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2 hrs ago | News 8 Austin

Candidate Q&A: Caldwell County Commissioner Pct. 1

NEWS 8: What would your election in Precinct 1 bring to the Caldwell County Commissioner's Court? MENDEZ: I'm a long life resident of Caldwell County.

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Related Topix: Caldwell County, TX, Lockhart, TX, Austin Metro

Thu Oct 09, 2008

News 8 Austin

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Related Topix: Austin Metro, Austin, TX, Round Rock, TX, Cedar Park, TX, Leander, TX

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Austin American Statesman

Your A-List, Best Hotel

The entry titled "Your A-List, Best Hotel." Categories Archives Your A-List, Best Hotel Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 01:59 PM When you are afforded the luxury of 122 years to build a following, you win ...

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Related Topix: Austin Metro, Austin, TX

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Austin American Statesman

Bastrop candidates focusing on growth, trust

Growth and restoring public trust are top concerns in the November election for Commissioners Court candidates in Bastrop County.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Bastrop County, TX, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Elgin, TX, Ron Paul, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat Oct 04, 2008

The Elgin Courier

Cattlemen For Cancer Research celebrates 10th year Saturday.

Auctions, cattle, silent and feature, will be Saturday, October 4. The 10th annual Cattlemen for Cancer Research auctions -- cattle, silent and feature -- will be Saturday, October 4 at Hills Prairie Auction ...

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Thu Oct 02, 2008

KXAM-TV Austin

Six injured in school bus accident

A Thursday morning school bus accident left six Bastrop Independent School District students with minor injuries, and they were transported to the hospital.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Tue Sep 30, 2008

The Galveston County Daily News

A memorable night and course on the peninsula

I have only played the Rancho Carribe course once. The experience was memorable, first because it was a fundraiser for a very worthy cause.

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Related Topix: Kerrville, TX

Sun Sep 28, 2008

News 8 Austin

Bastrop County firefighters take out 150-acre brush fire

Bastrop firefighters brought every available brush fire truck in the county to put out a wildfire Saturday.

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Related Topix: Bastrop County, TX, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Houston Chronicle

Yard work yields archaeological finds for Seguin man

One day this past June, Floyd McKee hauled a load of topsoil from near the bank of the Guadalupe River, on which his property sits, and dumped it on the grass in his yard.

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Related Topix: Seguin, TX, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Austin Metro

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Local News

My Hometown: Lost Pines In Bastrop

It's almost impossible to spend any time in Bastrop without noticing the beautiful "Lost Pines." The loblolly pine woodland towers over Bastrop State Park.

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Thu Sep 25, 2008

News 8 Austin

350 Bastrop area customers asked to boil water

About 350 Aqua Water Supply customers in the Bastrop area are being asked to boil their water.

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The Elgin Courier

Comprehensive master plan meetings slated

Get ready, Elgin, for another round of public meetings on the Comprehensive Master Plan Wednesday and Thursday, Sept.

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, Elgin, TX

Tue Sep 23, 2008

The Elgin Courier

Sixth annual Sausage Stampede to fill streets with runners and walkers

Elgin's streets will be filled with runners and walkers, young and older on Saturday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Elgin, TX, Houston, TX, Commerce, TX, Anderson, TX, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Sun Sep 21, 2008

The Elgin Courier

Comprehensive Transportation Plan up for review by public

A series of open houses has been coordinated to provide information and get the public's input regarding the Bastrop County Comprehensive Transportation Plan.

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Related Topix: Elgin, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Smithville, TX

Thu Sep 18, 2008

KXAN-TV

Police team protects shelter inhabitants

There have been fights, sexual assaults and crimes committed against police at local shelters set up for Hurricane Ike evacuees.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Ike, Austin, TX, Austin Metro

Victoria Advocate

Fayette, Gonzales, DeWitt, Lavaca 1 p.m. Ike updates

September 12, 2008 - 1:40 p.m. A tropical storm wind warning is in effect for Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, Gonzales, DeWitt and Lavaca counties for this evening through Saturday afternoon.

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Tue Sep 16, 2008

Burnet Bulletin

Election may let counties reserve water

Counties have been under the impression that they can't reserve water for the rapidly growing rural population outside municipalities - 'but that may not be quite right, an LCRA supervisor told a Burnet County ...

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Related Topix: Wharton County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Travis County, TX, Burnet, TX

Mon Sep 15, 2008

KBTX-TV Bryan

Exhausted Peninsula Residents Air Evacuated by National Guard

It was wiped off the map four days ago. Monday, water rescue crews surveyed what was left of the swampy Bolivar peninsula.

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Related Topix: High-Island, TX, Bolivar Peninsula, TX

Sun Sep 14, 2008

KXAN-TV Austin

Latest school closings, early releases

Below is the most updated information on school closings or early releases. School District Status Hays CISD Early release on Friday Bastrop ISD Early release on Friday Manor ISD Early release on Friday ...

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Related Topix: Manor, TX, Pflugerville, TX, Elgin, TX

Fri Sep 12, 2008

Austin

Some Central Texas school districts cancel Friday classes

Several school districts in the eastern part of Central Texas have decided to release students early or cancel classes altogether because of the possible affects from Hurricane Ike, which is forecast to move ...

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Related Topix: Weather, Elgin, TX, Standardized Testing, Education, Manor, TX, Austin Metro

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