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New priests to lead St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church

The Most Rev. Joe S. 02/14/2025 02:23 AM

Commissioners set to continue county judge screen

Commissioners set to continue county judge screen

During their next regular meeting, the Burnet County Commissioners Court plans to interview three applicants seeking appointment for the vacant position of county judge. The meeting is scheduled 9 a.m. 02/11/2025 02:21 AM

Trevino

Alan Trevino Closing Statement

“I want to thank everybody for participating in this very important process. Thank you, judges Garret and Stubbs. Thank you for the fairness in moderating. And for our supporters. Thank you for attending. I hope our lively debate validated the reason for your support. I will take days on. I will take days off. 02/11/2025 02:21 AM

Wilson

County judge candidates stated their case for selection

Editor’s Note: The following includes the verbatim compiled at a county judge candidates workshop Feb. 6, hosted by Burnet County commissioners. The commissioners are scheduled at a special meeting today to conduct a public interview of the candidates. 02/11/2025 02:21 AM

Jones

Guilford “Gil” Jones, III Closing Statement

What does the county need? We’ve talked about this. We’ve heard this from a lot of you. We need transparency, civility. We need public access to a lot more detail – particularly on the budget, any other long-range kind of planning the county may be doing. 02/11/2025 02:21 AM

Signs of opposition to the quarry are coalescing around the county. Contributed photo

Quarry watchdog sounds waterway alarm

Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM) requests the public submit comments on a proposed quarry and aggregate processing plant near Inks Lake and Longhorn Caverns in Burnet County. The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is accepting public comments for a permit submitted by Asphalt Inc. 02/07/2025 02:18 AM

Wilson

Bryan E. Wilson county judge application letter

Please accept my application and resume for the position of Burnet County judge. The resume and attached materials demonstrate that I exceed the minimum requirements. My work in county and state government has focused on serving the communities and the people of Texas. My record demonstrates expertise in collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in state fees, controlling tens of millions of dollars in expenditures and overseeing how cities and counties use and account for funds. This has resulted in successful programs on time and under budget while providing clear performance measures of these successes. My assistance was provided to counties and cities of every type and size. It was an honor to have been able to plan, implement and report these program activities and successes to the Texas governors, state legislators, judges, county officials … 02/07/2025 02:18 AM

Jones

Guilford L. Jones III county judge application letter

02/07/2025 02:18 AM

Trevino

Alan Trevino county judge application letter

I am honored to submit my application and resume for your review and consideration to be appointed to fill the remaining term of Burnet County judge. My career body of work over the 40 years of service to the state of Texas, Burnet County and citizens of Texas demonstrates a life of service, integrity, leadership and highly successful major project planning. When the job is tough I get the job done. 02/07/2025 02:18 AM

LCRA looks wary of new quarry proposal

LCRA looks wary of new quarry proposal

The Lower Colorado River Authority correspondence released recently to a senior civil engineer indicates LCRA is exercising caution related to its possible approval of a permit for construction of a proposed rock crusher quarry north of Burnet. 02/04/2025 02:17 AM

Bland

Kingsland artist offers free demo Feb. 20

The Highland Arts Guild and Gallery is giving a free demonstration on Thursday, Feb. 20 from 9:30 a.m. 02/04/2025 02:17 AM

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Contending with the great smartphone dumb down

Has your intuition told you that something is very dissonant and disconnecting in our culture with respect to the proliferation of smartphones? If it has not, then you must either be a teenager with no framework of normalcy, or an adult smartphone addict with cultural amnesia. It smacked me in the face recently when I was out at the Llano River slab near Kingsland, looking for pretty rocks and enjoying the great outdoors. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

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State agencies unpack weather, leaky wells impact

Capital Highlights Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is urging Texans affected by recent winter weather to report any property and agricultural damages to the Texas Division of Emergency Management’s portal: damage.tdem.texas.gov. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

Reject public money for private schools

Reject public money for private schools

Dear Editor; The Texas Senate held a hearing on SB 2 on Tuesday, Jan. 28, regarding school vouchers. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

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State lawmakers could hike neighborhood density

City of Meadowlakes As mentioned in last week’s column, the state legislature is in full session. As with the 2023 session and the previous three sessions before that, bills have been filed that would – to put it mildly – place a damper on single- family neighborhoods like Meadowlakes. 01/31/2025 02:14 AM

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