Back to school events to start the school year right
The summer may just be heating up, but organizations and businesses across the Highland Lakes…
briggs
Briggs and Oakalla fireworks return for fifth annual Fourth of July show
The Briggs and Oakalla communities are joining the nationwide festivities celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary…
Briggs-based industrial recycling plant to expand operations with mulit-million dollar federal grant
An 80-acre industrial recycling facility under construction in Briggs will soon see a major operations…
Rocket explodes at Firefly testing site
A rocket exploded during testing at the Firefly Aerospace facility in Briggs on Sept. 29….
Burnet County’s Rocket Ranch expanding
Central Texas space firm Firefly Aerospace recently landed an $8.2 million grant from the Texas…
Expanded ‘Rocket Ranch’ in Briggs sets sights on moon
Firefly Aerospace manufacturing and test facility in eastern Burnet County has more than doubled in…
Preliminary plat for Briggs-area subdivision approved
After more than a month of delays and denials, The Estates at Dominion Ranch, a…
Firefly ‘launches’ rocket parts facility at Briggs testing site
Burnet County Precinct 2 Commissioner Damon Beierle snipped the ribbon on a new 12,500-square-foot rocket…
Decision on Briggs-area subdivision on hold over aquifer worries
The Burnet County Commissioners Court on May 23 put a preliminary plat approval for a…
Two people killed in overnight crash on US 183 south of Briggs
FROM STAFF REPORTS BRIGGS — Two people have died following a three-vehicle collision on U.S….
Young Briggs beekeeper creating a buzz for the industrious insects
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BRIGGS — When 15-year-old Callie Herring’s mother saw a 4-H essay…