Property values jumping between an average 20% to 25% packs a punch. If a person is planning to sell their home, it’s great as comparable sales drive up values for other similar properties. If someone isn’t planning to sell, however, the increased values mean a jump in the taxes paid provided tax ra...

This article provides information on domestic violence and describes how The Grace Center, as Gillespie County’s domestic violence treatment-educationprevention center, will serve our community. According to the Texas Family Code, “Family Violence” is an act by a member of a family or household agai...

I would like to share my recent experience with the historic review board and how I feel they are infringing on property rights by forcing their opinions about how things should be on property owned and located in the historic district. Or, as most people refer to it, the “hysterical district.” Thes...

While most of us think of leather as cowhide, Erwin Itz of Fredericksburg made leather out of just about every animal hide you can imagine — from a ra...

While volunteering at the Hill Country Memorial Hospital COVID vaccination site, I have heard many positive comments from grateful shot recipients abo...

Here’s a novel concept: When it comes time to redistrict political boundaries in Texas to accommodate the two new congressional seats awarded through ...