Stephanie has extensive journalism experience including the Houston Chronicle and Amarillo Globe-News.
There’s been a sharp rise in boating-related fatalities and a spike in arrests for boating-while-intoxicated (BWI) statewide, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) said in a statement issued today. Texas game wardens urge boaters to follow the rules and use safety precautions
Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation in Kendalia — the rescue group most Canyon Lake residents call when they’re unsure of what to do with an injured or orphaned animal — warns that fireworks don’t sound like a celebration to animals. They sound like
The New Braunfels Young Republicans (NBYR) have a new hashtag on social media, and it’s a message for Comal County’s new Republican Party Chair Mark Montgomery: “#letusin.” They say Montgomery is ghosting them because their former president and current treasurer, longtime Canyon
A former Comal ISD art teacher who allegedly engaged in sexual conduct with an underage boy at a construction site in October 2024 today faces felony charges of sex trafficking a person from school, sexual assault with a child and two counts
Lighting fireworks is legal in unincorporated Comal County, Canyon Lake, and Bulverde/Spring Branch. Fireworks are illegal at all Canyon Lake lakefront parks and boat ramps, which are owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Fireworks are not permitted inside Texas Parks
Thanks to the extraordinary efforts of Canyon Lake residents, businesses and organizations, VFW Post 8800’s 34th Annual 4th of July parade will roll through Startzville after all, starting at 10 a.m. Friday, July 4. The beleaguered parade was initially canceled after VFW
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is offering up to $2,000 for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons who shot and killed two white-tailed bucks with a bow and arrow in residential New Braunfels areas this week, endangering
Comal ISD trustees Thursday approved a three-percent pay increase for teachers and staff with the help of Texas House Bill (HB) 2, billed by the Texas Education Agency as a “comprehensive school finance bill that supports students and infuses more dollars and
Comal County Commissioners today approved an addendum to an existing intergovernmental agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service and the county that allows Comal County Jail to hold Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees. ICE is now an “authorized
Two copies of an iconic, world-famous sign warning speeders to “Slow Down See Our Dam” or face the wrath of “Our Dam Judge” will soon bookend a 40-mph speed zone on South Access Road at the base of Canyon Lake Dam. The