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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.
“Are the Canyon Lake boat ramps open?” It’s the number-one question visitors (and more than a few locals) ask each week. May 19: Canyon Lake is at 907.09 feet and 95.9% full at 8:24 a.m. ...
Current Conditions as of 8:17 a.m. Guadalupe River @ Spring Branch (Upper): 31.8 cfs Guadalupe River @ Sattler (Lower): 56.2 cfs Guadalupe River @ New Braunfels: 44.6 cfs Canyon Lake Reservoir: 907.09 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is releasing ...
Canyon Lake High School (CLHS) theater students placed fourth at a state 4A UIL competition in Round Rock May 6 for their production of a one-act play directed by Theater Director Benjamin Matthews. Twenty-four students ...
Baby formula is in stock at the CRRC of Canyon Lake’s Food Pantry. Supplies will be dispensed on a first-come, first-served basis. Brands currently available include: Similac Advance Sensitivity – Iron Milk-Based Powder Nutramigen Hypoallergenic ...
Thanks to Texas Parks & Wildlife, you can find everything you need to know about fishing conditions in Canyon Lake. GOOD. Water lightly stained; 72 degrees; 1.87 feet low. Bass are very good at the ...
CRRC of Canyon Lake, the area’s charity powerhouse, introduced new Executive Director Sean Bailey at a team dinner Sunday celebrating National Barbecue Day. CRRC made the announcement on Facebook Monday. Bailey replaces the short-lived former ...
Early voting for the Texas Primary Runoff Election continues through Friday. Comal County voters can cast ballots at any of these vote-center locations: St. Francis by the Lake Episcopal Church – 121 Spring Mountain Dr., ...
Drift over to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Canyon Lake office in Overlook Park 9 a.m. Monday if you’d like a permit to pick up some driftwood for crafts or to burn at ...
Comal County continues to see an uptick in COVID-19 cases, reporting 96 new virus cases today, up from the 53 added last week and 41 the week before. The numbers reported in today’s press release ...
Nonprofit Keep Canyon Lake Beautiful (KCLB) needs volunteers to help clean up the Guadalupe River from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. The event is sponsored by Dos Equis and Keep Texas Beautiful. To sign up, ...
Teachers at Canyon High School were surprised to get summer job offers from Chick-fil-A today. Gift cards attached to a Chick-fil-A flyer promising flexible hours, competitive pay and a positive work environment were distributed in ...
County Commissioners reinstated the burn ban today. It goes into effect Friday morning. The decision was reached after the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) reached 515. KBDI is used to measure forest-fire potential and is typically ...
Spring Branch resident Ken Edwards lost his son, 11-year-old Mountain Valley Middle School (MVMS) student Brendan, and 40-year-old wife Melissa in November 2019 after an alleged drunk driver heading eastbound swerved into their lane on ...
Rahe Bulverde Elementary School (RBES) third-grader Ellie Sotelo is this year’s Grand Prize Author in Comal ISD’s Third Grade Cursive Writing Contest, Capturing Comal in Cursive. In her award-winning handwriting, Sotelo wrote: “Amazing Creatures – ...
Residents lined up to complain about soaring property valuations at last week’s Commissioners Court and protests also are expected during “Citizen Comments” at today’s 5:30 p.m. meeting of the Comal County Appraisal District (CAD), 900 ...
Comal County’s burn ban probably will be reinstated at Commissioners Court Thursday. Fire Marshal Kory Klabunde warned on Facebook today that after extremely hot temperatures over the weekend, the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is rising ...
Comal County reported the COVID-19 deaths of two residents and 53 new cases in its weekly report for April 29 through Thursday, May 5. Some 64.68% of residents are fully vaccinated (two shots). The total ...
Comal County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) plans another ‘Community Connection’ from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 11 at Tye Preston Memorial Library, 16311 South Access Rd., Canyon Lake. The community outreach aims at building relationships ...
Mountain cedar expert Elizabeth McGreevy speaks about ashe junipers — also known as mountain cedars — at the 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10 meeting of the Comal County Conservation Alliance (CCCA), 360 Aquatic Circle in ...
The U.S. National Weather Service Austin-San Antonio expects unseasonably hot weather to continue today and Monday as the first heatwave of the summer tightens its grip on the Canyon Lake area. In a special weather ...
Comal ISD teachers and staff will see a four-percent increase in their paychecks for the 2022-23 school year. At a special board meeting Tuesday, trustees approved a compensation package that also includes a $1.16 per ...
