Peregrine Energy questioned about battery project in Harper Congressman Chip Roy (R-District 21) has weighed in on the proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) facility planned near Harper as local opposition to it continues to grow. Roy wrote a letter to Hagen Lee, CEO and founder of Peregrine...

Students across the county are gearing up to head back to school in the coming weeks. The Fredericksburg Independent School District and St. Mary’s students will start school Tuesday, Aug. 12, Harper Independent School District students will begin Wednesday, Aug. 13. Heritage School students will re...

Use of new ploys, masked numbers gets $50,000-plus from locals Phone, internet and computer scams in town are as numerous in Fredericksburg and Gillespie County as bachelorette parties on Main Street. Fredericksburg resident Wayne Harrell knows firsthand how pervasive and convincing these phone scam...

Fredericksburg Independent School District adopted a new cell phone policy in accordance with the recently-passed Texas House Bill 1481 at a special m...

Ramblin’ Rita, also known as Kayla Wardell, performed her song about Texas with participation from kids in the audience at Pioneer Memorial Library on...

Imagine being awakened in the middle of the night by currents of rising water from a normally tame and beautiful river valley area. That nightmare bec...