Across the nation – including in the state of Texas – genetic testing company representatives are offering “free” genetic tests to Medicare beneficiaries. These tests can also be referred to as DNA screenings, cancer screenings, and hereditary testing, to name a few. The representatives go to senior centers, senior housing, health fairs, and even parking lots to convince people to let them take a cheek swab for testing.
The list of famous people who stayed at the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg has long been a topic of lively beer hall debate. After participating in quite a few of these seminars myself I have come to the conclusion that some famous and near famous people really stayed at the Nimitz, some may have stayed there and some rumored to have stayed there didn’t.
Verification of the true Nimitz guest list is difficult and in some cases impossible.
Sculpture on Main was originally created in 2006 to bring people to Marble Falls in the fall. “It was designed as a tourist attraction, and what I’ve learned regarding tourism, is when you place great amenities in your city, you not only attract tourists, but you benefit the residents,” said Bill Rives, current Chair of the HLCA.
In 2006, Sculpture on Main was created through a collaboration of downtown merchant, Russel Buster, and local sculptor, Dan Pogue, in Marble Falls. Though many changes have been made since, the commitment for local residents to see and enjoy the beauty it provides to downtown remains.
“The Highland Lakes Creative Arts organization acquired both Sculpture on Main and Paint the Town from the Marble Falls/Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce in 2014.
FredericksburG– U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Executive Director in Gillespie-Kendall-Blanco County, Rick Neffendorf, announced that ranchers and livestock producers may be eligible for assistance for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) for grazing losses incurred in 2019.
According to Neffendorf, “Kendall and Blanco Counties” recently met qualifying drought ratings that ‘trigger’ eligibility for the Livestock Forage Disaster Progra ...
SJW Group and Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (“Connecticut Water”) last week announced the close of their merger. The combined company, SJW Group, is the third-largest investor-owned pure play water and wastewater utility based on rate base in the United States, serving nearly 1.5 million people across California, Connecticut, Maine and Texas.
The merger includes Canyon Lake Water Service, which services 17,200 total connections.
FREDERICKSBURG — Oktoberfest, the family-oriented German event taking place in the center of Fredericksburg, is poised to again attract 1,400 volunteers and 22,000 visitors in its 39TH year. Last week, USA Today chose Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg as one of the 10 BEST in the U.S.
As a result, the oom-pah-pah echo of 38 previous years will carry over in the hearts and minds of people who have made the event an annual tradition, many who traversed hundreds of miles to attend.
More than a dozen women attended a meeting Sept. 20 to learn more about the League of Women Voters (LWV), a nonpartisan organization that presents information to help voters decide on issues like the upcoming constitutional amendments, as well as sponsoring candidate forums.
Two members of the LWV-Hill Country Texas leadership team, Bunny Bond from Kerr County and Janice Zitelman from Gillespie County, traveled to the Johnson City Library to outline the League’s activities, mission, and o ...
Kingsland – September 18 marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the culture and traditions of U.S. residents who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
During Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize and honor the history, culture and contributions of the Hispanic community.
Anyone who has walked Fredericksburg’s historic district has noticed a number of homes and commercial buildings constructed of an unusual building material that looks like cut stone but is really a prefabricated concrete block known as Basse block.
In the first half of the 20th century local builders used Basse block in some of the finer buildings in the Hill Country.
