The Hays County Commissioners Court hosted a special meeting Monday to discuss and take possible action regarding the creation of the Hays County Salary Grievance Committee.
Seventeen Southeast Texas counties have been declared disaster areas after Hurricane Nicholas came ashore, dumping more than a foot of rain and cutting off power to a half-million customers in Texas, according to poweroutage.us. That number had been reduced to about 4,200 as of Sunday.
More than 50 vehicles participated in the Wimberley Pride Ride, which highlighted an entire weekend of events put on by Wimberley Pride. Originally scheduled as a pride march, organizers elected to change to a vehicle parade due to COVID-19 concerns.
A quick blink and the town and the area has expanded rapidly. With the influx of families, the need for fire fighting readiness and response grows. Wimberley’s Volunteer Fire Department became Wimberley Fire and Rescue. Although they still have volunteers they also have some full time staff. Being ready 24/7 means full time staff 24/7. Having facilities to operate is crucial to the valley and beyond.
This is the fourth and final part in a series of articles based on the 2020 U.S. Census count of residents.
More engineering work has been approved for the Wimberley sewer system following concerns that certain areas of the sewer system may not be adequately designed to successfully provide service.
In October the League of Women Voters of Hays County will hold nonpartisan virtual candidate forums for Wimberley ISD Board of Trustees, San Marcos City Council, Woodcreek City Council and Woodcreek Mayor. These events can be viewed in live webinars with the candidates or from recordings on the Hays County League website. No registration required; simply click on the link provided to join the webinar. The event schedule can also be accessed on the lwvhaysco.com site and the Hays League of Women Voters’ Facebook page.
Tony Maxwell, with Maximum Wellness Chiropractic, was named the Patriot of the Year by the Wimberley VFW at the Patriot Day ceremony on September 11.
110 floors. That is how many floors firefighters on September 11, 2001 were staring up at when they ran into the World Trade Center towers as everyone else was running out in an attempt to save thousands of lives. It takes a very unique set of virtues and values to do so, but that is the life of a first responder.
The Interscholastic Equestrian Association Zone 7, Region 3 Season Kick-Off Show hosted by Team Bel Canto took place at Bel Canto Farms in Wimberley on Saturday. Region 3 consists of hunt seat teams in Central and South Texas. Above, a competitor takes part in an event during Saturday’s contest. PHOTO BY LANCE WINTER/WIMBERLEY VIEW
The Hays County Commissioners Court approved the submission of a grant application to the St. David’s Foundation by Connected Nation. If awarded funds by the grant, Connected Nation would participate in research and create maps that highlight the areas in Hays County that have little or inefficient broadband access.
This is the third in a fourpart series of articles based on the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau headcount. The numbers were released last month. The last part of the series looks at the changing demographics in Hays County.
Gov. Greg Abbott has called a third special legislative session to deal with redistricting, to decide how to spend billions of dollars in pandemic funding from the federal government and to determine to whether state or local governments can mandate COVID-19 vaccines, as well as some pet issues of the governor that failed to pass recent sessions.
The city of Woodcreek proclaimed the week of September 17 through 23 as Constitution Week. The proclamation “urges all citizens to study the Constitution and reflect on being an American.” Pictured is Woodcreek Mayor Gloria Whitehead with the proclamation. Constitution Day is September 17 of each year. This celebration of the Constitution was started by the Daughters of the American Revolution, according to DAR’s website dar.org. In 1955, DAR petitioned Congress to set aside September 17- 23 annually to be dedicated for the observance of Constitution Week. The resolution was later adopted by the U.S. Congress and signed into public law on August 2, 1956, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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