It’s up to us to use good sense, protect our firefighters It is, once again, wildfire season in Gillespie County. Fire crews from volunteer departments across the county have helped neighbors contain and extinguish blazes, both here and across the county line in recent days. Of course we’re grateful...

Fredericksburg is ‘not an industrial zone’ for large-scale battery facilities, author writes Guest column Gillespie County is standing on the edge of a decision we will not be able to undo. A massive industrial solar farm and battery energy storage facility (BESS) — the Marshall Springs project prop...

Early voting in the March 3 primary begins Monday, Feb. 17 and concludes on Friday, Feb. 27. A full slate of contested races will be on the ballots in both Republican and Democratic primaries. The deadline to request a mail ballot is Feb. 20, according to votetexas.gov. One of the most closely watch...

At least 11 people have died in Texas, nearly half of them children, after Winter Storm Fern swept the state last week, the Texas Standard reported. A...

Fire, EMS, law and linemen respond when roads and power lines ice over While it wasn’t the “Icemageddon” we had back in 2021, the 2026 winter storm st...

T he recent groundbreaking for the Texas A&M Forest Service office on the Gillespie County Airport grounds was an important, and longdesired, moment i...