The window for signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act is now open through Jan. 15, with most Texans expected to pay considerably higher premiums, The Texas Tribune reported. Federal subsidies that reduced premium rates will expire at year’s end without congressional action. ...

In college, I remember working at a convenience store. The minimum wage was $3.25 an hour and that’s what we cashiers were paid. It wasn’t glamorous, but I knew it wasn’t forever and I had low expenses in rent and a 1983 Toyota pickup that was paid off. Back in the day, there was more balance in man...

Fast response I had a 50-plus-year-old tree fall overnight into the street and on my fence. I saw the lights of the police car about 6:30 a.m. Monday. There was a crew here by 6:50 a.m. and they had it all cleaned up by 8:15 a.m.. A BIG thank you to the City of Fredericksburg. It’s so refreshing to ...

I am a former library clerk at Pioneer Memorial Library who resigned on Oct. 14, shortly after librarian Erika Caputo’s termination. The community has...

Free to read I was dismayed to hear that the Pioneer Memorial Library director has been fired. Under Miss Erika’s direction, there have been wellatten...

We all bear the cost when water resources are not well-managed. More than a century ago, the people of Texas wrote a core value into our state constit...