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Most residents of Bandera County take reliable electricity for granted. BEC linemen work to keep residents’ air conditioners running and the lights on, even in violent winter and stormy spring weather.

Springtime may just be the best time to live in the Hill Country. Bluebonnet blooms give way to fields of firewheels as flights of butterflies swoop across winding roads and migrating songbirds return to their summer homes.

The Medina Lady Cat softball team earned a pair of wins on Friday, May 3, in Georgetown to secure the series victory over North Zulch.

At the April 25 Commissioner’s Court, Sheriff Dan Butts and EMS Director Shannon Griffin presented their department reports for March.

The Bandera County Republican Women hosted Susan Junker from the American Legion in Bandera as their May guest speaker.

Coy went to her heavenly home to be reunited with her husband Jimmie, on April 30, 2024, in Kerrville, TX, she was 85 years old.

Edith “Edie” Davis Loveland, a cherished matriarch, devoted friend, and pillar of strength, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2024, at the age of 84 in Kerrville, Texas. Her loss is deeply felt by her family, friends, and all who had the privilege of knowing her.

The Bulletin announced Tuesday, April 30, that – effective immediately – they would be downsizing the number of locations where the Bulletin is available for sale in Bandera County.

Marcy Branson has been named Area Publisher for the Boerne Star and Bandera Bulletin by officials at Granite Media Partners Inc., owner of both publications.

RAISES FUNDS FOR MERCY GATE

Editor’s note – Readers are reminded that an arrest is not an indication of guilt. People are presumed innocent after an arrest until convicted.

The May Book Sale will be Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The June Book Sale will take place on Saturday, June 1, also 10 to 2.

“IT’S AN HONOR TO GO TO TEST PILOT SCHOOL, IN ALL THE BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY. ”

The Medina Lake Fire Department drew several hundred citizens to their annual Barbeque Fundraiser on Saturday.

BY DANIEL T UCKER

“THIS IS OUR MAIN

The growth of industrial- scale users of power could strain the Texas power grid, ERCOT’s chief announced last week. The Dallas Morning News reported Pablo Vegas, the agency’s CEO, said bitcoin miners and artificial intelligence data centers going in across the state, as well as industrial growth in the Permian Basin, could create the need for a massive buildup of power transmission lines in the future.

Let’s talk trash, plastic trash.

The Bandera Chamber of Commerce and the Bandera Business Association held a joint mixer upstairs at T.J.’s at the Old Forge on Friday evening.

Springtime may just be the best time to live in the Hill Country. Bluebonnet blooms give way to fields of firewheels as flights of butterflies swoop across winding roads and migrating songbirds return to their summer homes. I n many places, recent rains have greened things up and allowed local swimming holes a brief respite before the summer heat hits in full force.

The criminal case against former President Donald Trump for allegedly falsifying business records does not appear to be boosting President Joe Biden’s chances in November, with Biden’s once narrow lead over Trump disappearing in new polls.