The Hangar Hotel is hosting a 1940s-style big band swing dance to support the United Service Organizations (USO) in Fort Hood. The Hangar Hotel and Conference Center will be hosting a USO-Style Hangar Dance on Saturday, Aug. 31. A portion of the event proceeds will be donated to USO Fort Hood, which...

EDITORIALS We’ve been worrying too much about political division, America. Turns out our representatives in Washington can bury the hatchet and get along — so long as that hatchet is buried deeply in the back of the nation’s financial future. Somewhere amid the endless coverage of who tweeted what n...

“National Farmer’s Market Week” will is Aug. 4-10 and we hope everyone goes to the Fredericksburg Farmer’s Market to pick up a bag of good health. Over the past two decades, National Farmer’s Market Week has promoted that these markets preserve farmland, promote sustainability, stimulate local econo...

Hindsights Ascarcity of supplies was a big problem on the Texas frontier, especially during the Civil War when Union gunboats blockaded the Gulf Coast...

An updated study from Texas A&M University shows just how important state parks are to the economies of rural areas. Our recent editorial asked what c...

Reckless Muse In the past, I’ve written about my superiority complex whenever I buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks. Those white disposable coffee cups m...