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Bandera’s City Council decided in a split vote on Thursday, Sept. 17, to retain Republic Services as its garbage collector and to consider appointing someone to the seat that had been vacated by former Councilwoman Lynn Palmer in the next few weeks rather than waiting until after the November election to fill the post.
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Read moreThe total number of COVID-19 cases in Bandera County increased by 42 on Monday but the spike mainly reflected a glitch in the state’s case reporting system and none of the new cases were listed as “active,” meaning they no longer were believed to be capable of spreading the virus, emergency management officials said.
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Jose Manuel Cantu, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away on Sept. 19, 2020, and is now at peace with God.
Read moreBandera County commissioners will vote on adopting a new budget of about $23.8 million and on a property tax rate of 67.69 cents per $100 valuation that has not changed in a decade after holding a public hearing on the 2020-2021 budget at their regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Read moreEditor’s note – Readers are reminded that an arrest is not an indication of guilt. People are presumed innocent after an arrest until convicted.
Read moreThere was a time when the river loop area would have been visible here from my favorite front porch location. Back in the day, it didn’t amount to much more than a big flat area covered with huisache brush crisscrossed with dirt roads containing potholes big enough to swallow a car. Most of the brush has disappeared and houses are popping up in the area now.
Read moreA woman in a Pipe Creek area home was shot in the abdomen Monday morning, Sept. 21, when she reportedly dropped a pistol she was holding and it discharged when it hit the ground, investigators said.
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