Burnet County to pay inmate’s $280,000 cancer treatment bill
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — County commissioners expect to deplete an emergency fund…
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LCRA board OKs water plan changes, new downstream reservoir
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — The Lower Colorado River Authority began the process of changing…
Rocket company to take off in Briggs
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BRIGGS — California-based Firefly Space Systems has purchased 200acres in…
Burnet County Extension agent Wade Hibler retiring after three decades
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — After more than three decades of serving communities…
Canadian company buys water and wastewater plants in Central Texas
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — Canada-based Corix Utilities Inc. finalized on July 31…
Llano County resists housing immigrant children
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — Two more commissioners courts in the Hill Country…
LCRA puts pressure on those with illegal ‘straws’ in water
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — The Lower Colorado River Authority is stepping up enforcement against…
Colorado River advocacy groups squaring off in water fight
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — As drought conditions continue, the battle over water…
Marble Falls resolution focuses on border crisis, influx of children
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Though the U.S.-Mexico border is several hundred…
Leading ladies blaze trails in Burnet, Llano counties
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — A slow-paced rural setting might evoke images of…
Llano County reinstates burn ban for unincorporated areas
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — The Llano County Commissioners enacted a burn ban July 14…
Lobby for taller billboards riles Hill Country residents
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF SPICEWOOD — As the Texas Department of Transportation mulls a…
Spicewood VFD, ESD sign emergency services agreement
SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM SPICEWOOD — Burnet County ESD No. 9 and Spicewood VFD-EMS, Inc. announced…
Cottonwood Shores VFD votes to change charter to resolve issue with city council
FROM STAFF REPORTS COTTONWOOD SHORES — The Cottonwood Shores Volunteer Fire Department membership voted July…
Cottonwood Shores council wants VFD to change its charter — or else
FROM STAFF REPORTS COTTONWOOD SHORES — The Cottonwood Shores city council wants the Cottonwood Shores…
NRA Foundation grant helps BCSO get new sidearms
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — While Burnet County sheriff’s deputies have always carried a sidearm,…
Boat-draining rule in effect to stop spread of zebra mussels
FROM TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE ATHENS – Beginning July 1, boaters must drain all water…
Drought worse than recession for Burnet County taxpayers
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — While the majority of Burnet County residents don’t own lakefront…
PEC voters stick with current at-large election system
FROM STAFF REPORTS CEDAR PARK — With a chance to change how they choose their…
Cities expected to pass LCRA water-rate hike to customers
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — The Lower Colorado River Authority approved a one-year rate…
Ballard keeps Llano justice of peace seat after coin toss
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — Incumbent Linda Ballard will retain her seat as the Llano…
Coin flip will decide GOP Llano County justice of peace race
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — After a March primary, a May run-off and a June…
New water plant coming for drought-striken Spicewood Beach area
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF SPICEWOOD — A new water system takes shape, signaling the…
Oakley defeats Russell in runoff for Burnet County judge
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — In the Republican runoff May 27 for the Burnet County…