Spicewood ESD asks voters to approve 2% sales tax for EMS
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER SPICEWOOD — Voters will decide the fate of a proposed…
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Phone scammers target Burnet customers with utility bill ruse
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Investigators are warning residents to beware of phone scammers attempting…
UIL suspends John Jay players for ref attack in Marble Falls game
AUSTIN — On Oct. 15, the State Executive Committee of the University Interscholastic League handed…
Bertram family loses home, pet in blaze; no injuries
FROM STAFF REPORTS BERTRAM — A family lost its home Oct. 14 after a blaze…
Spur 191 in Spicewood closing for 6 months for bridge work
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER SPICEWOOD — Crews will begin work and close a portion…
Crews begin work on $9 million Burnet CISD campus project
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER BURNET — Crews began the demolition of some of the…
Former Marble Falls mayor joins council to fill unexpired seat
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Officials on Oct. 6 appointed Richard Westerman to fill…
Marble Falls EDC hires Dockery for newly created post
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER MARBLE FALLS — After narrowing down a list of 52…
Parks commissioners worry facility rental fees too high
JENNIFER FIERRO • STAFF WRITER MARBLE FALLS — After hearing some possible proposed fees for…
Cottonwood Shores fire service contract lapses; deal in works
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER COTTONWOOD SHORES — A contract bid between the Cottonwood Shores…
Burnet County deputies investigating Smithwick shooting
FROM STAFF REPORTS SMITHWICK — A man in his 40s suffered a gunshot wound to…
Retiring Horseshoe Bay Police Chief Bill Lane grew agency and programs
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER HORSESHOE BAY — In the past several months, the good words…
Expect delays as TxDOT crews reduce RR 2147 traffic to one lane
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER COTTONWOOD SHORES — Taking a trip along RR 2147 West…
Parts of 281 and 29 in Burnet to close for firefighter’s procession
FROM STAFF REPORT BURNET — People traveling through or around Burnet the morning of Sept….
Burnet firefighter and EMT killed on the job in Texas 29 accident
JARED FIELDS • STAFF WRITER LIBERTY HILL — A city of Burnet first responder died…
Meadowlakes absorbs $900,000 more in golf course expenses, maintains tax rate
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER MEADOWLAKES — City officials have managed to avoid a tax…
Marble Falls adopts same tax rate while budget remains stable
DANIEL CLIFTON • EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls residents won’t get much of a sticker…
Commission discusses making Marble Falls Cemetery a historical feature
MARBLE FALLS — Marble Falls Parks and Recreation Commissioner Charles Watkins said he has been…
Horseshoe Bay offers ‘safe zones’ for swaps in online transactions
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER HORSESHOE BAY — The popularity and potential risk of online…
Input sought on development near Marble Falls hospital
UPDATE: The EV Studio-hosted public input session for Friday, Sept. 18, has been moved to…
Horseshoe Bay still searching for 8-year-old girl last seen Aug. 17
FROM STAFF REPORTS HORSESHOE BAY — Horseshoe Bay police are still looking for a missing…
Man dies in crash near Briggs
FROM STAFF REPORTS BRIGGS — A Copperas Cove man died after a two-vehicle collision on…
Granite Shoals OKs small tax increase, discusses road repairs
JENNIFER FIERRO • STAFF WRITER GRANITE SHOALS — The Granite Shoals City Council approved an…
Marble Falls ISD superintendent speaks about John Jay incident
JENNIFER FIERRO • STAFF WRITER MARBLE FALLS — Amidst all the attention surrounding the Marble…