EDITORIALS Organizers, donors start on new top-tier, six-field facility Agroundbreaking on an 18-acre plot for a six-field youth soccer complex took place Friday evening in a quiet ceremony that was six to eight years in the making. Ground was finally broken after two bond votes failed, and some inc...

When I first heard the phrase “Low-Impact Development,” I thought it was referencing a low-speed, twocar crash. The way things are these days with plastic bumpers, I really thought the development concerned crumpled bumpers on both cars. Imagine my chagrin when I learned that Low-Impact Development ...

EDITORIAL Direction of the city’s growth is included; citizen input valued The City of Fredericksburg’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan, “Gute Stadt” (Good City), is out for review and includes an inputfilled vision for how locals want to see the city progress. “The heart and soul of this plan is the vision...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held...

LOOKING BACK AT ... The Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg is one of the most recognizable buildings in Texas. The other Nimitz Hotel, the one that once s...

Tunes & Tales We are in a self-care era. Like most academic fields, mass availability through social media, YouTube, audiobooks and podcasts has made ...