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“Are the Canyon Lake boat ramps open?” It’s the number-one question visitors (and more than a few locals) ask each week. County boat ramps: Boat Ramp #5 is closed due to low lake levels. Ramp ...
Current Conditions as of 1:03 a.m. Guadalupe River @ Spring Branch (Upper): 0.00 cfs Guadalupe River @ Sattler (Lower): 59.6 cfs Guadalupe River @ New Braunfels: 58.2 cfs Canyon Lake Reservoir: 902.02 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is releasing ...
Comal ISD this week hired a second high-level administrator from Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (CFBISD) near Dallas. Mario De La Rosa, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent who also worked as an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ...
A double set of triplets arrived at Resolute Health Hospital in New Braunfels this week, born less than 24 hours apart. Triplets might be rare but hospital CEO Mark Bernard said New Braunfels’ baby business ...
Canyon Lake Fire/EMS and Canyon Lake Professional Firefighter’s Association are warning residents to disregard phone calls from someone claiming to represent “RP Firefighters & EMS” seeking donations on firefighters’ behalf. In a statement Wednesday, Canyon ...
Thanks to Texas Parks & Wildlife, you can find everything you need to know about fishing conditions in Canyon Lake. GOOD. Water lightly stained; 79-81 degrees; 7.18 feet low. Bass are excellent on topwater lures ...
Comal County reported 185 new COVID-19 cases for the seven days between Sept. 16-22. The total number of cases reported in the County is now 35,880. Two COVID-positive patients were hospitalized in Comal County over ...
All Comal County schools, county and City of New Braunfels offices will close Friday in observance of the Comal County Fair Day holiday. The fair parade winds its way through New Braunfels beginning at 9 ...
Thanks to summer drought conditions, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists predict a moderate deer-hunting season this fall. Alan Cain, White-Tailed Deer Program leader, said overall the year will be good in terms of ...
Explore bowhunting with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Guadalupe River State Park, 3350 Park Rd 31, Spring Branch. The event is free and open to the ...
A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the nonprofit Children’s Advocacy Center of Comal County’s (CACCC) new Canyon Lake Counseling Center is scheduled from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The facility is located at 18382 FM 306 Suite ...
Two fishing tournaments are scheduled at Canyon Lake Saturday. Registration for Texas Fishing League’s South Division Fall Team Trail at Canyon Lake competition begins at 6 a.m at Boat Ramp #17 (Little Jacob’s). Scales close ...
Sharlene Leurig, a water-planning expert, says the best way to protect aquifers in the face of drought and explosive growth is to keep the land above their recharge zones as open as possible. The CEO ...
#BigGive2022 opens in two days, and dozens of nonprofit groups serving Comal County are asking residents to send donations their way. The online fundraiser runs 6 p.m. Thursday to 6 p.m. Friday. So-called “Match Minutes” ...
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (CFBISD) Supt. John Chapman will replace Andrew Kim as superintendent of Comal ISD. The announcement came at Comal ISD’s board of trustees meeting Monday. A 21-day, state-mandated waiting period now begins to ...
The Crisis Center of Comal County (CCCC) celebrates the one-year anniversary of its Thrift Shoppe with half-off total purchase prices, snacks and a gift-card raffle. Sale is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and ...
Comal County Friday reported 166 new COVID-19 cases for the seven days between Sept. 2-8. In its weekly report, the county said the total number of cases reported since March 2020 is 35,501. Four COVID-positive ...
Canyon Lake residents and others will cross Canyon Lake Dam in Overlook Park 9 a.m. Sunday as part of Freedom Walk, a Memorial tribute for 9/11 victims, the military and first responders. The event honors ...
There’s a new billboard on FM 2673 between Startzville and Sattler that reads “You don’t have to be a Democrat to vote Democrat this time.” The sign went up Wednesday near the Canyon Lake Area ...
SJWTX customers in Canyon Lake and Blanco moved back into Stage 2 drought water restrictions today thanks to recent rainy weather, slightly lower demand and conservation efforts. In a press release, the company said Stage ...
Students from Canyon Lake High School’s (CLHS) Broadcast Club will help Canyon Lake Broadcasting livestream Friday’s football game against the Boerne Champion Chargers. It’s the third game of the season for the Hawks. Dakota Rader ...
A Solomon’s Porch Ministries banner installed behind a fence line running from the CRRC Rec Center to Hidden Valley Sports Park on FM 2673 will be removed, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Canyon Lake ...
