MY 2 CENTS It seems like there is an official day for everything. Silly ones like National Deviled Egg Day. It’s Nov. 2 this year. I checked. And, National Men Make Dinner Day, which strangely enough will also be observed on Nov. 2. So, I guess the men of the world could just make deviled eggs for d...

In December 2022, Texas added 29,500 positions, reports the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined for the first time in three months to 3.9% in December. Gillespie County’s jobless rate was just 2.1%, far below the state average, with 310 unemployed...

Dirk Jordan does not miss Austin. He and wife Tina moved to an Albert ranch three years ago and he is enjoying the slower pace, lower taxes and peaceful setting. But that doesn’t mean he is whiling away his time in a rocking chair. Still active in the legal profession, Jordan stays active through wo...

The Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau (FCVB) has announced two staffing changes in the new year. Jenny Staudt was recently welcomed to the ...

MY 2 CENTS Istill have the Magic 8 Ball I once found as a kid on a shelf upstairs in my grandmother’s house. I can remember asking it every question u...

Prices matched with exhibitor pride as buyers at the Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show auction came together to support the agricultural community...