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On July 8, five months and nineteen days later, it rode into Calgary Stampede Headquarters, receiving international media attention and becoming a sensation throughout Canada. Courtesy Photo

Eye Reckon Freedom Ride honors 20th anniversary

It’s been 20 years since the Eye Reckon Freedom Ride left Bandera to blaze a historic trail to Calgary, Canada. 01/10/2024 00:00 1

Spate of new laws effective Jan. 1

Spate of new laws effective Jan. 1

After the Texas Legislature spent much of 2023 in session, a bevy of new laws go into effect on New Year’s Day, though some have been delayed by lawsuits challenging their constitutionality. 01/03/2024 05:00

The Possum Cop Chronicles

The Possum Cop Chronicles

01/03/2024 05:00

Growing Up in Bandera

Growing Up in Bandera

On a recent cool windy morning I was walking around the front yard under my two big pecan trees and it brought back memories of a long ago time. 01/03/2024 05:00

Medina students nab runner up honors in UIL

Medina students nab runner up honors in UIL

Medina Elementary students participated in the District UIL Meet on Dec. 7 in Nueces Canyon, earning second place overall for the first time since the 2011-2012 season. 01/03/2024 05:00

Toyota ShareLunker Program Embarks on 38th Season

Toyota ShareLunker Program Embarks on 38th Season

New Year’s Day arrived on Monday, and with it comes the kickoff of the 38th Toyota ShareLunker season. Anglers from across Texas and the nation will cast their lines in anticipation of landing a Legacy Lunker largemouth bass (13-plus pounds) in Texas’ world-class fisheries. 01/03/2024 05:00

Symphony

Symphony performing popular movie themes

Some good seats are still available for the Symphony of the Hills’ pops concert “Pops and Popcorn: A Night at the Movies” on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Cailloux Theater, 910 Main, Kerrville. 01/03/2024 05:00

Cooper Arnold (second from right) displays the Grand Champion Steer he presented at the 2021 Bandera County Junior Livestock Show auction. The steer drew a top bid of $10,000. BULLETIN PHOTO

Annual livestock show approaches

The 2024 Bandera County Junior Livestock Show will be held Jan. 11-13 at Mansfield Park outside Bandera, and officials believe it will be a big success like last year. 01/03/2024 05:00

Pictured from left are Frank Dunlap, Kaitlyn Bowen, Rae Raiford, Sylvia Garcia, Jen, Sheryl Landrum and Lesley Lehrmann.

GARDENERS DONATE TO MERCY GATE

GARDENERS DONATE TO MERCY GATE 01/03/2024 05:00

Bandera local Dennis Allyn hoists the three trophies he took home from the 2023 Wild Bunch Film Festival in Oct. 2023. Courtesy photo

WINNER, WINNER, WINNER

Bandera local Dennis Allyn hoists the three trophies he took home from the 2023 Wild Bunch Film Festival in Oct. 2023. 01/03/2024 05:00

Bandera County Emergency Management Director Judi Lafevers speaks with members of the audience after her presentation. BULLETIN PHOTO/ Tracy Thayer

Club honors volunteer, hears from Bandera Emergency Management Coordinator

On Dec. 11 at the monthly meeting of the Faith and Freedom Club of Medina, Jayne Ramblin was honored as Medina’s 2023 Volunteer of the Year. 12/27/2023 00:00

Bandera Library Happenings

Bandera Library Happenings

Is this not the weirdest week of the year? You don’t know if you’re coming or going or how that piece of cheese got into your hand. 12/27/2023 00:00

Anne Brown recently received the Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award from HCMG. Courtesy Photo

Master Gardener’s bestow lifetime achievement award

Hill Country Master Gardener Anne Brown was recently recognized with the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award. 12/27/2023 00:00

Scholarship

DAR scholarship application opens for music students

Undergraduate and graduate students studying music with ambitions for future careers can take time over the holiday break to apply for the DAR Marian Anderson Legacy Scholarship. 12/27/2023 00:00

One Simple Rule That's Hard to Follow

One Simple Rule That's Hard to Follow

As many of us prepare to celebrate Christmas, while the world is ablaze with war and suffering, it is easy to feel comforted by our relatively safe and cozy lives within our relatively peaceful country. There is nothing wrong with that, in fact our gratitude should really be boundless as we see how others are forced to live, through no fault of their own. 12/20/2023 00:00

Bandera Library Happenings

Bandera Library Happenings

I’ve heard it said you can be unhappy before eating a cookie, and you can be unhappy after eating a cookie, but you’ll never be sad while eating a cookie. 12/20/2023 00:00

Possum Cop Chronicles

Possum Cop Chronicles

The Creek 12/13/2023 00:00

Photo by Alexander Wende on Unsplash

Bandera Library Happenings

It is countdown to Christmas folksm so be ready. We have the cookbooks for all the cookies, family dinners and even craft cocktails. We have tons of Christmas movies on DVD for cuddling up on the couch and having a quiet night in. 12/13/2023 00:00

Will Dietrich Announces Candidacy for Sheriff

Will Dietrich Announces Candidacy for Sheriff

Editor’s Note: The following is a campaign from a local candidate. Candidates are allowed one announcement in the paper free of charge. All following materials are charged an ad fee. 12/13/2023 00:00

Hides and Horns, a Western play about Banndera, told the story of cattle drives and daring actions by early cowboys. BULLETIN PHOTO/Tracy Thayer

Hide and Horns play debuts as Coconut Cowboy stage

The Old Bandera Players brought the original play “Hide and Horns” to Bandera for its premiere performance on Saturday at the Coconut Cowboy Stage on the corner of Maple and Eleventh Street. 12/13/2023 00:00

Samaritans hosting free dinner

Samaritans hosting free dinner

12/12/2023 10:54