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Texas State Rep. Erin Zwiener recently laid out house bills dealing with the effects of Winter Storm Uri, and three pieces of legislation encouraging the development of a regional non-motorized trail system.

On Tuesday March 30 and Thursday April 1, the Women’s Guild from Chapel in the Hills set up a display of 50 Easter Baskets that were given away at the Crisis Bread Basket. Each basket included candy, games, toys, colors and coloring books, religious bed-time stories, and a stuffed animal. Pictured in the photo: Deb Scott, Margaret Baker, Patti Morgan, Louise Faulkner. SUBMITTED PHOTO

There aren’t many students who get to walk the halls of Scudder Primary these days as a new primary school has been built and taken its place. But a few students in this year’s senior class remember the state flags that draped from the ceiling or the red barn on the playground that became the makeshift mascot for the school.

A mass COVID-19 vaccination event will take place at Texas State’s University Events Center on Thursday, April 22, University President Denise Trauth announced Friday.

Masks will continue to be required through the end of the school year at the older Wimberley ISD schools while the requirement will be lifted next week at the younger schools.

The Hays County Commissioners Court accepted an internal audit of Constable Precinct 3’s Office during its meeting last week that described several internal weaknesses.

A fire in the Burnett Ranch subdivision took the lives of two people. The names of the deceased individuals have not yet been verified by a medical examiner as of the time of press and therefore have not been officially released.

What are they? Where did they come from? Why are they here? And what on earth can I do about it?

Hays County announced that it will hold several walk-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics in April and early May.

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Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order last week banning state agencies, cities or counties from creating a “vaccine passport” requirement.

Voices at the Table this Sunday features the Asian Americans in our community who will speak about their lives in Central Texas. Everyone is welcome to listen and join the Zoom forum from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The fight over the location of a bar in the middle of Rolling Oaks seems to have fizzled as a preliminary agreement has been reached by both parties and is likely on the way to a formal settlement agreement.