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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 ...
by HilltopNewspaper.com Canyon Lake High School Hawks finished their Hawk Tournament on Saturday with a 4th place finish after a loss to, 11-3-1 Austin’s McCallum High School Knights, 6-3. “We found out a lot about ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Canyon Lake anglers will have plenty of cool-weather fishing opportunities to look forward to in the coming months. Starting Nov. 30 and ending at the beginning of March, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will ...
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