Bandera News

A man of action - except when it comes to "honey-dos" - Ralph Dresser didn't kick back in a recliner with a TV remote upon retiring from the Air Force as a full colonel in 1982.

It was jumpina TM on Highway 16 South a ' 4333, to be exact a ' during the official grand opening of the Bandera Auto Center on Thursday, Oct.

Krista Escamilla 11/3/09 Cbs7 News Thousands of people are losing weight at one Texas hill country ranch.

Homeless. It's a tragic word that conjures up stereotypes of all kinds. It's a word nobody wants to have associated with themselves.

A five-vehicle pile-up on Highway 46, at 7 am on Tuesday, Oct. 27, left two motorists dead and one injured, according to a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The recent rains throughout the region have brought on "armyworm" problems in "Bermudagrass" hay fields or pastures, fall-planted grain sorghum, sorghum Sudan, sweet corn or oats.

Two Bandera County men died early Tuesday in a crash that authorities say involved four vehicles and closed Texas 46 between Boerne and Pipe Creek for hours.

Amazingly, a meeting of Bandera City Council held on Thursday, Oct. 15, went without incident and was blessedly short - " clocking in at under an hour - " mirroring a meeting held earlier in the month.

The November issue of Texas Highways spotlights four sites that promise a spectacular autumn show: Milton Reimers Ranch Park, north of Dripping Springs; Lost Maples State Natural Area, north of Vanderpool; McKittrick Canyon in the Guadalupe Mountains Nation-al Park, east of El Paso; and Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area, east of Crockett.

During October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the staff of Curves of Bandera, located at 624 Highway 16 South in the Bandera Village Center, encourages women to get annual mammograms and perform monthly breast self-exams. Women who bring in a mammogram performed within the last year or make a $25 donation to the American Cancer Society ...

What better way to kickoff one of Bandera's celebratory weekends than with a party? And the fun doubles when the fete also marks the official opening of a new local business.

Surrounded by family and friends, Ann de Montel Douglas, granddaughter of Charles de Montel, celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday, Oct.

Don't look now, merchants, but tourism in Bandera is set to get a goose, courtesy of one of the Lone Star State's most popular travel magazines.

A benefit barbecue dinner for Bandera County Sheriff's Sergeant Gerald 'Jerry' Johnson Jr., is planned for Nov.

Evee Boyd of Bandera wants everyone to pick up trash and has formed a club called "Pick it Up!" to ensure the local Hill County remains pristine and pretty.

William M. Bishop, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Bandera County, was installed as governor of the Texas-Oklahoma District Kiwanis International on Thursday, Oct.

It's 11 a.m. on a Saturday, and I'm sitting with Arkey Blue at Arkey's Silver Dollar, a storied dance hall in the basement of Bandera's General Store.

Bandera veterinarian Jennifer Mills received the Jackie Ek-Houl Spirit award at the wheelchair-accessible Bubba Reding Country Western Dance, held Sept.

For over nine years, Gaila s Nails has offered manicures and pedicures to local residents with style and grace.

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