Hill Country residents interested in taking non-credit graduate level art classes will have the opportunity to do so through Texas Tech University Fredericksburg this summer.
The Texas Tech University School of Art is partnering with TTU Fredericksburg to offer three community art courses at Hill Country University Center. For the first time ever, community members can attend graduate-level classes.
Pedernales Electric Cooperative today announced the Hill Country Community Cupboard project to help address the Hill Country’s food insecurity through community-sponsored food cupboards. The project’s first cupboard has been installed at PEC’s Johnson City headquarters, on the corner of E. Ladybird Lane and S. Avenue F.
“These types of cupboards have been popping up in communities across the country, and we recognized a real opportunity to make a difference in the community we serve,” ...
The American Legion Post 352 is hard at work evaluating comments and suggestions from the public regarding the proposed Blanco County Veterans Memorial Park. At the suggestion of the Blanco City Council the post is actively seeking community input in the planning stage of the project and is taking action based on that input.
Since presenting the concept at the April meeting of the Blanco City Council, the Post has made formal presentations to the Blanco County Commissioners Court, the Blanco Co ...
Launching June 1, Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s new medical necessity program will create a registry of residential locations in the cooperative’s service territory where members rely on life-sustaining electrical equipment. When planned outages or service interruptions for nonpayment are scheduled, PEC will provide advance notice so preparations can be made.
In line with industry standards, the program does not guarantee priority electric service restoration.
After receiving and evaluating 26 applications, Pedernales Electric Cooperative is pleased to announce the Hill Country Science Mill in Johnson City is the recipient of a $5,000 PEC Community Grant.
The Science Mill will use its $5,000 grant to purchase 15 tablets to display and deliver the museum’s up-and-coming 3-D Avatar experience.
PEC Community Grants are funded, in part, by PEC members through the Power of Change program.
Join the Johnson City Library Tuesday June 20th at 6:00 pm for a Family fun evening of “Old Time Fiddle Music”. This is the kick-off for the library’s Adult Summer Reading program. Everyone is invited to this FREE program.
The program was conceived by Jim Wiederhold. Jim’s wife’s family has lived in Johnson City since the 1950’s.
“There are more community efforts to preserve the night sky in the Hill Country than there are in any other similarly sized region on earth.” That was the message from Dr. John Barentine, Program Manager for the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), at the Hill Country Dark Sky Conference in Fredericksburg on Friday, May 19th.
John Hewa, chief executive officer for Pedernales Electric Cooperative officially announced his resignation to the board of directors at an emergency meeting called on May 25.
PEC and Hewa released a joint statement after the meeting which stated Hewa is returning to Virginia with his family to “pursue new career opportunities.”
Hewa also stated, “I’m proud of PEC’s accomplishments in the four years that I served the cooperative.
Johnson City volunteers are providing free lunches to all children three days a week — Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — from June 5th through July 28th at the First United Methodist Church.
It’s another year of the Kids’ Lunch Club program, bridging the summer gap for children who depend on the school lunch program, but who lose that source of nutrition when school is out.
It’s a summer of country music at the First United Methodist Church, where Free Family Movie Night features a different country and western music star on the first Monday of each month.
The first film, June 5th, is “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Loretta Lynn’s account of her career’s ascent from playing around with a guitar to the Grand Old Opry, and the soap-opera family life that went along with it.