Images by staff photographer Bently Paiz Around 60 area residents showed up at New Braunfels Main Plaza today to protest breaking news that the U.S. Supreme Court plans to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ...
The Community Resource & Recreation Center of Canyon Lake’s (CRRC) Rec Center, 125 Mabel Jones Dr., will close June 6-10 for regional training by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). All main gym classes ...
Images by staff photographer Bently Paiz New Braunfels Middle School’s track was packed today at the second annual Any Baby Can New Braunfels Walk for Autism. The fundraiser brought together participants and community partners to ...
The Canyon Lake Noon Lions Club’s Spring Shrimpfest moves back inside this year — but you can still pick up a meal of fresh Gulf shrimp in the drive-thru lane from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 ...
Tuesdays are family basketball nights at the Community Resouce and Recreation Center (CRRC) of Canyon Lake’s Rec Center, 125 Mabel Jones Dr., Canyon Lake. From 5 to 8 p.m. parents and children ages 11 and ...
Online registration opened this week for Canyon Lake Youth Soccer Club’s Summer Camp, which runs from 9 a.m. to noon July 25-27 on the playing fields next to the CRRC’s Recreation Center, 125 Mabel Jones ...
Comal County reported 41 new COVID-19 cases and one death from the virus between April 22-28. In its latest weekly statement, the county said the total number of cases reported since March 2020 is now ...
See the stars through a telescope in a real observatory — and learn about the probability of extraterrestrial life at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Tye Preston Memorial Library, 16311 S. Access Rd., Canyon Lake. A ...
Comal County rescinded its burn ban Tuesday after Monday’s heavy rainfall resulted in a dramatic decrease in the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI). The KBDI measures the amount of precipitation necessary to return the soil to ...
by Annalisa Peace Executive Director, Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance When people kill random innocents, it is called ‘terrorism.’ When corporations do it, it is called ‘an industrial accident.’ Sadly, a dysfunctional permitting process managed by ...
Chili at 3 p.m. Beans at 4 p.m. Trophies at 5 p.m. That’s all you need to know about the Fraternal Order of Canyon Men’s (FOCM) Chili and Bean Cookoff on Saturday at VFW Post ...
Three strikes aren’t out for Democratic Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke, who is proceeding with plans for a People of Texas Town Hall-Comal County on Saturday despite very public cancellations this week by prospective event ...
Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke brings his People of Texas Town Hall-Comal County to Canyon Lake High School at noon Saturday. The school is located at 8555 FM 32 in Fischer. The event is ...
Herbicide application on Canyon Lake Dam’s access road in scenic Overlook Park is underway, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) declined to say whether the chemicals used are organic. Several residents raised concerns ...
Detailed survey results compiled by the Canyon Lake Boat Ramps Community Alliance (CLBRCA) are now available online. Comal County this week posted a PowerPoint presentation prepared by the alliance and commissioners will discuss the group’s ...
Janice Epps, president of The Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country, will discuss ‘Trackways and Beyond’ 6 p.m. Thursday at Tye Preston Memorial Library, 16311 S. Access Rd., Canyon Lake. She’s the featured speaker ...
Maven’s Inn & Grill in Canyon Lake today canceled a Saturday campaign appearance by Texas Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Beto O’Rourke. The popular food-and-music venue’s owners decided not to host the People of Texas Town Hall-Comal ...
Area voters will get a closer look today at candidates for Texas House District 73 and contenders for Comal ISD’s Single Member District #6. A debate between Carrie Isaac and Barron Casteel, two Republican candidates ...
In its first weekly COVID-19 update, Comal County reported 38 new cases and one death for the seven business days between April 8 to April 14. Four COVID-positive patients were hospitalized during the same period. ...
The U.S. National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch from 1:45 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Comal, Guadalupe, Blanco, Bexar, Hays and other counties are included in the watcy. If storms ...
Comal County Pct. 4 Commissioner Jen Crownover, who represents Canyon Lake, took to Facebook yesterday to blast Texas State Rep. Steve Toth, a Republican who represents the Woodlands, for accusing county commissioners of setting new ...
The ‘traditional’ burn ban went into effect at 6 a.m. today for all unincorporated areas of Comal County, including Canyon Lake. The county was already under a limited burn ban which Pct. 4 (Canyon Lake) ...
The U.S. National Weather Service’s West Gulf River Forecast Center says drought conditions continue to worsen across most of the Rio Grande Valley and into San Antonio and Austin. Drought conditions have worsened moving southeast ...
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