Former Marble Falls councilor takes on ‘real crisis’ in new role
Former Marble Falls City Councilor Reed Norman fears dire consequences if Highland Lakes residents fail…
Weather and Environment
Residents, officials to flood meeting on South Llano River dam
The two-hour drive from Llano to Rocksprings should give concerned residents plenty of time to…
Water needed to quench thirst as volunteers battle rural blazes
The Llano Volunteer Fire Department is holding a water drive from 8 a.m. to noon…
Two blazes highlight fire risks in the Highland Lakes
Two grassfires erupted in Burnet and Llano counties on Wednesday, Aug. 2, the same day…
Highland Lakes under red flag warnings
Burnet and Llano counties are hot, dry, and primed to burn, which is why the…
Frying in the heat: July 2023 might be hottest on record
Aug. 1 marks 25 consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures in the Highland Lakes. Current forecasts…
Buchanan at 8-year low and dropping
Lake Buchanan is low and getting lower. The lake is at 56 percent capacity as…
USGS studying dead butterflies and moths; you can mail them in
Found a dead butterfly? Mail it to the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists are establishing a…
Conservation group lays out goals for preserving Texas Hill Country
The Texas Hill Country Conservation Network released a plan to protect the natural resources of…
Moore Peak Fire signals risk ahead
The Moore Peak Fire, the first major wildfire of the season in the Highland Lakes,…
Burnet, Llano counties under burn bans
Burn bans are back as temperatures rise and rain chances fall. Llano County commissioners voted…
Public hearing set for private dam permit on South Llano River
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is accepting public comments up until an Aug. 10…
Saharan dust could reduce air quality
Plumes of Saharan dust blew into Texas on Wednesday, July 5. The African-borne weather phenomenon…
Extreme heat turns up wildfire risk
The Highland Lakes is fluctuating between a moderate and high risk of wildfires as triple-digit…
Wet spring couldn’t douse drought
Burnet County remains in the throes of an extreme drought, according to the Central Texas…
Storms and record heat collide
A thunderstorm knocked out power to hundreds of Llano County residents on Wednesday, June 21,…
Conserve energy, ERCOT advises
At least two more days of excessive heat warnings are expected for Burnet, Llano, and…
Keep cool during heatwave (and don’t forget your pets)
Central Texas is simmering under triple-digit temperatures, which could reach as high as 107 degrees…
El Niño is here. Now what?
El Niño is here, but what does that mean for the Highland Lakes? The National…
Spring growth could fuel summer fires
Spring rains have nurtured waves of flowers and quenched dry creekbeds, but that luscious growth…
Burnet County numbers show BOPATE collections not a waste
Burnet County commissioners shared statistics on the amount of waste disposed of during the county’s…
Expect rolling outages this summer; Texas ‘will be relying on renewables’
Texans can expect rolling outages this summer, Pedernales Electric Cooperative CEO Julie Parsley told the…
Hackers trash eco-warrior’s Facebook page but not his mission
Environmental activist William Fowler of Highland Haven was forced to launch a new Facebook group…
Highland Lakes under flood watch
The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for most of south Central Texas,…