MY 2 CENTS (Editor’s note: The following article was published previously in 2017.) Acouple weeks ago, a visiting friend asked if his teenaged son could bring his fly rod to fish on the pond behind my house. The young man reported a few hits on his lure, but didn’t catch anything. The same visitors ...

Short-term pain for long-term gain is a phrase that gets passed around in many contexts. It is an especially relevant motto to those who are in the fitness business. Olivia Wehmeyer, owner and personal trainer at Driven Fit Nut, knows the importance of pain for gain and is putting that perspective t...

Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 5.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.09 per gallon on Monday, Sept. 26, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 26.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 26.5 cents per gallon higher than...

My mother used to say, “I wish I were young again, knowing what I know now.” I would roll my eyes, thinking it was one of the confusing things old lad...

Fredericksburg is a community built on a foundation of creative arts Many of the town’s earliest founders were novelists, painters and writers. Today,...

Penny McBride Acouple weeks ago, the Chamber’s newest Leadership Gillespie County Class went on retreat and heard a leadership presentation by Tim Doo...