Comal County’s burn ban remains in effect despite heavy rains last week. Today’s Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) for the county is 620. “By state law we must use this drought index for the burn ban,” ...
More help is on the way for veterans who wind up in Comal County’s court system. County Court at Law 2 Judge Charles Stephens accepted a $150,000 check Thursday at Commissioners Court from Texas Veterans ...
Comal County reported 189 new COVID-19 cases for the seven days between Aug. 26-Sept. 1. In its weekly report the county said five COVID-positive patients were hospitalized over the seven-day data collection period. No new ...
Comal County’s proposed 2022 tax rate, a property-tax increase, and a $6,200 check and bid for a community playground at the CRRC Rec Center are on the agenda Thursday at Commissioners Court. Commissioners meet 8:30 ...
Headed to JBSA Rec Park at Canyon Lake for Labor Day? Staff advises guests to bring grills with lids because Comal County remains under a burn ban. No burning is allowed in fire rings. Check-in ...
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will livestream a Pristine Streams Stakeholder Meeting from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. To review the meeting agenda click here. To watch the meeting on YouTube click here. The ...
Comal County reported 205 new COVID-19 cases Aug. 19 – August 25. The total number of cases reported is now 35,146, the county said in a statement Friday. COVID-positive patients were hospitalized in Comal County ...
Brooke Tomlinson, owner of Canyon Lake’s Hungry Hippie Food Truck and self-described masculine-looking lesbian, filed charges Monday against a Canyon Lake woman who allegedly pulled into the Keller Williams Heritage parking lot in Startzville and ...
A flood watch is now in effect through Wednesday afternoon for a portion of south central Texas including Comal, Bexar and Guadalupe counties. The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) Austin-San Antonio says numerous showers and ...
Comal County’s Public Health Department reported 224 new cases of COVID-19 from Aug. 12-18. In a statement, the county also said eight COVID-positive patients were hospitalized during the seven-day data collection period. No deaths were ...
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will close Canyon Lake’s popular Dam Service Road Tuesday for herbicide application. The road, located in Overlook Park, is expected to reopen to the public on Thursday. “We understand ...
by Joshua Humerickhouse General Manager, House of CBD, Canyon Lake How? The federal law that legalized hemp requires that all hemp products must be below 0.3% Delta-9 THC on a *dry* weight basis. All of ...
Resolute Health Hospital hopes a lot of ‘healthcare heroes’ will show up from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday for its job fair. The hospital, located at 555 Creekside Crossing, New Braunfels, plans to hire ...
Comal County’s Public Health Department reported 471 new cases of COVID-19 and one death from Aug. 5. – Aug. 11. Six people were hospitalized with the virus, county Public Information Officer Cary Zayas said. The ...
Bad news from forecasters with the U.S. National Weather Service Austin-San Antonio in New Braunfels today. No significant improvement in south-central Texas’ drought status is likely over the next one to two months, the weather ...
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) is increasing the release rate from Canyon Lake reservoir to 107 cubic feet-per-second (cfs) through Aug. 23. By increasing flow rates the agency hopes to meet its customers’ downstream water-supply demands. ...
A public hearing on a controversial wastewater permit that would allow SJWTX to discharge 260,00 gallons of treated domestic wastewater daily into the Guadalupe River above Canyon Lake begins 7 p.m. Thursday at Smithson Valley ...
Blanco County’s Office of Emergency Management said a thunderstorm Saturday brought much-needed moisture to some but not all parts of the 1,210-acre Smoke Rider Fire, and lightning slowed operations. “Overall, crews worked really hard today ...
Comal County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) spokesperson Jennifer Smith said an autopsy on the body of 45-year-old Shana DiMambro, the Spring Branch resident who disappeared from her RV home in Spring Branch July 19, revealed no ...
Authorities are trying to get to the bottom of what really happened in the death of a 36-year-old Mexican national found dead Wednesday from a gunshot wound in a home in the 100 block of ...
Drought tightened its grip on Canyon Lake today. SJWTX, Canyon Lake’s water company, today moved customers in Comal, Blanco, Hays, Travis, Kendall, Bandera and Medina counties into Stage 3 water restrictions. Under Stage 3, outdoor ...
Children headed back to the classroom this month can get vaccinated by Comal County’s Public Health Department. Parents and guardians of schoolchildren in Comal County are urged to make sure their child is current on ...
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