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The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved by resolution financial assistance in the amount of $8,233,288, consisting of $4,528,000 in financing and $3,705,288 in grant funding, to the City of Bandera.
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Elizabeth Mickelsen James, Bandera County Treasurer from 1971 to 1999, passed away in San Antonio at the age of 88.
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This Thursday, February 18, the City of Bandera and SimpleCity will host a meeting starting at 5 p.m. at 11th Street Cowboy Bar, located at 307 11th Street in Bandera, to discuss plans for the future of Bandera. Community input is being requested.
Read moreIt’s that time of year: many people are starting to plan their summer trips, especially since most of last year’s trips were cancelled. There’s a lot of planning that can come with planning a trip, aside from packing and gathering all necessary travel documents. Often times, my firm hears from clients who are eager to get their estate plans in order just weeks before they board a flight. They want to ensure their assets are preserved, managed and distributed properly should they face the unexpected.
Read moreEarly to bed and early to rise is supposed to make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. I’m fairly healthy for 70-plus in years. Wealthy is still an elusive dream. Wise? Well, it depends on who you ask I would suggest asking my grandkids so you get what I would view as a favorable answer. Please avoid asking my wife, as she is known to have a sarcastic sense of humor at times.
Read moreThe Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has officially issued notice that the COVID-related waiver on expiration dates for driver licenses (DLs) and identification cards (IDs) ends on Apri114, 2021. DPS continues to urge customers to make an appointment or renew online today.
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Snow and ice cover the Medina River at Bridlegate Park. Bandera and the rest of Texas received up to six inches of snow late Feb. 14 into early Feb. 15, and frozen conditions are expected to last throughout most of the week. PHOTO COURTESY/John Oliver
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Snow coats the office of the Bandera Bulletin newspaper off Highway 16 just outside of downtown Bandera. According to the National Weather Service, severe winter weather brought up to six inches of snow through Texas, with all 254 counties in the state subject to a Winter Storm Warning. PHOTO COUMEST/John Oliver
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