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Commentary
Big Bend border wall pause is welcomed
April 8, 2026
Structure would be a scar across Texas’ wildest region Aplanned border wall through the Big Bend region is on hold after much public outcry. The reaction to it was similar to Harper’s vocal battle against the planned Battery Energy Storage System. Official maps now show a “virtual wall” going throug...
A change agent in publishing is -30–
Commentary
A change agent in publishing is -30–
Ken Esten Cooke 
April 8, 2026
Texas Type Last week, the man who revolutionized the print design industry died at age 78. Paul Brainerd created PageMaker software, which changed the game for those of us cutting strips of type from paper, waxing them and laying them down on to a page grid. It got me thinking back to this industry’...
Camp Mystic files to reopen this summer
Commentary
Camp Mystic files to reopen this summer
By Gary Borders 
April 8, 2026
Camp Mystic has filed an application with the state to reopen this summer, the Houston Chronicle reported. More than two dozen children and two camp counselors were killed in the July 4 flash floods that swept the camp. The Texas Department of State Health Services, which oversees camp licensing, sa...
Uniting to prevent child abuse in our community
Commentary
Uniting to prevent child abuse in our community
By Jerrie Dooley 
April 1, 2026
It’s April again, a time of rebirth, reconnecting to the outdoors, and enjoying the colors and warmth of Spring. Our community’s children feel release...
Commentary
50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
April 1, 2026
MARCH 31, 1976 The new Texas Hills Sporting Range at Tivydale, which will be one of the Hill Country’s most modern shooting and recreational facilitie...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
David Saenz Fredericksburg Françoise Wilson Gillespie County Helmut Loth Fredericksburg Myrtle, Maurice, Sandra Bobby, Diana, Patrick and Margie Hohmann, Eric and Erin Hoekstra, Sheila, Kenneth and Nata-lia Bingham, Dwayne and Karen Beyer Fredericksburg Oliver Williams, M.D. Fredericksburg 
April 1, 2026
Speaks sans insults While I believe many, not all, of the policies being pushed/enacted by our president are correct and long overdue, I lament the ma...
Commentary
Holding Big Tech accountable
April 1, 2026
A glimmer of progress in the fight against social media’s ill effects emerged Wednesday when a California jury found that Meta and Google led to a you...
‘The cost of waiting’ for a new FHS
Commentary
‘The cost of waiting’ for a new FHS
By Mark Cornett 
April 1, 2026
Fredericksburg has always been a community that plans for its future, not just the present. In 2018–2019, a community and staff committee identified t...
Commentary
Comanche Nation offers an intriguing proposal
April 1, 2026
Nation seeks a return to Texas with Fredericksburg perhaps playing a part Last week’s story about the meeting between representatives of the Comanche ...
Paxton calls for Hancock’s removal
Commentary
Paxton calls for Hancock’s removal
By Gary Borders 
April 1, 2026
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called for Gov. Greg Abbott to remove acting state comptroller Kelly Hancock, calling him an “incompetent loser,” Th...
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