The Bandera ISD School Board met in its regular meeting on May 13 to review the proposed budget for the 2024-2025 school year ahead of the vote regarding the budget on June 24.
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On June 5, 2024, Theresa Agatha Batto Helbert, 77, of Bandera, Texas, passed away peacefully, comforted by prayerful family and friends.
Josh Teitge is slated to replace Dan Butts as Bandera County Sheriff following a 15 percent margin of victory in the Republican Primary Runoff, according to the Bandera County Elections Office.
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The world is headed right down that road. It killed 4 children in Valley View, Texas in the darkened, early morning hours of Sunday, May 26, 2024. Over that Sunday, tornadoes also killed “at least 23 people in a long-weekend swarm of deadly weather.”
Former President Donald Trump’s verdict is in: guilty on all accounts.
There are currently three third party candidates for president: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein and Cornell West. All three candidates claim they are running to give voters a choice and a chance to voice their views. All three insist they are not “spoilers.” Let’s examine this.
The Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area in Bandera County has been awarded a $300,000 grant for the construction of six miles of natural surface recreational trails. This grant is part of over $4.5 million in funding approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission during their meeting on Thursday.
Alamo RCD Area, Inc., Senior Assistance Program, sponsors the Free Food Pantry every month. The next Food Distribution is Thursday, June 13, from 12:30 to 2 p.m., at The Way Church, 7789 FM 1283.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is awarding $17 million in grant funding to eligible hospitals to continue improving healthcare services for rural communities.
As much as I like looking back in time at the events that have led me to where I am today I will say there were sad times that I try to avoid remembering.
Two great events are planned for the kiddos this summer.
The Bandera Natural History Museum plans a month-long celebration of its eighth year in operation. Each Saturday in June, the museum plans to have a different event to help celebrate this notable anniversary.
A celebration to recognize Juneteenth will be held in Bandera at the Bertha Tryon/ Hendrick Arnold Black Cemetery on Saturday, June 15, at 11:00 a.m. The cemetery is located on old Medina Highway right off of Highway 16.
House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, narrowly won re-election in a hotly contested runoff race and has vowed to seek his third term as speaker, drawing threats from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to oppose any of his supporters in the 2024 primary.
The Bandera Convention and Visitors Bureau celebrated National Travel and Tourism Week with a backyard picnic on Tuesday, May 21. The event drew a crowd of over 100 including visitors from France, Germany and Guatemala.
Noted artist and Medina resident Steve Pietzsch spoke about his art and his career at the Medina Faith and Freedom Club on May 13.
Let’s talk trash, country road trash.
On Sunday, April 27, 2024, David Gwin Jr., went to meet his maker.
Outlaws and lawmen
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