Let’s get this straight: Being concerned about COVID-19’s drastic effect on the business economy and being concerned about the risk of more exposure and getting sick are not mutually exclusive. Protesters over the weekend in several states are not more American because they favor opening the economy...

Hill Country CattleWomen (HCCW) presented the Hill Country Veterans Center Food Pantry in Kerrville with a $500 gift card they can use to purchase beef for veterans and veterans’ families in need. The HCVC Food Pantry has a large commercial freezer and a regular home-size freezer so using the gift c...

In Gillespie County, it is said that “we are insulated, but not isolated.” That applies, usually, to the fact that we’re far enough away from big cities to avoid their problems — traffic, crime and pollution, for instance — but we are close enough when we want to enjoy their amenities, such as conce...

We are in uncharted waters with governmental entities, suddenly having to meet by teleconference and without its usual watchdogs (the public and the p...

The grey days of winter and early spring, combined with this coronavirus malaise, have made for depressing times as many of us stay in our homes, leav...

When Ed Peter built a large wooden dancehall behind his saloon and restaurant in Fredericksburg, it quickly became an important part of community life...