By Judith Pannebaker

Taking the recent words of Fort Worth tourist guru, Douglas Harman, to heart, the Bandera Renewal Council has been formed to improve Bandera’s tourist-centric image.

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Students in the Bandera Independent School District recently put pencils, pens and paint to poster board and used their creativity to convince local citizenry to “Keep Our Highways Clean.

By David Arny

After three arduous written tests and two interviews with officials of the international student exchange program AYUSA, 16-year-old Mohamad Jamal

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Administrators with the Medina Community Library report both new and familiar faces for 2008.

By Judith Pannebaker

Photographer Rene Trujillo snapped haunting images of February’s total lunar eclipse in Guanajuato, Mexico.

by David Arny

Members of the Bandera Riverside Players theater group met to go over their lines for the upcoming production of “Virtue is its Own Reward or All That Glitters May Be Gold,”

By David Arny

After having his hair cut regularly by Hair Unlimited owner Eva Adamietz for about 10 years, Bandera’s George Tinsley learned recently that her maiden name was Jennings.

By Judith Pannebaker

Everyone agreed, Friday, Feb. 28, turned out to be the perfect day for a celebratory luncheon on the beautiful grounds of the Frontier Times Museum, 510 13th Street.

By David Arny

In a tradition going back 15 years, the Bandera Masonic Lodge No. 1123 awarded certificates, prize money and laptop computers to the winners of their annual essay writing contest for Bandera County fifth grade students.

By Sandra Vannatter

The Rose Garden Club of Medina is currently displaying an ornamental, highly decorated Sicilian donkey cart at the duPerier Texas Land Man LLC offices on Main Street in Medina.

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Iron Horses have become a natural in Bandera County during the past several years. As a matter of fact, motorcycle enthusiasts have discovered what the locals have known for years

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Payton Aubree Bass was born at St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, on Feb. 5 to Bryan and Melissa Bass of Helotes. She weighed seven pounds and eight ounces and was 19 inches long at birth.

By David Arny

The nascent Arthur Nagel Community Clinic was the scene of a remarkable event Thursday, March 13, when a merry band of strangers appeared to bestow their kindness upon the citizens of Bandera.

By Judith Pannebaker

Although Easter comes early this year - Sunday, March 23 - plans are in the hopper to make this the best Easter ever in Bandera.

By David Arny

The celebrated artist Paul Klee once said that drawing was like “taking a line for a walk.” The exhibition of artwork at Bandera’s First Methodist Church Thursday, March 13,

By Judith Pannebaker

On Tuesday, March 4, now formally dubbed “Super Tuesday II” by political pundits, Bandera’s 11th Street Cowboy Bar was transformed from a local watering hole to campaign central.

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The Bandera Library Chess Club recently repaired vandalized playground equipment at Sandidge Park on 11th Street after hooligans ripped three seesaws from their mountings and tossed them on the ground.

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The arrival of spring also marks the Opening Day of Kerr County Market Days Saturday, March 22 from 9 am to 4 pm at the courthouse in downtown Kerrville.

By Judith Pannebaker

By the requests that came before the Bandera City Council during the Thursday, March 20, meeting, Cowboy Capital

Mikie Baker

Sometimes you can pack just too much excitement into a day. Take this St. Patrick’s Day for example.

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Thanks to a donation from John Payne - presumptive Bandera County Attorney - members of the Bandera Library Chess Club Knights