After nudging by county officials, state contracted crews will soon get to work on a multi-million dollar project at and near the intersection in of Texas 71 and CR 401, plagued by collisions, to make it safer for motorists navigating the Spicewood area.

The Republican Party primary for county-wide candidates indicated a number of local contested races in seats held by long-time incumbents, according to a preliminary uncertified list. The filing period ended on Dec.

The first one of its kind in several years, Burnet County residents have a chance to get rid of their old tires, household chemicals and other hazardous items on their property during a collection event on Saturday, Oct. 16.

Burnet County officials will host a household hazardous waste collection on Saturday, Oct. 16 at the Burnet County Reuse and Recycle Center, 2411 FM 963 in Burnet.

Burnet County’s justices of the peace showed their solidarity Tuesday, Aug. 10, with all four asking commissioners to again consider reclassifying the primary JP court clerks and increasing their salary commensurate with the amount earned by other departments’ court coordinators.

For the Chandler family, a broken down trailer recently thrusted them into a series of challenging events on their journey to becoming homeowners. “He was trying his hardest to save his house for her, trying to do anything to get us out from where we are,” said Michelle Waterman, Aron Chandler’s wife and mother of their daughter Emily.

Burnet County will now pay up to $800 for cremation and interment of those who have died but are unable to afford a proper burial and have no surviving relatives to take on the cost. Commissioners approved an increase in the maximum amount the county will pay, from $300 to $800, for the cremation and transport of paupers, as provided by Section 694.002 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, which requires counties where a death occurs to provide burial or cremation services if “there is no person with a higher priority of responsibility.” The county judge may determine a deceased individual is a pauper if the estate of the deceased has no resources to pay for interment or if the decedent’s family cannot pay for cremation because they lack the resources to pay or their identities or whereabouts are unknown, according to the county’s policy approved last month by commissioners.