New Year’s Eve fireworks are banned inside New Braunels city limits, but OK in unincorporated areas of Comal County, even though a burn ban remains in effect. Fireworks and burn bans are two entirely different things. Cities can make ordinances prohibiting the
(Update: Carl Randall McBride was arrested and booked into the Comal County Jail on Monday.) New Braunfels Police Department (NBPD) asks anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of 51-year-old New Braunfels resident Carl Randal McBride to call 9-1-1 immediately. Do not approach
The City of New Braunfels and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will receive millions of dollars in funding from the Alamo Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (AAMPO) for area road-construction and sidewalk projects, the city said in a statement Friday, Dec. 19.
A new, minimally invasive diagnostic option allows lung cancer patients at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa New Braunfels to skip painful CT-guided biopsies. Ion Robotic Navigational Bronchoscopy replaces needles with a thin, robotic catheter guided through a patient’s airway to reach and biopsy small
A 14-year-old male juvenile faces a charge of arson after the New Braunfels Fire Marshal’s Office viewed surveillance footage that showed him allegedly igniting a fire at the Burlington retail store, 410 Creekside Way, Dec. 5. He confessed to the crime and
The Humane Society of the New Braunfels Area (HSNBA) is literally out of space. In just 29 days, 487 pets have come through its doors, compared to 277 pets in October 2024. “It’s an unprecedented level of intake, and we are completely
Faith United Church of Christ (UCC) will host NBTX Riverside Pride Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday after Comal County Fair’s board of directors sent a letter telling them to find another place. The group was ready to set up
Riverside Pride, a local LGBTQ+ advocacy group, says “we are not going anywhere” after Comal County Fair’s executive board today bowed to community pressure and canceled Saturday’s NBTX Riverside Pride Festival at the fairgrounds. The LGBTQ+ organization said it’s seeking a new
A fox found within New Braunfels city limits tested positive for rabies, officials with the city’s Public Health Department said Friday. Twenty confirmed rabies cases have been reported in Comal County so far this year. The public is advised to avoid contact
Lefko USA Inc., a Canadian-based advanced plastics manufacturer, will build a new, 70,000-square-foot U.S. headquarters in New Braunfels, city and state officials announced in separate statements Thursday. Blow-molded plastic products like fuel tanks, recreational-vehicle components, hospital bed parts and other specialty products