Bandera News

Bandera City Council will hold a special meeting at 9 am, Thursday, April 24, with the only "possible action" agenda item the hiring of a city administrator.

Roley Schoonover moves the horses down to a lower pasture for the evening at the Western Pleasure Guest Ranch outside of Sandpoint, Idaho.

Photos by Carolyn B. Edwards The Grille, at 907 13th Street in Bandera, offers comfort food in a family atmosphere.

Pictured: Courtesy photo Sam Gustomski and John Derry made a big splash with their water projects at the Alamo Regional Academy of Science and Engineering Fair at St. Mary's University earlier this month.

Summer is a great season to be a kid. School is out and the days stretch on and on.

Pictured: Photo courtesy of Elenora Dugosh Goodley During their trip to Ukraine, Roy Dugosh, Elenora Dugosh Goodley and Precinct 4 Commissioner Doug King posed in front of a Russian Orthodox Church.

KATRINA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALSO NEW THIS MORNING, ONE PERSON RECOVERING AFTER THE CAR HE WAS IN WAS HIT AFTER RUNNING A RED LIGHT.

The San Antonio Business Journal is pleased to announce the 50 finalists for its annual "Best Places to Work Awards," which highlight companies with the best workplaces in the San Antonio area .

Courtesy photo One of many members of Boys & Girls Clubs in Bandera County enjoying some of the special activities for National Boys & Girls Club Week.

An oversized load snagged a telephone cable on a Bandera Electric power pole Thursday, April 10, on FM 470.

Pictured: Because of what he considers harassment from City of Bandera officials, Rick Anderson declined to apply for a renewal of his temporary permit to operate a barbecue eatery on Main Street.

Monday, March 31: Whoa, what a way to start the week! This Miscreant from Medina hit the trifecta after being collared for being three sheets to the wind in public, resisting arrest and criminal mischief.

Photo by Carolyn B. Edwards Rueben Darnell displays a flyer letting everyone know that the Texas Hill Country Jamboree has moved to The Farm Country Club where they'll be entertaining country music fans every Sunday afternoon.

It took private enterprise to do what city government seemed unable, or unwilling, to accomplish - offer a "Welcome to Bandera" to the municipality's lifeblood, tourists.

Nathan "Nat" Hay, owner of the now defunct Bandera Computers once located in the City of Bandera, has been charged with a third felony - endangerment of a child, according to City Marshal James "Charlie" Hicks.

Chuck wagon cookie, Tommy Dipple of Bastrop, was one of many characters from the Old West who camped along the riverbanks in Bandera City Park during Mayhem on the Medina, Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13. The Reenactment Guild of America is dedicated to the accurate and historical portrayal of life in the American West during the 19th Century.

Pictured: Courtesy photo Living history buffs reenact a moment from the history of the American West at a previous National Reenactment Guild of America competition.

A City of Bandera special meeting-workshop that began at 9 am on Tuesday, April 1, lasted 30 minutes.

Bandera County Extension Agent, Sam Womble, congratulates 4-H member, Samuel Gostomski, on his recent success at the ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair.

The ranch is located just outside Bandera, Texas on highway 16 N. and less than 45 minutes from San Antonio.