3-2 vote says $175-million resort ‘not right’ for Fredericksburg Fredericksburg City Council members heard public arguments for and against the proposed development at the Y and, like those community members at Tuesday’s meeting, the council was split on its decision about whether the mixed-use prop...

EDITORIALS Meadows Center says drought, population growth, over-pumping are factors The “drought of record” was said to have occurred in Texas in the 1950s. But our current drought, combined with huge population gains and over-pumping from some Hill Country water suppliers could make the 2020s droug...

VFW capital campaign honors those who served and community One of the many things that I noticed when I moved back to my hometown of Fredericksburg in 2015 was that it was not the same sleepy, quiet country town that I grew up in in the 1960-70s. But I now notice that there is a quiet force within t...

Guest column Shining light on our government through public information helps us ask questions of elected officials – and hold them accountable. Sunsh...

The lateSkyLewey,whohelpedcombat river cane in Fredericksburg waterways a few years ago, was quoted as saying, “Everything we do on the land is eventu...

Two wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the Panhandle were caused by downed power lines, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Jua...