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News stories and features about the people who call this area home. Our primary focus is serving readers with news in the unique towns of Canyon Lake, New Braunfels, and Gruene in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.
Comal County today reported 114 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the virus. In a statement, the county said 38 are confirmed cases and 75 are probable cases. One is a suspect case. Dead ...
Comal County added a link on its website to a new “standby list” for residents who qualify for COVID-19 vaccines under Phase 1A and Phrase 1B of the Texas’ vaccination plan criteria. Signing up does ...
“Are the Canyon Lake boat ramps open?” It’s the number-one question visitors (and more than a few locals) ask each week. Jan. 26: Canyon Lake is at 903.61 feet and 88.7-percent full as of 9:30 ...
Comal County today confirmed 89 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths from the virus. In a statement, the county said 32 are new cases and 57 are backlogged just added to county data. Nine of ...
Comal County today confirmed another 80 new COVID-19 cases and 19 more deaths from the disease. In a statement, the county said 22 of the new cases are confirmed cases and 60 are probable cases. ...
The New Braunfels MLK Association celebrated the birthday of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Facebook Monday, wrapping up several virtual programs promoting “unity in the community.” It was a different story ...
Canyon Lake’s Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country hosts its first Fossil Ridge Tour at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23. Two, one-hour tours begin at 1 and 2 p.m. Fossil Ridge Tours also are ...
Should Texas voters choose their representatives or should representatives choose their voters? League of Women Voters of the Comal Area (LWVCA) hosts a livestream Facebook and Zoom discussion at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 with ...
Comal County today confirmed another 100 COVID-19 cases and reported five more deaths from the virus. In a statement, the county said 40 of the new cases are probable and 60 are confirmed, Dead are: ...
Two more New Braunfels men have died of COVID-19, Comal County said today. A New Braunfels man in his 70s died on Jan. 5. A New Braunfels man in his 50s died on Jan. 9. ...
Parents and guardians of Comal ISD students have until Friday to weigh in on two proposed academic calendars for the 2021-22 school year. A brief online survey outlines two options developed by the Academic Calendar ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will close Canyon Lake dam’s floodgates on Jan. 20 so officials can inspect the flood-control tower. The closure will affect local river flows and could impact some river users, ...
Comal County reported 82 new and 833 active cases of COVID-19 today Sixty-six of the new cases are probable and 16 are confirmed. The 833 active cases are both confirmed and probable. Of those, 59 ...
The burn ban for unincorporated Comal County was lifted at 10:20 a.m. today, Fire Marshal Kory Klabunde posted on social media. Outdoor burning is now allowed after widespread rain and snow on Sunday brought much-needed ...
Phones are ringing off the hook at Comal County’s Office of Public Health. People want to know where and when they can get COVID-19 vaccines. The answer, according to Public Health Director Cheryl Fraser, is ...
Six more New Braunfels residents have died from COVID-19. Comal County reported the deaths in a statement today. Another 86 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed. Fifty-nine of them are probable, 26 are confirmed and one ...
Comal County’s Public Health Department reported 73 new cases of COVID-19 and three deaths today. County Public Information Officer Cary Zayas said 44 are new cases and 29 are backlogged cases just added to county ...
Comal County Fire Marshal Kory Klabunde said on social media today the burn ban remains in effect. In fact, today’s Keetch Byram Drought Index (KBDI) rose to 532 today. The burn ban goes into effect ...
Six days after Community Resource & Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC) abruptly and without explanation closed its popular Rec Center on the Dam Access Road, the facility reopened for pickleball. CRRC Development Director Maureen ...
Ten more Comal County residents died of COVID-19 between Dec. 18, 2020 and Jan. 4, the county said in a statement issued today. Two of them are Canyon Lake residents in their 60s. County Public ...
Five more Comal County residents died of COVID-19 between Dec. 31 and Jan. 3, the county said in a statement today. Also reported were 170 new cases of the virus. Twelve are confirmed and 158 ...
Comal County is out of COVID-19 vaccinations, county Public Information Officer Cary Zayas said in a press release today. The county used its full allotment of Moderna’s COVID-19 during a week of scheduled vaccinations. There ...
