Burnet County residents can claim $2.6M in cash, property
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER BURNET — From forgotten bank accounts to mineral royalties, Burnet…
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Petitioners launch campaign for Burnet County-wide booze option
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER KINGSLAND — A group of citizens has launched a county-wide, alcohol-option…
Two new faces chosen, incumbent re-elected to PEC board of directors
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER CEDAR PARK — A contentious and highly publicized Pedernales Electric…
Retired Judge Gil Jones sworn in as Burnet County justice of the peace
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER MARBLE FALLS — After a swearing-in ceremony, a retired district judge…
Deadline is June 12 for PEC online and mail-in voting
FROM STAFF REPORTS JOHNSON CITY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative members wanting a say in the…
Christ-Yoder Animal Shelter staying open with counties taking active role
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER BUCHANAN DAM — Officials from Burnet and Llano counties came…
LCRA: Drought hangs on despite rising Highland Lakes levels
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER SPICEWOOD — The history of dry spells and floods in…
Longtime State Sen. Troy Fraser to step aside from politics
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER AUSTIN — State Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, a lawmaker…
Governor appoints former Marble Falls mayor to LCRA board of directors
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Outgoing Mayor George Russell bids farewell to…
Retired district Judge Gil Jones accepts justice of the peace position
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — County commissioners on May 12 approved appointing retired…
PEC candidates to offer views on competition, elections at forum
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF HORSESHOE BAY — Two candidates for the Pedernales Electric Cooperative…
Highland Lakes voters decided city and school races
BURNET — With the results in, Highland Lakes voters have made their voices heard in…
Highland Lakes cities and school districts holding elections May 9
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The spring round of elections are May 9 for several…
Judge Edward Cutchin hanging up robe to stay active with family
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — With his recent retirement announcement, Burnet County Precinct…
Early voting for Highland Lakes elections runs through May 5
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — With spring in the air, it means many things, including…
PEC candidates announce intent to run for board of directors
FROM STAFF REPORTS JOHNSON CITY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative candidates have turned in their petitions…
Burnet County to purchase jail from private owners for $14 million
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — County commissioners have approved the purchase of the…
PEC and state lawmakers wrangle over at-large voting system
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF JOHNSON CITY — Lawmakers are expected to consider legislation that…
LCRA, cities take aim at water weeds with chemical treatments
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — The Lower Colorado River Authority has launched…
LCRA postpones meeting on nuisance aquatic vegetation
FROM STAFF REPORTS HORSESHOE BAY — The Lower Colorado River Authority is postponing a March…
After filings, several contested races for school, city elections in Burnet, Llano counties
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — As the filing deadline has passed, a number of school…
LCRA, water group contest upstream dam application
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF GOLDTHWAITE — Several years of strain on water resources caused…
Trio accused of PEC credit card abuse receive probation, $56,000 in fines
FROM STAFF REPORTS JOHNSON CITY — Three people, including two ex-utility company employees and a…
New lead assistant DA has experience in capital murder, death penalty cases
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — A prosecutor recently hired by the 33rd/424th Judicial…