Things have been worse where drought is concerned, and the spotty showers this past weekend were especially welcomed for our parched landscape. But no one is calling off the drought warning or telling people to crank up the lawn sprinklers. In our semi-arid environment, it is normal for us to receiv...

Even though I’ll forever be an ausländer to genuine locals, after nearly seven years here, it is interesting to see the visitors’ perspective of Fredericksburg. My wife, Christine, an El Paso native, invited her family to Fredericksburg for the first week of July. We had been to California’s Bay Are...

Would a new veterinary school in the Texas Panhandle benefit Gillespie County’s aspiring animal docs? Texas Tech University thinks so, but Texas A&M University likes its current monopoly and has pull at every level. A column in the June 27 Dallas Morning News by commentator Jay Leeson pointed out ho...

Huge thanks is offered from this community to the Cailloux Foundation for its $1.5 million donation to expand the Hill Country Memorial Women’s Pavili...

When was the last time Democrats filled a room in Gillespie County? I probably was not the only person wondering that when the curious squeezed into t...

Last week, Santa Fe. Next week, who knows where? The news wailed again with coverage of another school shooting. More children attending schools have ...