Llano starts parks plan process; teen recognized as lifesaver
STAFF WRITER JARED FIELDS April 1 marked Day 1 of a nearly eight-month process to…
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Highland Lakes Legacy Fund seeking nominations for outstanding volunteer award
The Highland Lakes Legacy Fund is seeking nominations for outstanding volunteers in the community.
Scholarships available for women returning to school
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Highland Lakes Service League’s mission is to change lives. One way…
Parkinson’s patients encouraged to be big and loud at weekly exercise program
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO Seton Highland Lakes Rehabilitation wants Parkinson’s patients to be big and…
Colt Hamlets poetry group helping boys manage emotions
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON After a few weeks into the regular lunch bunch poetry group, known…
Highland Lakes Legacy Fund accepting applications for grants
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Highland Lakes Legacy Fund is accepting applications for its 2019 Community…
Teen portrait artist from Burnet puts pets to paper
SENIOR WRITER SUZANNE FREEMAN When Chloe Hinton puts charcoal to paper, the shading, shape, and…
Army major from Llano receives posthumous Distinguished Service Cross
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON Why would someone give his life for others? It’s a question many…
Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center welcomes new staff
FROM STAFF REPORTS The Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center provides needed services and resources for…
Mission Marble Falls pays it forward with donation to Boys and Girls Club food program
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON When one nonprofit helps another, it just goes to show the depth…
Llano library, nonprofit team up to offer family legal aid
FROM STAFF REPORTS For those living well below the national poverty line, getting affordable legal…
With intensive invites, teen ballerinas stay en pointe toward professional dance dreams
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO As ballerinas Jade Gaither and Emma Porterfield politely waited for dance…
Give ‘High Five’ to ‘mompreneur’ with grant contest vote
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO It’s not easy being a “mompreneur,” a woman actively balancing being…
‘Hoppy’ ending in case of the missing Bunny in Granite Shoals
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON When Debra Tamez and her 6½-year-old daughter, Victoria, arrived at the family’s…
PEC accepting applications for scholarships, nonprofit grants
FROM STAFF REPORTS Scholarship and Community Grant applications may be submitted to Pedernales Electric Cooperative…
February is Fine Forgiveness Month at Burnet County libraries
Guilt over those overdue fines keeping you out of the library? The Burnet County Library…
Join the Journey drug-free and wellness fair Feb. 7 in Burnet
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO Janet Burns’s pain of losing her son, Caleb Christiansen, to a…
Church at Horseshoe Bay’s sanctuary getting an update
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO Eighteen months of conversations are turning into a new look for…
With help of prize, Johnson City Library giving away coats, books
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO Get a free book and a free coat at the Johnson…
Faith Academy graduate receives Marine Corps medal for leadership beyond her years
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON Just over a year into her enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps,…
Food handling seminar for volunteers wanting to prepare meals for first responders
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO As several area firefighting crews were battling the CR 108 blaze…
Burnet students put Dr. King’s words into action on service day
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO Be the best you can be so you can best help…
The Gala is ‘financial lifeblood’ of Faith Academy of Marble Falls
FROM STAFF REPORTS With so many great things going on at Faith Academy of Marble…
Marble Falls teacher misses out on big prize, but ‘Deal or No Deal’ contestant still a winner
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO “Bryce Gage, you made a bad deal.” That statement came from…