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Tickets are now on sale for Pilot Club of Canyon Lake’s annual style show, “Heart of My Heart,” scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 2 at GVTC Auditorium, 36101 FM3159, New Braunfels. The event also ...
The non-profit Community Resource and Recreation Center of Canyon Lake (CRRC) needs help stocking its food pantry, which helps feed area families in need. In an email blast today, CRRC Resource Director Maureen Schein asks ...
Larry Hull doesn’t get too excited by phone calls from Comal County residents demanding that he do something to protect groundwater from development in rural areas. His mandate, as president of Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation ...
Theresa Russo can’t thank her Canyon Lake customers enough for their business. Since she moved her Treat Coffee trailer to realtor Paul Sullivan’s parking lot in Startzville a month ago, business has been booming. Regulars ...
Two bills introduced to the Texas legislature earlier this month by Canyon Lake’s House Rep. Kyle Biedermann (R-73) could strengthen the state’s regulatory authority over mining operations like Vulcan Materials’ proposed rock quarry at Highway ...
Here’s the agenda for Comal County Commissioners Court meeting on Thursday, March 21. The court meets at 8:30 a.m. every Thursday in the Commissioners Courtroom, 100 Main Plaza, New Braunfels. Click through on hyperlinks to ...
Keep Canyon Lake Beautiful (KCLB), the nonprofit dedicated to preserving the “environmental health” of the community, needs volunteers to help pick up trash from area roadways, boat ramps, neighborhoods and popular trails. Its semi-annual cleanup ...
Snakes are beginning to emerge. It’s Spring in Texas, and as temperatures warm up, so do the snakes. Lindheimer Chapter Texas Master Naturalists advise residents to pay attention. Snakes prefer weather that’s 80 degrees or ...
Are you agonizing over when to buy your child a cellphone? Trying to reassure your fifth-grader they can handle middle school? Figuring out when an anxious high school student should ask to see a counselor? ...
by Jackie De Hon, Ph.D. Freelance Writer/De Hon Communications Canyon Lake Area Writers Club My husband and I moved to Canyon Lake in 2006. The library is always the first place I visit when we ...
The annual public meeting of the Guadalupe River Basin Steering Committee is scheduled from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 at the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) River Annex, 905 Nolan St. in Seguin. The ...
Texas House Rep. Kyle Biedermann (D-73) filed his final general bills for the 86th Legislative Session this week, and they include two measures calling for greater regulatory authority over rock quarries and aggregate operations like ...
Tye Preston Memorial Library has vacation plans for kids on Spring Break. Librarians have thought it through and organized a number of events to keep youngsters ages nine to 17 busy. Monday Teen Tie Dye ...
A Feb. 15 workshop on preserving rural properties for future generations drew 90 landowners interested in protecting their lands and passing down a “conservation ethic” to their children. The one-day event at Anhalt Dance Hall ...
How much are your family heirlooms and collectibles really worth? Find out at the Appraisal Fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 30 at Tye Preston Memorial Library, 16311 S. Access Rd., Canyon Lake. ...
Relax. You’re not guilty. Comal County Sheriff’s office says scammers are ringing up unsuspecting residents using caller IDs that say sheriff’s office or other Comal County department then threatening them with consequences for failing to appear ...
The 24-hour clock for #BigGive2019 in San Antonio starts ticking at midnight on Thursday, March 28, and with every tick-tock Canyon Lake residents have a chance to donate generously to Canyon Lake-area nonprofits committed to ...
Hummingbirds wing into Central Texas in March, and they’re ravenous. This female ruby-throated hummingbird flew nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico just to reach Central Texas and feast on the nectar of this purple leatherflower ...
Here’s the agenda for Comal County Commissioners Court meeting on Thursday, March 14. The court meets at 8:30 a.m. every Thursday in the Commissioners Courtroom, 100 Main Plaza, New Braunfels. Click through on hyperlinks to ...
by HilltopNewspaper.com Canyon Lake came back from a first-game tie with St. Paul II on Thursday, to a complete win, over Veterans Memorial in the nightcap, 5-2. The Hawks used their base hits well in ...
The Comal County Tax Office and Brookshire Brothers have partnered to offer the county’s fifth standalone vehicle-registration center – the first in the Canyon Lake area. The partnership allows customers to renew their vehicle registration ...
Canyon Lake High School junior Dylan Sandau won first place in grades 9-12 category at Comal ISD’s second Spring Chess Tournament on Feb. 23. More than 300 students in grades kinder through 12 competed at ...
An extremely vocal coalition of area ranchers, business people, ex-military personnel and retired professionals convinced Administrative Law Judge Rebecca Smith to grant them “affected-party” status at a March 6 hearing to determine who has the ...
