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The Johnson City Library is kicking off their Summer Reading program with a Parade on Saturday June 20 starting at 9 a.m. The parade will wind through the neighborhoods, and children and adults are encouraged to dress as their favorite character from a book, including comic books, fairy tales or fantasy characters.
Kinder Morgan donated $172,000 to the North Blanco County EMS last Wednesday at the North Blanco County Emergency Station in Johnson City. Kinder Morgan representative Alan Fore said this was one of several donations planned for local organizations and services in Blanco County. "Judge Bray recommended many organizations, and the EMS and ESD was at the top of his list,"
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott pledged to institute police reforms when he met with the Houston family of George Floyd, who was handcuffed and killed by police in front of a Minneapolis convenience store on May 25.
Video footage showed the 46-year-old Floyd subdued by four uniformed officers and pinned down on the pavement, one of them pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.
Two Blanco teenagers died Monday night as the result of a vehicle accident on U.S. Hwy. 281.
According to a Texas Department of Public Safety report, a 2013 Chevrolet driven by Jaley Brown, 16, of Blanco, was traveling northbound on U.S. Hwy. 281 when it left the roadway and struck an embankment at approximately 8:49 p.m., about 5 miles south of Johnson City.
The vehicle rolled several times.
Austin— Texas continues to outpace the nation in corporate wind deals, with 39 percent of all power sold to corporate buyers, according to the recently released 2019 Wind Powers American Business Report. The report reveals that corporate customers bought a record amount of wind in 2019, 4,447 megawatts (MW) of U.S.
By Matthew Adelman Publisher, Douglas (Wyoming) Budget and President, National Newspaper Association
The coronavirus pandemic has laid much of the American economy on its back—but a bright spot has made the disaster less crippling than it might have been. That is the Paycheck Protection Program, which funneled money back to workers through small businesses.
Four and a half million small businesses took the PPP loans, representing 50 million jobs, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress in June.
The program was about to run out at the end of June.
By Tricia Hartmann
JCISD Board of Trustees held a regular meeting on June 8, 2020 in the LBJ High School Commons Area. Board President Shelly Wenmohs called the meeting to order at 6 p.m. and a quorum was established with all Board members present. There were no public comments.
Bond Project Updates
Jennifer Black of Sledge Engineering presented the Bond Project Updates, including some required changes and some unexpected developments.
The Johnson City Library is kicking off their Summer Reading program with a Parade on Saturday June 20 starting at 9 a.m. The parade will wind through the neighborhoods, and children and adults are encouraged to dress as their favorite character from a book, including comic books, fairy tales or fantasy characters.
Some years ago a man in Santa Ana, California burned himself to death to protest civil actions being taken against him. The act accomplished nothing; the civil actions continued. Nathan Hale made the following heroic words prior to his death; “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” Nevertheless the revolution against England still had to be fought on the battlefield.
One Sunday I pulled into the church parking lot and got a ticket. As I stepped out of my pickup, a small boy walked up and handed me a yellow slip of paper inscribed with a hand written message that said simply, “Parking Ticket.”
“Oh, great!” I exclaimed. “What is this gonna cost me—forty bucks?” The boy looked me straight in the eye and said firmly, “No.
Government budget planning for 2021 is starting up across America. Blanco County will begin the cycle this month. With the COVID-19 impacts revenues will be distorted across Texas and planned spending will reflect change as a result.
The June 15 Texas Tribune points out that "Sales taxes are collected by the state, which then distributes the local share of the money to the cities where the sales were made.
