Chamber hosts costumed bash
The Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce’s October Mixer and Costume Contest, sponsored by Ozona Bank, brought out creative business members who came decked out in Halloween gear to celebrate the 2023 holiday.
The Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce’s October Mixer and Costume Contest, sponsored by Ozona Bank, brought out creative business members who came decked out in Halloween gear to celebrate the 2023 holiday.
After conquering obstacle and obstacle throughout the 2023 season, Wimberley High School’s Team Tennis finally captured the grandest prize of them all: a state championship.
New sidewalks, bikeways and other types of infrastructure will help improve safety and enhance quality of life in many Texas communities including San Marcos, Wimberley and Dripping Springs, following the announcement that the Texas Transportation Commission has approved more than $345 million for projects across the state.
Halloween in Wimberley got underway last weekend with the Haunted Pioneer Town and Train Ride of Terror. A production of the Wimberley Players and 7A Ranch, the two-evening event raised goosebumps as actors portrayed resident ghosts in the streets, the shops, the graveyard, the chapel, and other locations throughout the Western-themed village. The town’s newly operational 12-gauge railroad provided visitors with a hairraising trip as ghoulish apparitions appeared along the route.
The Wimberley Valley Art League held its first Blue Agave Art Fair last weekend in the Blanco Room of the Wimberley Community Center.
On Nov. 11, Pitzer’s Fine Arts Gallery will celebrate its 45th year.
On Saturday, Nov. 4, Wimberley Market Day will see acres of festive sights, pleasing scents of soaps, flowers and barbeque and melodic sounds from Central Texas talent, all to usher in the upcoming holiday season.
Hays County Commissioners Court honored veterans by adopting a proclamation in support of Operation Greenlight.
Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center will highlight the exceptional work of its staff, board of directors and partners to help create a safer community with the public in an annual meeting on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Marcos.
The Wimberley Knights of Columbus Council 9151 celebrated their 20th Anniversary Hunters Night Out on Saturday, Oct. 21 by awarding $100,000 to local charities and organizations.
Wimberley’s community radio station, KWVH 94.3 FM, announced that its long-anticipated signal upgrade is nearly complete. Installers will attach antennas on their new tower site this week when weather permits, effectively doubling the station’s reach across the Wimberley Valley. Its broadcast transmission power increased from 30 watts to 100 watts, allowing thousands more listeners to tune into KWVH, about twice the number of radios that could previously receive their signal. Listeners on the outskirts of Wimberley, in Woodcreek, Driftwood, Kyle, and Canyon Lake will be able to receive critical news and emergency information as well as programming in their cars and homes thanks to the new upgrade.
Early voting began this week in Hays County in anticipation of the Nov. 7 election, according to Hays County Elections Administrator Jennifer Doinoff.
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