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Officials with the Bandera Economic Development Corp. are reminding Bandera business owners interested in applying for some of the stimulus money the EDC set aside this year to help businesses hit hard by regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic that the deadline for making an application is Monday, July 6, at 5 p.m.
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Volunteers at a food giveaway at Mansfield Park on Wednesday, June 24, sort through a box of onions to find the best to include in boxes given to Bandera County residents who qualified for the food assistance. The Silver Sage in Bandera and the San Antonio Food Bank have been putting on the free distribution of food to get nutritious meals to people in need during these harsh economic times. Another distribution is planned July 29. BULLETIN PHOTO//Tracy Thayer
Read moreThe devastating economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn comparisons with a previous U.S. economic calamity – The Great Recession of 2008.
Read moreBandera Electric Cooperative’s optional Time-based Usage (TBU) program provides different energy rates based on the season and time of day energy is used. It more accurately reflects the actual cost of energy, and allows members to adjust their energy use behavior, shifting energy use to off-peak times to reduce their monthly electric bill.
Read morePotentially hazardous levels of E. coli contamination were found in the Medina River in Bandera City Park and in the Sabinal River at the Lost Maples State Natural Area last month before readings about a week later showed the levels had fallen to more acceptable levels.
Read moreDiscord on the board of the Bandera Economic Development Corp. and a growing disconnection between the EDC leadership and some on Bandera City Council resulted in the resignation of the EDC president and vice president and council’s decision to make the resignations effective immediately rather than at the end of June as the outgoing officers had recommended.
Read moreThe prom for the Bandera Independent School District Class of 2020, postponed at first from April 18 to Friday, June 26, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now been canceled.
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First responders were treated to an outpouring of community support on Thursday night, June 18, in the Bandera County First Responders’ Celebration 2020 that served a meal to members of the county’s fire, police and other first responder organizations.
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