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Tales from the trails: Texas Game Warden Field Notes
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Tales from the trails: Texas Game Warden Field Notes
July 2, 2025
Texas Game Warden Field Notes was published by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Feb. 10, 2025. Venom and vice A Milam County game warden received a call on Feb. 1 from a concerned landlord about a tenant reportedly keeping several venomous snakes in an apartment near the Cameron Middle Sch...
Hee-hawing around town
Community, Gillespie Life
Hee-hawing around town
By Michaela Rush Standard-Radio Post reporter 
July 2, 2025
Asmall crowd gathered around the Old Fair Park soccer field Sunday, June 29, to ooh and ahh as they watched a striped zebra, who was on the pitch enjoying a leisurely stroll across the field. Onlookers pulled out their phones and started recording whenever he took nibbles of grass, oblivious to the ...
Commentary
Screwworm response welcomed for ranchers
July 2, 2025
Governor’s task force hopes to head off livestock threat Arenewed threat looms over Gillespie County’s agricultural community — one that hasn’t been seen in Texas since the 1960s. The reemergence of the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, poses a serious risk not only to the cattle and liv...
Commentary
Keep young minds sharp this summer
July 2, 2025
The most critical time of year for students is not the period for six weeks tests or the stress-inducing, end-of-year STAAR test. Rather, it is summer...
Vouchers could change homeschool landscape
Commentary
Vouchers could change homeschool landscape
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS By Gary Borders 
July 2, 2025
The passage of the state’s first voucher program means homeschool families in Texas will soon be eligible for up to $2,000 to use toward educational c...
What I love about our small town
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What I love about our small town
Guest Column By Mary Lynn Johnson 
July 2, 2025
(Editor’s note: The following was adapted from a letter written to a friend.) Know what I like about small towns in America? Their unique sameness. Co...
A season in decline: Diagnosing a corn disease in the High Plains
Agriculture, News
A season in decline: Diagnosing a corn disease in the High Plains
By Kay Ledbetter Texas AgriLife 
July 2, 2025
Glenn Carter of Armstrong County knew something was wrong. In 2023, his corn began browning seemingly overnight, despite his irrigation efforts. A sea...
Agriculture, News
LCRA grant applications open
July 2, 2025
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) will accept applications this July for community grants for projects such as improvements to fire stations, ...
Agriculture, News
Hay show entries open through July 30
July 2, 2025
Entries are being accepted for the Gillespie County Hay Show through Wednesday, July 30. Winning entries will be displayed at the Gillespie County Fai...
Agriculture, News
Extension office offers landowners trainings
July 2, 2025
The Gillespie County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office has a full schedule of seminars, programs and trainings through the summer and fall months. •...
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