Comal County confirmed five more COVID-19 deaths and 127 new cases of the virus in a statement issued today. The deceased are: A New Braunfels woman in her 50s who died on Dec. 13 A ...
Comal County reported 71 new cases of COVID-19 today, 11 confirmed and 60 probable. There are now 681 active, confirmed-and-probable cases of COVID-19 in the county. Of those, 53 are hospitalized, county Public Information Officer ...
The Community Resource & Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC) abruptly and without explanation shuttered its popular Rec Center on the Dam Access Road today, sparking heated criticism on Facebook and a fiery email from ...
Brookshire Brothers pharamcies across rural Texas received allotments of the COVID-19 vaccine this week. The Lufkin, Texas-based grocery chain is following the state’s priority grouping system by vaccinating health care worker populations and residents of ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) warned today it will close Canyon Lake’s popular crappie fishing dock if vandalism continues. The dock’s gate was vandalized Wednesday night and required extensive repair, USACE said in a ...
Go ahead, light those fireworks on New Year’s Eve, but only in unincorporated parts of Comal County. Fireworks are prohibited in the city of New Braunfels but permitted in Canyon Lake despite Comal County’s burn ...
A Canyon Lake man died of COVID-19 on Tuesday, Dec. 29, Comal County said today in a statement. No further details are available. Yesterday, the county also reported the death of a Canyon Lake woman ...
The holiday season isn’t very merry in Comal County. In its first update since Dec. 24, the county today reported 113 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths from the virus. Hospitalizations rose and the ...
The first health care professionals in Comal County received their COVID-19 shots today. “This is an exciting day for Comal County Public Health,” said county Health Director Cheryl Fraser. “Our frontline health care professionals are ...
Comal County bars were ordered to close and businesses to reduce occupancy rates from 75 percent to 50 percent after hospitalization rates in Texas’ Trauma Service Area (TSA) P exceeded 15-percent or more of total ...
Comal County reported 79 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing its total count to 6,009 since reporting began in March. There are now 796 active cases in the county, according to county Public Information Officer ...
Dr. Dorothy Overman, the New Braunfels physician who served as Comal County’s Health Authority for 25 years before stepping down in November, says she always asks her patients where they caught COVID-19. “Almost everyone knows, ...
Bars and other area businesses could be forced to close or reduce their occupancy rates if the hospitalization rate in Texas’ Trauma Service Area (TSA) P, which includes Comal County, stays above 15 percent for ...
Comal County says 46 of its residents are now hospitalized with COVID-19. There are 785 active, confirmed-and-probable cases of COVID-19 in the county, Comal County Public Information Officer Cary Zayas said in an email. The ...
Five New Braunfels residents have died of COVID-19 since Dec. 18, Comal County confirmed in a statement today. A man in his 50s and a man in his 80s both passed away on Dec. 18. ...
Brookshire Brothers said it will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to Canyon Lake residents at no charge, as the shots become available. In a statement, Brookshire Brothers said it is proud to be one of the first ...
Comal County reported 76 new cases of COVID-19 today. Eighteen of them are confirmed and 58 are probable cases. The county now has 773 active, confirmed-and-probable COVID-19 cases. Of those, 40 residents are hospitalized. The ...
Comal County Fire Marshal Kory Klabunde took to Facebook this morning to warn residents that Saturday’s rain wasn’t enough to rescind the infamous burn ban. He said the rainfall dropped the Keetch Byram Drought Index ...
Load up family and friends and enjoy a live nativity drive-thru at the Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC)’s new building, 1917 FM 2673 in Sattler. The holiday event is scheduled from ...
Comal County reported 108 new cases of COVID-19 and 144 recoveries today, bringing its total to 5,684 cases since reporting began in March. Ninety-eight of the new cases are in New Braunfels. The majority of ...
Comal County residents can drop off used, natural Christmas trees and holiday garlands free of charge at the Moe Schwab Recycling Center, 281 Resource Dr., New Braunfels, beginning Dec. 29. All other brush is subject ...
Comal ISD has no plans to extend its holiday break or suspend athletic activities based on current COVID-19 caseloads. In an email to parents yesterday, Superintendent Andrew Kim said he based this decision on data ...