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
Texas House District 73 Rep. Carrie Isaac on Monday asked the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a public meeting on a proposed wastewater treatment plant that would release up to 600,000 gallons of treated sewage per day into the West
by Annalisa Peace, Executive Director of the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance According to a recent report in the San Antonio Express News, the City of New Braunfels will be built out by 2035. Already, growth is leapfrogging out into the unincorporated areas
The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA) and the Bulverde Neighborhood Association say they will contest a wastewater permit that would allow South Central Water Company to discharge 600,000 gallons of water a day via pipe into an unnamed ditch leading to Upper
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will host a virtual meeting and two in-person open houses next week to review proposed improvements to SH 46 from I-35 to I-10. A virtual public meeting begins at 5 p.m. on Jan. 24. Visit Tx.DOT.gov and
Canyon Lake’s water company can meet the water needs of its customers for the next 20 years. Speaking at Comal County Commissioners Court on Dec. 29, 2022, County Engineer Tom Hornseth told commissioners he’s satisfied with Canyon Lake Water Service Company’s (CLWSC)
A panel of experts will discuss possible workarounds to promote “civilized and rational” growth in Comal County, one of the fastest growing areas in the United States, at noon Wednesday at Tye Preston Memorial Library, 16311 S. Access Rd. To join the