Class from the couch is ‘new normal’ for students
A TV tray serves as his desk, a couch his chair. The family living room…
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Online class a ‘test’ of skills for Michelle Jett’s multimedia students
The skill set to teach during a pandemic comes naturally to Michelle Jett, the Marble…
Salon’s Golden Heart Campaign silver lining of crisis
Lisa Brady’s business was listed as non-essential in the executive orders issued by Governor Greg…
Nail salon owners make and donate face masks as service to community
The doors of PK Nails in Horseshoe Bay are closed, but owners Paul and Kylie…
FROM THE EDITOR: We are all in this together
What an inspiration this community is! • Easter drive-in service, three different churches, three different…
John Arthur Martinez learns to survive in the music industry under COVID-19 restrictions
Singer-songwriter John Arthur Martinez is supposed be in Spain right now on another of his…
Master Naturalists turn Upper Highland Lakes Nature Center into outdoor classroom
See, hear, smell, touch, and even take home a small piece of the history and…
Gym-goers turn to home exercise routines with the help of dedicated coaches
Shelley Cauble rolls out of bed and starts each day at 5 a.m. with a…
How one family juggles work, school, and home life amid pandemic
Recess for Michele Boshears’ three children happens when the working-from-home mother has a conference call….
Homebound college students start virtual Bible class for high schoolers
COVID-19 restrictions led two Marble Falls college students to answer Jesus’ call to “make disciples…
Remember When: Life in the Kingdom of Kingsland
Once upon a time in Kingsland, the community had no elementary school, no community center,…
What’s in a Name? Max Starcke Dam
When Max Hugo Starcke died at the age of 88 in 1972, U.S. Rep. J.J….
THAT’S MY JOB: Burnet County road crews pave way for growth
Burnet County road crews are responsible for maintaining and expanding roads across the county, but…
Volunteers revive Kingsland food pantry’s community garden
The fresh vegetables now being harvested from The King’s Garden for the Sharing the Harvest…
New digs and name for Marble Falls community garden
Fresh vegetables will be back on the menu at the The Helping Center of Marble…
Picayune People: Jessica Robertson has deep horticultural roots
Life was peachy for Jessica Robertson, at least, that’s how she remembers growing up in…
Stone Panels International in Marble Falls constructs buildings that reach for the sky
EDITOR’S NOTE: A story on the history of Granite Mountain that ran in the October…
Weather watchers wanted in the Highland Lakes
Eighty degrees one day, 20 degrees the next with a chance of snow. That’s winter…
Picayune People: Alice Leech helped start Herman Brown Free Library Thrift Store
Burnet resident Alice Leech sorts through donations to the Herman Brown Free Library Thrift Store,…
That’s My Job: U.S. Census Field Supervisor Herb Krasner
On March 13, most Americans should have a survey form in their mailbox as the…
Burnet buys a bluebonnet bounty
Burnet City Council members want every spare piece of dirt in the city to have…
Made in the Highland Lakes: Kinfolk Honey relocates bees and sells raw local honey
Rebecca and Mary Nunnally were first stung by the bee bug at a beekeepers seminar…
Made in the Highland Lakes: Handcrafted heirlooms by Savuth-Te Jewelry in Burnet
Peter Te went to Southwest Texas State University to earn an accounting degree. It was…
Picayune People: Blue Bonnet Cafe proprietor Lindsay Plante treasures tradition and community
Every year, Lindsay Plante mails almost 22,000 blue Happy Birthday postcards to Blue Bonnet Cafe…