It’s Our Business The Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives conducted a survey with The Harris Poll last September and recently published the results. The survey explores perceptions of a sampling of U.S. adults about their local chamber of commerce, the role chambers play in their communiti...

The Fredericksburg High School varsity girls’ basketball team picked up two wins in the past 10 days, including a 90-21 victory over Canyon Lake to open up district play last Friday at the FHS Performance Gym. Prior to last Friday’s win, the Billies trounced the Devine Arabians, 62-41, last Tuesday ...

The first edition of the Fredericksburg PTA Cookbook contained a recipe for Spanish Tomatoes submitted by Mary Alice Smith, wife of Temple Doswell Smith. He moved to Fredericksburg in 1887 to open the Bank of Fredericksburg. Temple headed the committee that brought the Fredericksburg and Northern Ra...

The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. State Reps. David...

C ongratulations to all the youth (and behind-the-scenes parents) who exhibited animals at the 93rd Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show. We recogniz...

Ex-president’s life after office was model for how we should live Jimmy Carter may not have been the most successful president in our line of leaders....