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From left, Development Services Director Scarlet Moreno and Development Services planners Kristen Jones and Hanna Kadow recently received the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association award (Central section) for their expert contributions toward completion of the Marble Falls Comp...

Council approves Packsaddle Thunder Rock bid

Marble Falls City Council recently approved the Packsaddle Management bid to build the Thunder Rock Maintenance Facility, to help complete construction of the Thunder Rock Sports Complex. The council voted 6-0 for the contract during the June 3 meeting at city hall, 800 Third St. 06/06/2025 04:32 AM

Online reporting system handles non-emergencies

Online reporting system handles non-emergencies

The Marble Falls Police Department is proud to announce the launch of Motorola Solutions’ CommandCentral Community Online Reporting System, City Protect. City Protect is designed to make it easier and more convenient for residents to report non-emergency incidents. 06/06/2025 04:32 AM

Residents of all ages assisted in the fire truck push-in ceremony June 4 at the Marble Falls Fire Rescue station. Photos by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography

Marble Falls community welcomes fire truck

Marble Falls Fire Rescue is proud to announce the arrival of the highly anticipated new Pierce Enforcer ladder truck, which features a 100-foot midmount aerial tower. The ladder truck, made by Pierce and purchased from Siddons-Martin Emergency Group, has traveled from the Pierce Manufacturing facility in Appleton, Wisc. 06/06/2025 04:32 AM

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MFISD promotes from within for new assistant principals

Marble Falls ISD is proud to announce strategic assistant principal transitions designed to support leadership development and enhance student success across campuses. These changes reflect the district’s continued commitment to growing leaders from within and strengthening connections with the community. 06/03/2025 04:31 AM

Cottonwood Shores Municipal Judge Don Adams swore in newly-elected council members Gary D. Parsons, Place 2, and Laura Hankins, Place 4, at a meeting following the May election. Both Hankins and Jared Dodd, who became mayor, won in uncontested races. Parsons defeated his opponent with 54%...

Cottonwood Shores swears in councilors

Cottonwood Shores Municipal Judge Don Adams swore in newly-elected council members Gary D. Parsons, Place 2, and Laura Hankins, Place 4, at a meeting following the May election. Both Hankins and Jared Dodd, who became mayor, won in uncontested races. Parsons defeated his opponent with 54% of the vote. 06/03/2025 04:31 AM

Now that Marble Falls Independent School voters have passed the May 2025 bond, Pfluger Architects will move from pre-bond work to executing the plans for the high school facilities that are part of the package. File graphic

MFISD approves architectural contract related to May bond

The Marble Falls Independent School District Board of Trustees took the first step in athletic facility updates. They approved a contract with Pfluger Architects for $3.275 million for “comprehensive architecture and engineering services for the softball field synthetic turf, new baseball field, multipurpose facility/auxiliary gym/weight room, Max Copeland Gym locker room additions and renovations, and CTE wing addition and renovations projects at Marble Falls High School.” The approval came during the board’s regular meeting May 19. 06/03/2025 04:31 AM

Contributed/ Wanda Klaserner Lakes Buchanan and Travis are significantly below full because of the ongoing drought, which means underwater hazards such as trees or drop-offs may pose more of an immediate risk to swimmers and boaters.

Despite runoff, low lake levels persist

As schools let out throughout the Highland Lakes, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) reminds lake revelers of potential hazards due to low waterway levels. Lakes Buchanan and Travis, the two water supply reservoirs in the Highland Lakes, are significantly below full because of the ongoing drought, which means underwater hazards such as trees or drop-offs may pose more of an immediate risk to swimmers and boaters. 06/03/2025 04:31 AM

Despite the cancellation of a formal ceremony, residents who gathered at the Burnet County Courthouse square honored those who died in foreign wars. Contributed photos/Glenn Peavy

Residents gather on the square to honor the fallen

Weather concerns canceled a celebration on the Burnet County Courthouse square May 26, however, an informal gathering to honor fallen military service members took place instead. 06/03/2025 04:31 AM

After high winds blew through Burnet County May 29, Pedernales Electric Cooperative was called to remove a trampoline blown onto a power pole located in the 1400 block of Redwood in Granite Shoals. Contributed photo

Destructive wind storm sweeps into Granite Shoals

Quick response and sparse traffic minimized damage overnight May 29 following a damaging wind storm in the Granite Shoals area. Emergency officials believe possible straightline winds may be to blame for snapped power poles, outages and at least one vehicle by a broken utility pole. 05/30/2025 04:28 AM

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Jury sentences pantry founder for child sex abuse

A 70-year-old Granite Shoals pantry founder received a sentence of almost 30 years in prison following the outcome of a week-long child sexual abuse trial. Guerrero was found guilty after three hours of deliberation by a Burnet County jury on May 22. 05/30/2025 04:28 AM

File photo The cemetery, which was deeded to Burnet County, holds the marked and unmarked graves of more than 50 black people who settled in Burnet County af ter the Civil War.

Burnet County due for transportation plan update

The Burnet County commissioners recently announced the county transportation plan is going to get an update. “We really have not done a thorough update to our transportation plan since 2010,” Pct. 05/30/2025 04:28 AM

PEC president Emily Pataki presented outgoing District 5 Director James Oakley with an inscribed parting gift. Contributed photos

District 5 director leaves legacy with PEC board

Outgoing District 5 Director James Oakley, first elected in June 2013 to the Pedernales Electric Cooperative Board, bid farewell to the PEC family on May 16. In 2025, he could not run for re-election due to term limits. 05/30/2025 04:28 AM

Appeals court rules in favor of county in library book removals

Appeals court rules in favor of county in library book removals

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has sent the Llano County library lawsuit back to U.S. District Court. 05/30/2025 04:28 AM

The Marble Falls Post Office was closed down on May 26 for law enforcement to assess that a 'suspicious' package was not a threat. Connie Swinney/The Highlander

Suspicious package evacuates post office

Authorities temporarily cleared a post office of patrons and staff for three hours in Marble Falls after receiving a report of a suspicious package May 26. 05/30/2025 04:28 AM

Hwy 71 construction project expanding

Hwy 71 construction project expanding

A well-traveled thoroughfare just got a little more complicated for motorists as a project revs up in southeast Burnet County. 05/27/2025 04:43 PM

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