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The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% in January, down a tick from December’s 6.9% rate but double the record low of 3.4% in May 2019. It is unclear what effect the mid-February winter storm had on employment, when power outages swept the state and many roads were impassable. We’ll find out next month.

The Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP), the economic development organization for Hays and Caldwell Counties, will host the Spring 2021 Get Hired! Job & Education Fair – an event designed to help hospitality and leisure industry workers who have been displaced due to COVID-19.

Late into the night on Tuesday, March 9 and into the early morning hours of Wednesday March 10, Dripping Springs City Hall was the target of vandalism. A window was broken and “offensive” words were spray-painted in red on the exterior walls of City Hall. The often profane words accused the city of racism along with other messages such as “Black Lives Matter,” “Anarchhy (sic)” and “city of racists.”

In Wimberley, the occurrence of weather significantly below freezing is rare. The first thing to worry about is busted pipes. When temperatures neared zero-degrees last month, there were plenty of issues, including the since-rescinded boil water notices. As essential workers do, those at the Wimberley Water Supply Corporation showed up for work to do everything possible to combat the freeze.

Discussions have been heart-wrenching at Voices at the Table, a local forum where people of color discuss their experiences in Wimberley and Hays County with those who come to listen. The conversation continues this Sunday, March 21.

The Hays County Commissioners Court approved the creation of two new election precincts during its regular meeting Tuesday.

Wimberley Independent School District is sticking with current COVID-19 protocols after the Texas Education Agency sent out guidelines last week following Governor Greg Abbott’s changes to the executive order requiring masks.

The Best of Wimberley contest is back! Voting for the contest can only be done online this year at wimberleyview.com. There are more than 100 categories to be named the best of Wimberley.

This deep into the season, the only thing any team can ask for is a chance to control their own destiny. With just two games left on the district schedule, the Wimberley Texan Girls’ Soccer team sits in second place, but two more wins would result in a district championship. The last game of the season against first place Boerne looms large.

Gov. Greg Abbott proclaimed last week, “It is now time to open Texas 100%,” announcing an end to the state’s mask mandate and the full reopening of businesses.

A rising tide lifts all boats, and on Wednesday, a massive tide arrived.

While Gov. Gregg Abbott has lifted the statewide mandate to wear a mask in public and allowed all businesses to operate at full capacity, many businesses, schools and other entities say they will continue to require that masks be worn. Abbott issued the order last week, effective March 10.

After 15 years in business, Wednesday is Dovetail’s final day. The shop, multiple-time winner of the Wimberley View’s ‘Best of’ for Clothing and Women’s Clothing, has sadly seen its last day. A product of the times, the pandemic was the culprit of the popular boutique.