Hill Country Naturalist Beginning with today’s column, I will be sending out two or three columns about the words and philosophy of Aldo Leopold. I am inspired to do this by my great affection for his philosophy as it pertains to man and nature. I want to begin in this column to describe who Aldo Le...

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will kick off its fall semester of encouraging lifelong learning on Friday, Sept. 8, at the Hill Country University Center. “OLLI,” as it is known, sponsored by Texas Tech University, offers classes to senior citizens each fall and spring semester. People over a...

“Don’t be afraid to change the world!” was the message from Pope Francis at the 2023 World Youth Day Mass in Lisbon, Portugal. A local group of young people and adults from St. Mary’s Catholic Church participated in the World Youth Day pilgrimage the first week in August along with 1.5 million other...