ELECTIONS: Easy going for Republicans in Llano County
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — With no local Democrats in the mix, Llano County Republicans…
Government
Burnet CISD bond, governor’s race on Election Day ballot
BURNET — Highland Lakes residents can head to the polls Nov. 4 to have an…
Early voting runs Oct. 20-31 for election on Nov. 4
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Despite a federal judge’s ruling overturning the Texas voter identification…
Texas voter ID law to continue after appellate court ruling Oct. 14
SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM AUSTIN – The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Oct. 14…
Texas voter identification law in limbo after federal judge’s ruling
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — Despite uncertainty about the fate of maintaining the…
Texas testing poison to battle feral hogs
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET COUNTY — Trenton McNiel has trapped and hunted feral…
Voter registration deadline is Oct. 6 for Nov. 4 election
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — People who would like to make their voices known in…
Burnet County to pay inmate’s $280,000 cancer treatment bill
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF BURNET — County commissioners expect to deplete an emergency fund…
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…