Hill Country Outdoors At first glance, a hunting organization awarding money to a Boy Scout Troop doesn’t make much sense. After all, Boy Scouts of America doesn’t advocate hunting. But Boy Scouts practice and preach conservation, and so do most hunting organizations, especially the Texas Hill Count...

Between bluebonnets, bars and Main Street bargains, Fredericksburg saw tons of visitors over the recent spring break week. Even the normally lighter early weekdays saw Main Street packed with those seeking a getaway in the Hill Country’s crown jewel. With crowds come frustrations and a few other iss...

State Capitol Highlights AUSTIN — A few of the funding priorities expressed by the executive, legislative and judicial branches are not covered in Senate Bill 2, the state’s tentatively approved appropriations bill for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. So, on March 13, the Senate voted unanimously in favo...

Texas Tales The tired trail driver alighted from his saddle, tied his horse and waddled toward the chuck wagon. Breathing dust behind cantankerous lon...

Time Pieces Sunday afternoon, I was trying to catch up with ironing and had the television blaring, as usual. I convince myself that I am actually pac...

LOOKING BACK AT ... Except for the Germans, the earliest settlers in Mason took little interest in home building. They were nomadic cattle herders and...