New Braunfels’ population grew by 12.49% between 2022-23, making it the second-fastest growing city in the United States according to a survey of 610 cities conducted by SmartAsset. Silver Spring, Maryland, topped the list with a 12.86% one-year change in total population.
Comal County Pct. 4 Commissioner Jen Crownover said she’s felt like a broken record for years, telling constituents there’s nothing Commissioners Court can do to slow explosive area growth or protect the county’s dwindling water resources. Nothing’s changed—Austin still calls the shots
Central Comal County residents are about to meet the “new neighbor” grassroots activists have warned them about for years. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on July 8 greenlit Alabama-based Vulcan Materials Company’s plans to turn the former Eric White ranch
The nonprofit Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA) kicks off its Water Wonks online lecture series at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 with a presentation by Policy Manager Rachel Hanes entitled Water Reuse in the Hill Country: Analyzing Opportunities in Comal County, Texas.
City of Bulverde Mayor Bill Krawietz took aim at the State of Texas in the September issue of The Front Porch News, a city publication. “Our drought is just so severe and only getting worse. Wells are going dry and brush fires
by The Wimberley Valley Watershed Association Friends of the watershed, as stewards of Jacob’s Well, we are compelled to keep you informed about the current status of Jacob’s Well Spring and the current conditions of our aquifers, creeks and rivers. Sadly, our
Vulcan Quarry opponents lost an important legal battle this week. Texas Third District Court of Appeals denied a request for an “en banc” review of their case before a full court, allowing a 2022 decision by a three-panel judge to stand and
A Comal County landowner who opposes a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) air-quality permit granting Vulcan Materials the right to turn a neighboring property into a 1,500-acre limestone quarry squares off against his former allies at a 7 p.m. Thursday public
Guadalupe Ready Mix, a leading supplier of concrete for the aggregate industry, is asking the City of Garden Ridge for a variance that would allow silos at a new plant to exceed 2 1/2 stories (35 feet) in height on a 7.5-acre
Twenty-five years ago, Dorothy Arnold purchased 12 acres in northern Comal/southern Hays counties near Wimberley and opened Dot’s Hipcamp, 5080 Purgatory Rd., New Braunfels, to help pay expenses by allowing campers and RVers to rent spaces on her property. The night skies