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The Kingsland Garden Club will host its annual Plant Sale on Saturday, March 22, 8 a.m. to noon. Pictured is Kingsland Garden Club member Luellen Schoen maintaining native plants on the grounds of Kingsland Library. Beverly Walker/The Highlander

Kingsland hosting workforce talk, Big Easy opening

The Kingsland Chamber’s Lunch and Learn is Wednesday, March 19, noon to 1 p.m. To correct an error in last week’s column, the presentation will be by the Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area at Boat Town 2900 Pizza, 151 Melodie Lane, Kingsland. Learn about the benefits of the REINVEST grant for skills training. Contact kingslandchamber@ gmail.org for lunch ticket information. 03/14/2025 03:38 AM

Fair to prepare public for emergencies, disasters

Fair to prepare public for emergencies, disasters

In a commitment to safety and caring for its members and communities, Pedernales Electric Cooperative is partnering with the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office and Office of Emergency Management to host a firstof- its-kind community preparedness fair, called “Ready as One”. 03/14/2025 03:38 AM

Blanco County crash results in three deaths just north of Johnson City on U.S. 281. Contributed/North Blanco County EMS

Fatality victims identified in multiple car crash

Three people died in a multiple vehicle crash in Blanco County March 5 just north of Johnson City on U.S. 281. 03/14/2025 03:38 AM

Patia Strickland (foreground, left) 'photobombed' her daughter Taylor Maanao and Lollie May Martin in the photo booth March 8 at the Phoenix Center Gala. Photos by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography

2025 Phoenix Center Gala

. 03/14/2025 03:38 AM

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Speaker to kindle Christian engagement

Burnet County Republican Women are hosting inspirational speaker Bunni Pounds at their March 13 meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 03/11/2025 03:37 AM

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House proposes increase in public school funds

Critics say a House bill proposing $7.5 billion in new funding for public education doesn’t go far enough, The Dallas Morning News reported. House Bill 2 would raise the per-student allotment by $220, to $6,360 a year. 03/11/2025 03:37 AM

Mark Bentley, Mayor of Meadowlakes

IRS spotlight ushers in notice of taxes, fed funds

City of Meadowlakes The street sweepers in New Orleans must be busy this morning as Mardi Gras has come and gone. The 40-day Lenten season has begun. 03/11/2025 03:37 AM

After the 21-day waiting period before final approval, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar will have a six-year term as chancellor. Contributed/The Texan

Comptroller Glenn Hegar named Texas A&M chancellor

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents named Comptroller Glenn Hegar as the lone finalist to be the system’s next chancellor. After the 21-day waiting period before final approval, Hegar will have a six-year term as chancellor in front of him governing the system’s 11 universities and multiple state agencies. 03/11/2025 03:37 AM

MFISD benefits by early bond payoff

MFISD benefits by early bond payoff

Marble Falls ISD plans to retire some debt early using a program called “defeasance,” a move approved Monday by trustees at their regular meeting. Defeasance is like paying off a loan early, so the debtor doesn’t pay the remaining interest, district Executive Director of Finance Bill Orr explained. 03/04/2025 02:33 AM

From left, Billy, Gracelynn (center) and Lindsey Yow of Spyke's BBQ received the Business of the Year Award from former recipients Gregg Miller, and Angie and Darla Godfrey of Reflections Day Spa & Salon.

Businesses and volunteers shine at Kingsland Chamber awards

The 61st Kingsland/ Lake LBJ Chamber Awards Banquet & Ceremony, held on Feb. 20, at Log Country Cove, brought out hundreds of members and their guests, Burnet and Llano County leaders and international titleholders on a wintry night. 03/04/2025 02:33 AM

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Library books author for seminar on memoirs

Lakeshore Library invites you to a seminar on “Writing the Memoir,” conducted by W. C. 03/04/2025 02:33 AM

Public to take aim at hunting regulations

Public to take aim at hunting regulations

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is accepting public comment until March 27 for the following proposed changes to the 2025-26 Statewide Hunting and Migratory Game Bird proclamations: Migratory Game Bird -Increase the daily bag limit of pintails from one to three in all duck zones. -Reduce the early teal season from 16 to nine days in all duck zones. 03/04/2025 02:33 AM

LCRA manages hydrilla and water hyacinth on the Highland Lakes when the plants have the potential to impact LCRA dam or power plant operations. Contributed photos/LCRA

Water weed war tied to resident rebates

The Lower Colorado River Authority on Tuesday announced the 2025 schedule for property owners planning to treat nuisance aquatic vegetation on Inks Lake, Lake LBJ and Lake Marble Falls. LCRA also has extended a rebate program offering up to 50% of the project cost, to a maximum of $7,500 per applicant, for municipalities, counties and homeowners/property owners associations that manage invasive aquatic vegetation on Inks Lake, Lake LBJ or Lake Marble Falls in 2025. 03/04/2025 02:33 AM

Noisy work on a waterway feature on the Lake Marble Falls shoreline, just down the ridge from Hidden Falls Inn (formerly Hampton Inn), got underway Feb. 26 as crews worked to puncture dolomite in the lake bed. The work is part of a $4.2 million project that includes several new features in...

Crews launch waterway fearture work

. 03/04/2025 02:33 AM

Report: Progress on hospital efficacy in Llano

Report: Progress on hospital efficacy in Llano

Llano County commissioners got some good news about the county’s hospital at their February regular meeting. “We’ve made important progress over the last two weeks, not only have we made significant progress in defining the final agreement between Llano (county) and MidCoast (Health Systems), but we’ve also worked with the (U.S. 03/04/2025 02:33 AM

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