Retired district Judge Gil Jones accepts justice of the peace position
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — County commissioners on May 12 approved appointing retired…
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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…
LCRA joins with NASA in first-of-its-kind soil study
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — The Lower Colorado River Authority is getting an unlikely…
PEC seeking member input on rates, fees with survey, forums
FROM STAFF REPORTS JOHNSON CITY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative officials are asking for co-op members’…
As 2015 starts, Highland Lakes falls toward all-time drought declaration
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Despite a moderate amount of rainfall in 2014,…
Burnet and Llano counties swearing in elected officials on Jan. 1
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The new year brings some new — and returning —…
US 281 bridge construction winds down as FM 2147 work to begin
JARED FIELDS • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — The finishing touches are being put on…
Outgoing Burnet, Llano county judges reflect on service
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — Two county judges who preside on commissioner’s and…
Phone scam targets Pedernales Electric Cooperative members
FROM STAFF REPORTS JOHNSON CITY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative officials are warning the public regarding…
Drought prompts LCRA to seek OK to halt lake releases for fourth year
SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM AUSTIN — With parts of Texas in the midst of a persistent,…
ELECTIONS: Yes to BCISD bond; other Burnet County results
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Burnet Consolidated Independent School District voters approved a $26.7 million…