Soor-el Puga was selected as the next director of Elementary Education for Marble Falls ISD on March 20, 2024. Courtesy photo The Marble Falls Independent School District has named Soor-el Puga the new director of Elementary Education. He will assume the job at the end of the 2023-24 school year. “I am thrilled to serve […]
Marble Falls councilors on March 19 approved over $60,000 to public relations firm Sigler Communications to inform residents about the city’s planned wastewater treatment plant. The new facility will use complex technologies to turn wastewater into potable water. The subcontract with the public relations firm was part of a larger $519,519 amendment to the city’s […]
Granite Shoals has fallen in line with mandatory landscape watering restrictions imposed by the Lower Colorado River Authority due to the dismal state of Highland Lakes reservoirs. The city will be strictly enforcing once-a-week watering measures for households and businesses using its new Eye On Water digital meters, which allow for accurate tracking of water […]
Tammy Lynn Snow, 57, of Livingston was found dead in a wooded area off of Llano County Road 321 on March 16, 2024. She had been reported missing from Long’s Fishing Camp in Kingsland on March 12. Photo courtesy of Texas EquuSearch The body of a missing woman was found in a wooded area off […]
The cast for the Hill Country Community Theatre production of ‘A Few Good Men,’ which runs April 12-21, 2024. Courtesy photo The cast is set for “A Few Good Men” at the Hill Country Community Theatre. The military drama runs from April 12-21 at the nonprofit venue, 4003 FM 2147 West in Cottonwood Shores. Tickets […]
A summer job fair for Marble Falls students is April 10 from 12:20-1:40 p.m. in the library at the high school, 2101 Mustang Drive. Businesses seeking seasonal help can register online. The Marble Falls Independent School District is hosting the event. “Having a variety of businesses represented allows our students to see what may be […]
Meet recently hired Marble Falls High School athletic director and head football coach Keri Timmerman and his family during a meet-and-greet on March 20. Timmerman is pictured with wife Natalie (left), son Brock, daughter Addi, and son Doak. Courtesy photo Meet new Marble Falls High School athletic director and head football coach Keri Timmerman and […]
Ellen Halbert Unit Senior Warden Kamilah Coger (left) visits with Joseph’s Hammer board members Helen Smith and Pam Stevenson on March 18, 2024, at the construction site of a chapel the nonprofit is building for inmates at the women’s prison in Burnet. Staff photo by Nathan Bush For the past six years, cancer survivor and Joseph’s […]
Now in its 21st year as a full-time, paid firefighting team, Marble Falls Fire Rescue is growing along with the community. A second fire station south of Lake Marble Falls near the U.S. 281-Texas 71 intersection goes into the design phase this year. Meanwhile, the current station at 700 Avenue N — home to 17 […]
A monarch butterfly on swamp milkweed. Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed where caterpillars are born and nourished. Texas’ 2023 ice storm and historic hot summer hit the 2024 monarch butterfly population hard. Reports from overwintering sites for the insect’s eastern population in Mexico show a 59 percent decrease — the second lowest count in […]
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