LOOKING BACK AT ... The drama outside the Gillespie County Tax Office wasn’t a quarrel over assessed values, exemptions or tax rates. It wasn’t a political dispute between Democrats and Tea Party Republicans. It wasn’t followed by a fistfight, a duel, a letter to the editor or a tweet. The citizens ...

AUSTIN — Before voterapproved amendments to the Texas Constitution are set in stone, it is the governor’s duty to publicly proclaim the results of the election. On Dec. 4, Gov. Greg Abbott posted such a proclamation, having first certified the tabulation prepared by the Texas secretary of state, the...

EDITORIALS Native son who commanded in Pacific was an example of leadership to the nation The big news in Fredericksburg the week of Dec. 4, 1941 was that new traffic lights were being added to the city’s electric grid. The sheep and goat raisers were prepping for their convention in Del Rio, and th...

Three out of four crops grown around the globe depend on pollinators like bees and birds to produce. Yet there is disturbing news that our pollinators...

GUEST COLUMNIST Idon’t blame millennials and Gen Z for mocking baby boomers with the trending “OK boomer” meme. I’ve had my issues with baby boomers, ...

GUEST COLUMN “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick How many times do we hear folks remark, “Why...