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Two well-known Bandera horse people and their horses were invited to participate in the Salt Grass Trail Ride, grandaddy of all Texas rodeo trail rides, in the lead-up to the Houston Rodeo in February.

Bandera Nursing & Rehabilitation is set to host its inaugural Bandera Mudbug Madness celebration, an outdoor event aimed at recognizing the facility’s team members for their achievement of Bestin-Class survey results.

“SO HOW MANY YEARS WERE YOU A GAME WARDEN?”

On Feb. 22, the Bandera County Commissioners entered into a contract with Diamond Drugs, Inc. to provide prescription dispensing services, pharmacy benefit management services, software services and medical supplies for the Bandera County Jail’s correctional patients.

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What do you think about the most? What gets most of your attention? A rodeo cowboy, especially on the roughstock side of the arena, is always thinking about his sport. Where he's going to enter, what went wrong or right the weekend before. How he's going to get his fees paid this week. Visualizing bull or bronc ride after bronc ride.

The Biden administration may soon gut the Bayh-Dole Act, one of our nation’s most important and impactful laws that also supports nearly $2 trillion in economic activity.

Recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that six of the 10 fastest-growing counties in the United States from 2022 to 2023 were in Texas. 

In 1787, the year our founders signed the U.S. Constitution — Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to Alexander Hamilton about his fears of an autocratic dictator in America: “If once elected, and at a second or third election outvoted by one or two votes, he will pretend false values, foul play, hold possession of the reins of government, be supported by the States voting for him…” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/02/20/founding-fathers-demagogues-civic-virtue/.

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Felix Matthew Fisher, 48, of San Antonio, passed away Friday, March 15, 2024, at his residence. 

Myron H. “Bud” Center Jr. died at his home near Bandera, Texas on Saturday, March 2, 2024. He was 92. Born in Cambridge, New York, on Jan. 3, 1932, he was the son of Myron H. and Ruth Center.

Last week’s election night concluded with many decisive victories, but two races in particular have yet to resolve.

Lakehills Area Library has been selected as one of 310 libraries to participate in round two of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility resources to small and rural libraries to help them better serve people with disabilities.

Region 20 President Dr. Amy Jo Baker spoke to the Bandera County Retired Teachers Association at their monthly meeting on Feb. 21.

The Medina Community Library, the self-proclaimed Best Little Library in Texas, is hosting “A Novel Evening at The Library in Bloom” March 23 at 7 p.m.

March is Texas History Month as designated by the Texas Legislature in 2003, and the Joshua D. Brown Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas is encouraging all Texans to fly the Texas flag and promote the celebration of the three Texas Honor Days that fall during the month of March, as they are among the most critical events in the formation of the Texas Republic.