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EDC delivers latest blow to Main Street
The Marble Falls Historic Main Street Association did not get the $20,000 it requested from the Marble Falls Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday. The HMSA’s primary goal is to revitalize...
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City retains A bond rating
Today’s economy has led to city budget cuts and employment freezes, but through it all the City of Marble Falls has been able to keep its A bond rating. Standard & Poor’s January 2010 finance...
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Students help shape future
Marble Falls Independent School District unveiled a vision of the district’s future this week, the results of a three-day strategic planning workshop at Lakeside Pavilion in January. Two students...
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City, school board filings begins Saturday
Filing for city council seats begins Saturday and school board filings begin Monday for the May 8 election, in which three seats each will open in Marble Falls, Meadowlakes and Cottonwood Shores c...
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Father-to-be dies in crash, girlfriend OK
Casey Ray Armendarez, a 2009 Burnet High School graduate three months away from becoming a father, was killed early Thursday when the car in which he was a passenger was involved in a head-on coll...
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C'shores street repairs to begin soon
The City of Cottonwood Shores will begin its street reclamation project within the month, officials said at Thursday’s meeting. Repair teams will begin work on streets in the heavily populated, no...
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KIDFISH wets hooks for rainbow trout at Hamilton Creek Park on Sunday
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The Annual KIDFISH event in Burnet’s Hamilton Creek Park will be a free rainbow trout fishing event for children 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The KIDFISH Foundation will stock rainbow trout for participant...
MFISD lays out strategic planning initiative
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Marble Falls Independent School District unveiled the results of an intense strategic planning initiative Tuesday, which officials say will help shape the district for years to come. The process i...
Parks board agrees to support fireworks
by Ashleigh Whaley
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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The Marble Falls Parks & Recreation Commission agreed to help organize and fund activities at the city’s Independence Day celebration at its monthly meeting Monday. When the traditional July 4th f...
Mustang’s District 25 realigned once more
by Stephen Colwell
Highlander Sports Editor
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The University Interscholastic League (UIL) announced the tentative reclassification and realignment of schools on Monday morning at 9 a.m. While petitions for removal from districts are still allo...
HLSPCA exceeds challenge
by Geoff West
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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The Highland Lakes Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals exceeded the $5,000 matching funds challenge by Roger and Geneva Dalton of Horseshoe Bay, HLSPCA organizers said. To celebrate, ...
LCRA water contracts still major issue
by James Walker
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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Water issues of every description—short term, long term, conservation, agriculture—are a never-ending source of consternation for officials of local government entities. That point was borne out F...