Take part in efforts to keep Main Street (and others) thriving during trying times Every single year, we pen editorials about supporting local merchants and small businesses over big box, chain and online retailers. This year, it’s even more important as Mom-and-Pop shops struggle during some trying...

There are troubling trends as monied interests eye the region In the foreword to his 1967 book, “Farewell to Texas,” Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas recounts the story of Naboth’s vineyard from I Kings, Chapter 21. In the tale, the covetous Samarian King Ahab demands to buy Naboth’s land, a...

The Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Office will celebrate all things pecan on Monday, Dec. 8, for the annual Gillespie County Pecan Show. The festivities will consist of three events, including the county pecan show, a pecan bake-off and an educational program in the afternoon. To enter the peca...

Ninety-four percent of non-metro counties in Texas are facing a shortage of primary care doctors. As National Rural Health Day nears on Nov. 20, there...

The inaugural Party in the Park, presented by the Fredericksburg Parks Foundation, will be from noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at Lady Bird Johnson Mu...