Keep live Christmas trees green and safe
Keeping your live-cut Christmas tree fresh and green and safe from fire comes down to…
Weather and Environment
Light rain, cold temperatures in the area
Break out the sweaters. A couple of cold fronts — one described as “Arctic” —…
Snout butterflies splatter windshields
Driving just about anywhere right now in the Highland Lakes results in a guts-splattered windshield…
LCRA updating floodplain information
Floodplain boundaries in the Highland Lakes could be changing according to new information from the…
Sandy Harbor volunteers battle western wildfires
Two Sandy Harbor Volunteer Fire Department members spent this past summer fighting wildfires in the…
Two groups encourage ‘lights out’ for human and bird benefits
Two organizations are encouraging Highland Lakes residents to go as dark as possible every night…
Highland Lakes under flash flood watch; county burn bans lifted
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for parts of Burnet and…
Heat advisory on Aug. 31; heat index of up to 113
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the Highland Lakes on Aug….
Officials credit Firewise program with saving homes in Trails blaze
Seventeen years ago, The Trails of Horseshoe Bay became a Firewise community. During a recent…
Tropical disturbance could bring rain, flooding to the Highland Lakes
A tropical depression making its way through the Gulf of Mexico to the Texas coast…
How to prevent heat exhaustion, stroke
Mother Nature is making herself felt as a strong high-pressure system settles over the Highland…
Burnet County issues burn ban
Burnet County officials have issued a burn ban due to a stretch of hot, dry…
Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District seats up for grabs
Residents can file to run for the Central Texas Groundwater Conservation District Board of Directors…
String of 100-degree days ahead
Expect triple digits and sunshine this weekend in the Highland Lakes. According to the National…
Jump in grasshopper numbers concern for gardeners and producers
Whether working in the yard or going for a walk, a constant companion in the…
Thicker-than-usual Saharan dust cloud arrives; could cause breathing issues
A thick cloud of dust from Africa’s Sahara desert has arrived in the Highland Lakes,…
Highland Lakes hits triple digits
Temperature-wise, Texas ended up on the wrong side of Tropical Storm Cristobal. The storm made…
Storms could dampen Memorial Day weekend
After hot, muggy weather this week, a slow-moving low-pressure system edging the Highland Lakes will…
Marble Falls experiments with zebra mussel repellents
It might be impossible to get rid of them, but it is possible to fight…
Weekend weather includes rain with possible flooding, severe storms
Some parts of the Highland Lakes could receive 2-4 inches of rain this weekend from…
Easter morning tornado strikes RV parks in Blanco County
On Easter morning, April 12, at about 5:30 a.m., a tornado touched down in Round…
After the rain, a sunny Easter
The unseasonably warm and humid weather Wednesday, April 8, could trigger isolated, severe thunderstorms starting…
April 1 is last day of sunshine for awhile
If you want to get outside for fresh air and sunshine, do it Wednesday. A…
Weather watchers wanted in the Highland Lakes
Eighty degrees one day, 20 degrees the next with a chance of snow. That’s winter…