Ecumenical spirit I want to add my congratulations to Pastor Casey Zesch and his wife, Lucinda, upon their retirement from Bethany Lutheran Church. While not a member of Bethany, I appreciate all they have done for their church and the community. Pastor Zesch, along with another well-known pastor, R...

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...

Immigration controversies I read the editorial articles and national news wondering what is going on in our beautiful country. As an immigrant since 1...

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...