Blanco County News

An Austin real estate man left his new Northern Blanco County ranch at the night of July 10 and the next morning his $50,000 worth of new hand-crafted furniture was missing from inside two of his ranch homes.

After reviewing water levels in District Monitor Well, Ron Fieseler, General Manager of the Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, has raised drought conditions in southern Blanco County from ...

June was a hot one, with a record-setting number of days with 100+ temperatures and the Hill Country region is in extreme drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Austin not well known for luxury real estate - yet, but there definitely is a market for luxury real estate in the Austin area.

For more than 30 years, Dromgoole has been the steady - and sometimes the lone - voice promoting the old, natural way of gardening without synthetic chemicals.

During a Special Meeting of the Blanco County Commissioners Court in Johnson City, Blanco City Councilwoman Rebecca Howerton made a special presentation of a framed piece of artwork to the Court.

The Texas Forest Service and several area departments are fighting the fire. More Central Texas News Dozens of firefighters in Blanco County are battling the heat and winds, trying to extinguish a quickly ...

Sallie Trout and Geoff Cline created what they call "the house of our dreams" last year at 227 Turkey Drive in Dripping Springs.

Lago Vista police have identified a 28-year-old woman who drowned in Lake Travis after she fell off a dock on Sunday as Stephanie Deres, Sgt.

Texas is parched and hot. Again. On the heels of a very wet 2007, about 95 percent of Texas is now in some stage of drought, with a sliver of two northwestern Panhandle counties garnering the worst status - ...

A 100-acre brush fire is threatening at least 20 homes on the Burnet-Blanco County line.

Peyton Colony Heritage Foundation's Annual Juneteenth Celebration is this Saturday, June 21, 2008.

The Fourth Annual Lavender Festival was a success despite sizzling 90 degree temperatures this past Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15.

Newborn girl left at San Marcos fire station A newborn baby girl was left at San Marcos Fire Station #4 on Broadway Street about 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Firefighters are battling a blaze in Blanco County that started this afternoon and has grown to about 600 acres tonight, an official with the Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department said.

This week's heat wave means heightened fire danger for Central Texas. Firefighters in Blanco County are getting a handle on a 1,500-acre blaze, covering an area 2.5 miles wide to 1.5 miles long.

During the Lavender Festival, the Byars Building on the square will be the scene of the chat room for the descendants of early Blanco settlers and pioneers.

State officials in the next few weeks could decide to pull the licenses of the ambulance provider for southern Blanco County and its director.

Blanco State Park is adding a new staff position and repairing facilities, thanks to increased funding provided by the Texas Legislature.

The Unlikely Lavender Queen by Jeannie Ralston takes the reader on an adventure from New York City to Blanco, Texas, and beyond.