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For generations, the Kuebel family has called Blanco County home. Their 60-acre farm, located just about four miles west of Blanco, is home to four generations, all of whom work together tending to the variety of livestock and pets that share the land that overlooks the Blanco River. Like a lot of Hill Country farms, the Kuebels raise goats.

What makes a singer great? Is it the tone of their voice, or the way they swing their hips? While both can catapult a singer into stardom, usually, it's a song that takes a singer from the small stage, to the world.  A song can take an unknown and send them straight to the top of the charts. In celebration of those guys and gals who pen the words to those songs, Jim Halfpenny, Laurie Halfpenny and Dave Niemeyer have organized the 2015 Dri ...

That’s no exaggeration. You’ll realize it’s the truth the second you step into this palace of what owner Mary Van Ostrand has labeled Fabulous Finds, Uncommon Goods, and Antiques. Barely off the Wimberley Square, the shop is housed in a building that used to be the city’s post office on Oak Street.

I have been blessed to hunt in the hill country my entire life.  I was born in San Saba County in the late sixties and have hunted here ever since.  I loved it so much in fact, I have turned my avocation into my vocation.

The Hill Country is no stranger to big musical talent: Kevin Fowler, Terri Hendrix and, of course, Willie Nelson have all made their lasting mark on music at large. This storied run of artists doesn't just end with the past; singer-songwriter Lainey Wright is paving the way for a new generation of Hill Country musicians. Wright has had quite the busy year so far, releasing her second full-length album, "'Til We Go Home", in April and touring through Norway in February and March. "Being able to ...

The temperature hovers around a brisk 40 degrees on an overcast March afternoon. But Pamela Arnosky, who farms full time with her family on their Blanco County land, pays no mind. She's got buckets of fresh ranunculus to grade and band into bunches. Clad in a heavy wool sweater, corduroy jeans, and sturdy gloves, Pamela works at a towel-covered table in an open-air shed.

For two decades, Bob Salter rode the airwaves as a high-flying San Antonio TV news anchorman. Now the articulate and handsome 61-year-old, who looks as if he's still up to the task of delivering the news with ease, flies high to deliver people in distress to life-saving places. Hill Country residents love the region's vastness and rugged beauty, and many opt to live in rural areas.

Ponty Bone looks almost shy, his eyes tilted a little downward and his voice is so soft you almost can't hear it. Then he picks up his accordion and his head lifts high and he pulls a wide, very happy, grin across his face. Ask him a question now and that voice is clear and strong and happy.

Entering Wimberley from the south on Ranch Road 12, you used to see a large wooden sign by the Blanco River bridge welcoming you to “A Little Bit of Heaven.” Heaven turned into a hell on May 23 for the picturesque valley, but neighbors and complete strangers have been busy from the first moment demonstrating just what heaven can be.

It all started in Blanco, built on the banks of its namesake river. Beginning on the evening of Saturday, May 23, at least 10 inches rain fell, causing the Blanco River to escape its banks with a wall of water that left a path of devastation in its wake. "I had never seen anything like it,"