LOOKING BACK AT ... It would not be much of an exaggeration to say that life in late 19th-century Llano County could be a little on the gritty side. The isolation and loneliness of a place disconnected from the world beyond the fence line created a certain level of alienation and distress. That worl...

General David Petraeus is the latest in a line of notables W e were honored to be able to attend the third annual Distinguished Speaker Series last Friday, sponsored by the Admiral Nimitz Foundation. The talk by General David Petraeus was yet another example of the foundation bringing a top-notch sp...

EDITORIALS We owe thanks to Riley, others who worked for a fair primary election This is written before primary day and it’s a word of thanks to Jim Riley and the election staff workers who are putting in time and effort to keep the Gillespie County primary elections accurate and on task. The story ...

LOOKING BACK The Nimitz Hotel has been around a long time, but it hasn’t always had the distinctive shape of a Mississippi riverboat. From the 1920s t...

Texas Type This time of year is always a struggle for allergy sufferers. I don’t remember being one until I moved to these hills. Perhaps it’s a malad...

T exas public schools warned politicians in Austin about what would happen if they dawdled on improving school finance. It’s time to pay the consequen...