Youth Stock Show Teaches Life Lessons (Features)
By Charles McClureThe annual Blanco County Youth Stock Show was held Jan. 15-17 at the Blanco County Show Barn. As in years past, the event, featured a whopping 525 entries, was a smashing success,...
View ArticleAttention All Blanco County 4th and 7th Graders! (Community News)
It is time once again for the annual Daughters of the Republic of Texas Essay Contest. This year’s fourth grade topic is “The Runaway Scrape”. The seventh graders will be writing about “The Legend of...
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Scouts Paint and Work at Science Mill (Community News)
By Joanne HillSince last fall 2014, boys and their leaders from Blanco Boy Scout Troop 497 have been donating their time and effort to help the Hill Country Science Mill in Johnson City get ready for...
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Leon Coffee Inducted into Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame (Features)
Coffee’s individual booth containing his personal memorabilia for museum visitors to view. (Courtesy photo)Blanco’s own “Leon” Coffee has added another honor to his growing list of lifetime...
View ArticlePeople Helping People (Columns)
Starting with this issue, we as volunteers with the Blanco Good Samaritan Center are delighted to have a newspaper column that will allow us to share news and updates on a monthly basis. As you may...
View ArticleStumbling Blocks (Fit Tips)
By Sally Windham-BlackburnMy Cowboy told me a story this evening about an old man who tripped over a piece of iron at Mobley’s Welding a couple of years back; The man made a big circle and came back...
View ArticleTax Forms now Available at the Library (Community News)
By Crystal SpybuckTax Forms have not yet arrived; this is the information we received from the IRS: The IRS reminds taxpayers that filing electronically is the most accurate way to file a tax return...
View ArticleThe Three Thousand (Focus on Faith)
By John Kinslow, ministerMany have heard of the 300 Spartans that stood in the gap to face the vastly superior numbers of the Persian army. They stood in a narrow passage so that the numbers of their...
View ArticleThe Power of Your Words (Focus on Faith)
By Pastor J.D. Link, Agf-blanco.com 6 pm M-F AM630KSLRI encourage you to read Ecc 5:1-7 carefully. Notice how much teaching on the power of our words is mentioned in these few verses. “Don’t give the...
View ArticleHated of All Men (Focus on Faith)
By Mrs. Lawrence Coffee, Mt. Horeb Baptist ChurchHas anyone ever told you that “a lot of people don’t like you”? Someone told me that one day. In my heart I remembered that Jesus said “22 And ye shall...
View ArticleSprucing up a room (Putting the Pieces Together)
By Debbie Vallone-Homeier, A Paragon Builders / Vallone Real EstateWant to change the looks of a room? There are so many ideas out there! You might have searched the Internet or in books, etc., to find...
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BVFD Reorganizes, Reaches Pact with ESD (Community News)
Emergency Services District #2 President Ann Hall discusses the organization’s master plan as Dr. Darwin “Dar” Labarthe, board vice president, looks on during regular session on Monday, Jan. 26. ESD #2...
View ArticleBlanco County Included in Disaster Declaration (Community News)
While Blanco and surrounding counties enjoyed generous rainfall last week, the Texas Hill Country remains in a drought that has gripped the area for more than eight years. The economic hardship that...
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Diverse Businesses, Renovations Dovetail with Comprehensive Plan (Community...
Hector Morales and Jenny Kuhnel have opened the Bean and Biscuit, a coffee and baked goods shop on the Blanco square. (Charles McClure photo).By Charles McClure, cmcclure@blanconews.comThe Bean and...
View ArticleThe Bear in the Apple Tree (Mustard Seeds)
By Keith J. McClellanJuan Quezada spent his boyhood scouring the canyons and forests of Mexico’s Sierra Madre in search of wood with which to make charcoal to sell in the local markets. Wherever his...
View ArticleGov. Abbott, Lt. Gov. Patrick take office (Regional News)
By Ed SterlingAUSTIN — January 20 was inauguration day for Gov. Greg Abbott, successor to Rick Perry, who completed a record-setting 14 years as governor. Abbott is the 48th governor of Texas. Abbott...
View ArticleStewart Named BVFD Chief (Community News)
By Charles McClure, cmcclure@blanconews.comAs the Blanco Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD) reorganizes to better integrate with local Emergency Medical Services under the umbrella of Emergency Services...
View ArticleCounty Closes Pct. 1 Constable Bank Account (Community News)
By Charles McClure, cmcclure@blanconews.comBlanco County Commissioners voted to close a bank account that was used by the Pct. 1 Constable Larry Haley during regular session in the county courtroom on...
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Rev. W. B. “Wally” Hiller (Obituaries)
Rev. W. B. “Wally” Hiller, 93 of Blanco passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Visitation was held Friday, January 23, 2015 at Crofts – Crow Funeral Home in Blanco. Services were held at the First...
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David Stanley Gray (Obituaries)
David Stanley Gray, 68, passed away January 21, 2015 in Blanco, TX. He was born July 10, 1946 in Dallas, TX to William R & Agatha Joan Pappas Gray. David was raised in San Antonio and graduated...
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