The Highland Lakes Democratic Women will hear from retired Border Patrol Agent, Roy Wilson, who will share his experiences at their January 23 luncheon and meeting at the Meadowlakes Restaurant in Marble Falls. Check-in begins at 11:15 a.m., lunch and the business meeting at 11:30 a.m., and the speaker will begin at noon.
Roy Wilson graduated Llano High School, 1965 and graduated from Texas Tech University.
On December 10th, 2019, Hill Country Builders Association, Highland Lakes region (HCBA) expanded their commitment to the building trades with a $10,000 investment in skills training for adults. The funds were donated to Workforce Network, Inc., a local nonprofit focused on equipping low wage workers with the knowledge and skills for a career in a better-paying, high-demand profession.
The Department of Labor reports that for every five skilled tradesmen that retire, only one will enter the ...
People in the Texas Hill Country had been listening to radio for a quarter century before Elbert Hahne’s television set turned invisible signals into squiggly images on a 10 inch screen.
The ability to send live images through the air had been around since the early 20th century, but in the beginning the technology had no practical purpose.
Unusual town names are proof that frontier Texans were not short on humor and imagination. A few of the more interesting place names are Gunsight (Stephens County), Lick Skillet (Fayette County), Topsey (Coryell County) and Ding Dong (Bell County). Blowout, 15 miles northwest of Johnson City in Blanco County, is a personal favorite.
In 1854 about two dozen homesteaders from Kentucky settled near Comanche Creek about three miles below its source at Comanche Springs.
Writing this weekly outdoors column has always been one of the highlights of my week. After 30 years of sharing the outdoors with you, this column never seems like work. But some weeks, I have to ‘dig deep’ to settle on a topic that I think you will be interested in.
If you’ve read this column long, you are aware that it’s not filled with news from Texas Parks and Wildlife; TPWD news releases are widely available on the internet.
Morning Toni:
I am turning 65 in March and am searching for the right Medicare Supplement to cover my health needs. I have been told from patients at the cancer center where I go to receive my cancer treatment that Plan F is the plan to choose. I have been “Googling” enrolling in Plan “F” and discovered that it is not available for me.
As we say adios to the old decade and herald in what many are referring to as the reincarnation of “The Roaring Twenties”, I thought it good to reflect upon this past year and all the great times I have had spending time in the outdoors with family and friends, both old and new.
The Highland Lakes Quilt Guild, which meets in Marble Falls in the Texas Hill Country, is gearing up for our fabulous 2020 Highland Lakes Guild Quilt Festival. This year’s Quilt Festival is in celebration of our 20 Years—One Stitch at a Time! The Highland Lakes Quilt Guild, as it is now known, began as Marble Falls Quilt Club in 2000 and our Quilt Festival is a bi-annual event.
The Guild helps support many neighborhood philanthropies and there are various time-intensive Communit ...
AUSTIN — After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declared the individual mandate in “Obamacare” unconstitutional on Dec. 18, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed his agreement.
“The Fifth Circuit’s holding is clear: the federal government cannot order private citizens to purchase subpar insurance products that they don’t want,” Paxton said.
Submitted by Wanda Rueffer, Chairperson, Mason County Republican Party
Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 7:00 p.m., the Mason County Republican Party will be hosting a forum for Republican United States Congressional candidates at the St. Paul Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall located on North Post Oak Street in Mason. To date, seven of the 10 announced Republican candidates have confirmed attendance.
During the summer, Congressman Mike Conaway announced his retirement from Congress.
