Outdoors On Edge Matthew Henson, Robert E. Peary and the rest of Peary’s new expedition returned to Greenland in 1898. They tried for the North Pole several times over the next two years, but each attempt suffered worse than the last. Following the death of six Inuit in their group, the expedition r...

As a child, former Fredericksburg resident Chase Junell was always curious about just how far he could run. “It started as running across the property. Then, I wondered if I could run to town, I wondered if I could run across town, and then eventually it was like ‘I wonder if I could do the whole st...

I must admit to a feeling of guilt that I have never visited the great museums and cathedrals of Europe. I have not gone on safari in Africa, nor ridden on the Orient Express. I haven’t waddled with penguins in Antarctica nor left REI gear on the slopes of Mt. Everest. Yet, I feel more guilty that I...

Members of Gillespie County 4-H recently claimed the National Championship title in the Family & Community Health Quiz Bowl Contest. “The youths’ dedi...

Two Gillespie County students were among those named to the 2024 fall dean’s honor roll at Abilene Christian University. Idalia Archilla is a freshman...

This recipe appeared in Texas’ very first cookbook (1883) for which the 71 members of the Ladies Association of the First Presbyterian Church of Houst...