Ask Google which companies will benefit most from the construction of the border wall proposed by President Donald Trump, and Vulcan Construction Materials ranks high on the list. MarketWatch, a subsidiary of Dow Jones and ...
Comal County residents are invited to participate in a mock election from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday that’s designed to get their vote for the county’s new Hart Verity voting equipment. The exercise is ...
The Comal ISD Board of Trustees approved the 2019-2020 academic calendar during its Feb. 27 board meeting. Spring Break was moved up one week from March 16-20 to March 9-13 to bring the district in ...
Startzville Elementary students gaves Las Brisas subdivision residents a mini-lesson on history and library science at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their latest Little Free Library on Feb. 24 Local author Chris Harbach and furry friend, ...
Property owners and other stakeholders trying to keep Vulcan Construction Materials from developing a 1,500-acre open-pit limestone quarry at FM 3009 and SH-46 are expected to pack Comal County Commissioners Courtroom 9 a.m. Wednesday for ...
Troutfest Texas 2019, which attracts over 3,000 fly fishing fans annually, runs Feb. 22 to 24 at Lazy L&L Campgrounds, 11699 River Rd, New Braunfels. The event is the largest of its kind in Texas ...
Here’s the agenda for Comal County Commissioners Court meeting on Thursday, Feb 14. The court meets at 8:30 a.m. every Thursday in the Commissioners Courtroom, 100 Main Plaza, New Braunfels. 8:30 AM ACTION AGENDA: The ...
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation (WRR) is expecting. February to September is baby season, and soon the non-profit will be inundated by panicked phone calls from distressed residents who don’t know how to help the thousands ...
Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has scheduled a public hearing for 7 p.m. tonight on a proposed wastewater discharge permit for Indian Creek (Goldsmith Tract) in Bulverde. The meeting is at Rahe Bulverde Elementary ...
by CRRC Staff It’t Time! CRRC will be pouring the slab for our new facility beginning at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb 5! We would like to apologize in advance to our friends and neighbors ...
Canyon Lake High School’s 18 cheerleaders won 4A UIL Spirit State Championship on Jan. 18, beating out 83 other teams with their fight songs, crowd-leading cheers and band chants. Last year, the girls were silver medalists ...
Mountain Valley Middle School Geography Bee 2019 Champion Eliana Molina completed the 2nd Annual Comal ISD Geography Bee on Jan. 22. On March 4, she’ll find out whether she is one of the top 100 ...
Father-daughter dances were quite the rage this past week in New Braunfels, but the best is yet to come … at Canyon Lake High School this Saturday. Members of Canyon Lake High School’s (CLHS) Dance ...
Startz Memorial VFW Post 8800 says it doesn’t matter if you like the Patriots, the Rams or any other football team, for that matter. “It’s ok to come for the cold beer and camaraderie” at ...
With groundbreaking ceremonies for Canyon Lake’s first senior-living facility just weeks away, a management team with Kansas City-based developer Overland Property Group is flying in next week to introduce residents to another new project, The ...
Experts are trying to find ways to increase early voter turnout in Texas. The League of Women Voters-Comal Area (LWV-CA) says making it easier for voters to find a polling place that’s convenient and easy ...
The grassroots effort to reopen the popular, scenic pedestrian walkway across Canyon Lake Dam is picking up steam, according to a Jan. 27 post on Dam Community Alliance’s (DCA) Facebook page. The U.S. Army Corps ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will begin reducing the water flow from Canyon Reservoir at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The process to close the gate will take approximately three hours. Guadalupe Brazos River Authority ...
The Comal Independent School District (Comal ISD) wants to know what parents think about two options for the 2018-19 school year calendar: Draft A ends school on May 28, with Draft B ending on June ...
The Canyon Lake High School boys varsity soccer team defeated San Antonio Christian Academy, 4 – 1 on Saturday to win the championship game of the 2019 Canyon Lake High School Soccer Classic. HilltopNewsPaper.com reports: ...
Comal County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a car crash that killed a 33-year-old New Braunfels woman and injured three others early Sunday afternoon during a high-speed chase along FM 306 in Canyon Lake. Deputies were ...
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MyCanyonLake.com provides daily updates about lake levels and river conditions in Canyon Lake and New Braunfels, Texas along with information about safety.In January, Comal County Trinity Groundwater Conservation District began implementing rules that strengthen the county’s well-construction standards, requiring that new wells drilled into the Trinity Aquifer — with the exception of public water supply systems — be sealed by concrete at a minimum from 100 feet from the surface and 100 feet above the water-bearing formation.
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Larry Hull doesn't get too excited by phone calls from Comal County residents demanding that he do something to protect groundwater from development in