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Possum Cop Chronicles

Possum Cop Chronicles

When you’re a game warden, it’s all hands on deck when things go awry, and severe weather is no exception. 01/17/2024 05:00

Quakes prompt officials to limit disposal wells

Quakes prompt officials to limit disposal wells

The Texas Railroad Commission has suspended nearly two dozen permits that allow oil and gas companies to inject saltwater into the ground, which regulators say has contributed to increased earthquakes of greater magnitude in West Texas. 01/17/2024 05:00

After Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, fuhgeddaboudit!

After Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, fuhgeddaboudit!

Since the advent of the Iowa caucuses in 1972 and the South Carolina primary in 1980, the “first in the nation” political contests, including the New Hampshire primary which dates back to 1916, have been able to consistently end up selecting who the nominee for President will eventually be particularly for Republicans. 01/17/2024 05:00

Don’t Smell The Dishes!

Don’t Smell The Dishes!

Many years ago when I was living in Utah with my family, I had an unusual problem with my family that I had never had before. At the time we also had a family dog. 01/17/2024 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

The Possum Cop Chronicles

The Possum Cop Chronicles

01/03/2024 05:00

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

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

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