Burnet County ban on commercial landfills to protect water, resources
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BURNET — Burnet County commissioners recently approved an order prohibiting commercial…
environment
Billowing smoke coming from Balcones Canyonlands’s prescribed burn
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BURNET COUNTY — Where there’s smoke, there’s fire on RR 1431…
PEC offering free Christmas tree recycling through Jan. 8
JOHNSON CITY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative is offering free Christmas tree recycling at its local offices….
Inks Lake property owners should pay heed to rules prior to drawdown
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Lower Colorado River Authority officials have asked lakeside property owners…
LCRA to lower Inks Lake for repairs, nuisance plant mitigation
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Inks Lake shoreline property owners will have a chance to…
Tobyville residents, quarry owner at odds over rock crusher impact
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY TOBYVILLE — Opponents of a proposed rock crusher on a quarry…
Output estimate, quarry plans unveiled for proposed rock crusher site
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — From healthcare officials to city leaders, hundreds of…
Marble Falls rally Oct. 26 against proposed rock crusher permit
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — The Highland Lakes Clean Air Coalition has organized a…
TCEQ extends deadline for commenting period on rock crusher permit
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has again extended the…
Marble Falls recycling service expands with bigger bins, more items
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Recycling just got easier in Marble Falls. On Oct….
Rock crusher opponents, advocates clash on danger of crystalline silica
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY AUSTIN — Opponents of two rock crusher permits in Burnet County…
TCEQ unveils public meeting process on rock crusher air quality permits
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY AUSTIN — As the potential approval of air quality permits for…
Llano County commissioners weigh in on proposed Burnet County rock crusher
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY HORSESHOE BAY — Llano County commissioners sidestepped sending a resolution in…
State rep pushes for public meeting on rock crusher; protest planned
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — Opponents of a proposed rock crushing facility have…
Burnet County commissioners join fight against proposed rock crusher
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — Burnet County commissioners have joined the fight against…
Highland Lakes residents eligible for LCRA rebates in conservation effort
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Highland Lakes residents could get up to a $600…
Llano County commissioners consider solar farm deal for school revenue
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY LLANO — Llano County commissioners proposed leasing several thousand acres of…
Residents stall rock crusher plans citing traffic and environmental fears
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BURNET COUNTY — An effort to derail a rock crushing plant…
Group works to break up rock-crushing operation south of Gregg Ranch
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS —A beautification group and community leaders have launched a…
Llano crews shut down damaged sewer line spilling into Oatman Creek
FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — City of Llano crews were able to shut down a…
Llano warns residents after 150,000 gallons of wastewater spills into creek
EDITOR DANIEL CLIFTON LLANO — City of Llano officials estimate about 150,000 gallons of domestic…
Firewise presentation to offer tips on how to lessen wildfire risk
STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO MARBLE FALLS — Wildfires are a constant concern for Texans, and…
Meeting is first step toward keeping Llano beautiful
DANIEL CLIFTON • EDITOR LLANO — The city of Llano is one of the most…
EPA to ‘sniff’ out contaminants with test wells on Burnet square
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BURNET — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a followup…