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 ...

Don’t get stuck in traffic. Comal County just posted a daily road-maintenance plan in map form. Residents can visit the county engineer’s official webpage, www.cceo.org, to see where county crews are expected to be and ...

Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA) will host a “strategy meeting” for ideas about how to fight a local developer’s attempt to release 300,000 gallons-per-day of treated sewage into Indian Creek, a tributary of Cibolo Creek ...

Comal County Sheriff’s Office Transport Deputy Ray Horn, 44, was killed in a three-car collision in Schertz at 5:15 p.m. today after suffering a “medical emergency while driving,” according to a press release issued by ...

A select group of Mountain Valley Middle School students is competing online this week to win Comal ISD’s 2nd Annual Geography Bee. This isn’t like a traditional spelling bee — they’re seated in front of ...

UPDATE: Due to ongoing activities, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is postponing increased flood releases until Tuesday, Jan.22. Releases will continue at approximately 736 cfs. Canyon Lake level remains steady at 910.71 this morning. ...

Comal County Fire Marshal’s Office and Comal County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a pre-dawn blaze at a Canyon Lake mobile home park off Cranes Mill Road that killed two men and their pet today. Firefighters ...

Nearby San Antonio is one of the United States’ largest municipal wind buyers. Wind turbines are a bigger threat to bats than birds. Danielle Cordani, vice president of the newly formed Bat Association of Texas ...

Comal County Historical Association sponsors a session on archaeological preservation and cultural resources from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Forke Store, New Braunfels Conservation Plaza, 1300 Church Hill Dr., New Braunfels. Tiffany ...

Here’s the agenda for Comal County Commissioners Court meeting on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. The court meets at 8:30 a.m. every Thursday in the Commissioners Courtroom, 100 Main Plaza, New Braunfels. To learn more about ...

by Laura Schafer Administrator, Canyon Lake Presbyterian Church On Dec. 22, Canyon Lake Presbyterian Church celebrated its installation of a Little Free Library (LFL) in the Chapman’s Park community near the intersection of Island View ...

The Comal Independent School District is implementing a clear-bag requirement for all high school athletic venues beginning on Jan. 7, 2019. The district describes this new procedure as a safety measure. All bags must meet ...

Comal County’s Master Gardeners in 2018 donated a record 6,310 pounds of produce to food pantries in the county, easily beating last year’s record of about 6,100 pounds. Coordinator Sam Norris said members volunteer their ...

Comal County Recycling Center began accepting used live Christmas trees and garland at no cost on Dec. 26. Residents can drop off Christmas trees and holiday garland free-of-charge at the Moe Schwab Recycling Center, 281 ...

What happens if U.S. senators can’t muster 60 votes tonight to avoid a looming shutdown of the federal government? Nothing, around Canyon Lake anyway. Recreational areas and camp sites will remain open, according to Clayton ...

Members of the League of Women Voters-Comal Area (LWV-CA) met with Texas Rep. Kyle Biederman, District 73, to learn about his legislative priorities for the 86th regular legislative session, which begins in Austin on Jan. ...

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) had good news and bad news Dec. 12 for property owners and other stakeholders trying to stop construction of Vulcan Construction Materials’ proposed 1,500-acre open-pit limestone quarry at FM ...

A wind advisory goes into effect between 10 a.m. and midnight on Thursday for Comal County, and with wind gusts of between 40 to 50 miles-per-hour predicted, the county fire marshal’s office urges residents to ...

Don’t blame the tourists. There’s as much trash lying around Canyon Lake roadways during the winter off-season as there is during peak summer months. Which is why volunteers with Keep Canyon Lake Beautiful (KCLB) — ...

Rain, rain is not going away according to the latest weather forecast, so the 40th Annual Canyon Lake Noon Lions Christmas Parade in Sattler on Saturday has been canceled. The parade is the largest in ...

Care about reading? Buy a doghouse at Raise the Woof from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 at Krause’s Biergarten and Cafe,148 S. Castell Ave., New Braunfels. (The dog houses, cat condos and other ...

Larry Sunn, Ph.D., will explain the complexities of local groundwater and how to protect it starting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the monthly meeting of Comal County Conservation Alliance at GVTC Auditorium, 36101 ...

The founder of Comal County Lost and Found Dogs Facebook page has a few fashion ideas for making sure your pooch stays safe and warm this holiday season. Leanne “Doglady” will be on hand from ...

Five years ago Sharon Watts was fighting with her insurance company over coverage for infant son Alexander, who was born with Angelman Syndrome, a very rare neuro-genetic disorder that causes global developmental delays, lack of speech, ...

by HilltopNewspaper.com Canyon Lake’s Lady Hawks Basketball Team took care of their fourth opponent on Tuesday night, opening their season by keeping all four teams below the 40-point threshold in win, 37-41. The Hawks basketball ...

Seventeen-year-old Sattler resident David Tennison was diagnosed with high-functioning autism (HFA) at age 11. He works, he socializes — he’s a lot like many of the other teenagers at Canyon Lake High School — but ...

National Influenza Vaccination Week begins Dec. 2, and the Comal County Office of Public Health reminds residents that it still has flu shots are still available. Cases of influenza have begun to rise, with more ...

Canyon Lake residents report an uptick in bee swarms this November, and more than a few are asking whether hummingbird feeders left up through the winter are to blame. At our request, Lindheimer Chapter Master ...

Comal County voters “blew away every midterm for at least the past 30 years” according to information just posted to the county’s Facebook page. A total of 62,296 residents voted in the midterm election — ...

Six months after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) closed Canyon Lake Dam’s service road to pedestrian traffic, there’s still no price tag or timeline for reopening the most popular tourist spot in the ...

Canyon Lake’s largest, free community Thanksgiving Dinner is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Startzville Elementary, 42111 FM 3159. Last year, over 800 residents enjoyed the annual fall tradition, which is open to anyone ...

Talk about timing for Canyon Lake. Hill Country Alliance co-sponsors Texas Water Symposium, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Texas State University’s Student Center LBJ Teaching Theater in San Marcos. The event is free and open to ...

One hundred percent of all Mountain Valley Middle School (MVMS) teachers and staff signed up for the PTA this year, earning the school a Golden Apple award. Principal Dustin Davisson accepted the honor on behalf ...

Election results may be in, but the anger and incivility that plague most political discussions is still out there. The League of Women Voters of the Comal Area (LWV-CA) says it’s time to stop arguing ...

There were no surprises in Tuesday’s midterm elections in heavily Republican Comal County. Democratic challenger Dorothy Carroll failed to unseat Republican incumbent Jen Crownover, Comal County Commissioner, Pct. 4, who won with 78.26-percent of the ...

Comal County Clerk’s Office says hundreds of thousands of land records and plats are now available online. All official public records (OPR) dating to the establishment of Comal County in 1846 can be previewed and ...

A “teacherage” built in 1870 at the confluence of the Guadalupe River and Jacobs Creek in Sattler was recognized as a Texas Historic Landmark at a marker dedication on Sunday. The ceremony was sponsored by ...