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Commentary
Camp Mystic withdraws application for new 2026 summer camp license
May 6, 2026
Below is a statement provided by Camp Mystic, a girls’ summer camp near Kerrville where 25 campers, two counselors and the camp director died in the catastrophic flooding of the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025. The camp was pursuing a state license to operate again this summer. Camp Mystic today inf...
Commentary
EDITORIAL
America NEEDS Farm Bill 2.0
By Jeff Norte Capital Farm Credit 
May 6, 2026
It’s 2026, and it’s time for the U.S. House of Representatives to pass America’s Farm Bill 2.0. On April 17, Farm Credit led a letter to House leadership underscoring the vital need for Farm Bill 2.0. Along with more than 330 agricultural organizations, including all Farm Credit banks and associatio...
Commentary
The Hill Country is speaking — Are you listening?
May 6, 2026
Note from Cargill: The opinions here are those of Candy Cargill. They do not reflect necessarily the views of any employees of the City of Blanco, or committees or council members. Not long ago, I said the Hill Country is in danger. Now, I’m saying something even more direct: We are out of time for ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
May 6, 2026
Thank you from the VFW We want to extend our most sincere thanks to the hundreds of folks who attended the 80th Anniversary of the VFW Post 7105 last ...
High gas prices eating into Texans’ budgets
Commentary
High gas prices eating into Texans’ budgets
By Gary Borders 
May 6, 2026
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS The average price for a gallon of gasoline in Texas has risen from $2.55 in early February to $3.91 a...
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Luckenbach school group to host potluck
Staff reports 
May 6, 2026
The Friends of Historic Luckenbach School will host a community potluck and informational meeting Thursday, May 14, at the Historic Luckenbach Schoolh...
Texas awards first $400 million in school vouchers
Commentary
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Texas awards first $400 million in school vouchers
Texas awards first $400 million in school vouchers
By Gary Borders 
April 29, 2026
STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS State officials began sending out the first notices to families awarded education vouchers last week, the Houston Chronicle r...
Commentary
Silver-Haired Legislators welcome upcoming session
Cynthia Henning Texas Silver Haired Legislators 
April 29, 2026
The Texas Silver Haired Legislators (TSHL) return to The Texas State Capitol to the opening of their 21st Biennial Session 2025-2027. Legislators repr...
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EDITORIALS
Back to the Future with FISD bonds
April 29, 2026
Gayle Schoessnow, who is on the FISD School Board, submitted this letter written by her husband’s great grandfather B. L. Enderle in 1962 noting its r...
Commentary
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Missing delivery
April 29, 2026
Save our Bacon I am proud to operate Hat & Heart Farm, a sixth-generation family farm rooted in Gillespie County since the earliest days of Fredericks...
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