window into the workings of the federal government when agencies withhold information about businesses it acquires as part of administering taxpayer-supported programs, the National Newspaper Association said.
Ruling on behalf of a business group representing food retailers, the Food Marketing Institute, the high court permitted the U.S.
By George Barnette
"It was supposed to be a little four-day mission trip to introduce 14 of our middle school students to mission work,” explained Carrie Anders, Youth Director at the First United Methodist Church.
"It turned out to be much more…um...interesting…than that."
The plan was to go to the Port Isabel United Methodist Church to refurbish some signs, build some benches, and create a butterfly garden.
By Pastor Steve Sanchez
“People, I just want to say, you know, can we all just get along? Can we get along?” Rodney King asked these questions on the day of the L.A. riots in May of 1992.
You’d think he was talking about the current divisions we see daily in America fanned into flame by Twitter, Facebook or anyplace else people put in their two cents.
The U.S. Supreme Court today closed a window into the workings of the federal government when agencies withhold information about businesses it acquires as part of administering taxpayer-supported programs, the National Newspaper Association said.
Ruling on behalf of a business group representing food retailers, the Food Marketing Institute, the high court permitted the U.S.
Governor Orders Guard Troops to Border to Assist Feds
On June 21, the day before President Trump called off a national sweep to find and detain undocumented non-citizens, Gov. Greg Abbott announced the deployment of 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the Rio Grande.
Accompanied by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Adjutant General Tracy Norris in a state Capitol news conference, Abbott said the deployment would assist the U.S.
Hindsights by Michael Barr
A hot summer day in the Texas Hill Country can give Lucifer a heat rash, but in Albert, where the beer is cold, the music is lively and a gentle breeze stirs the air under the giant oak trees behind the Albert icehouse, even a sultry Texas afternoon can be downright pleasant.
Albert is a small community quietly hidden in the hills between Stonewall and Blanco.
