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Sheree Kasper, of Kingsland, takes a look at the Christmas socks Walgreens has on sale on Black Friday.
</p> Sales up as shoppers look for bargains
Neither the clouds and drizzle nor the state of the economy could keep early morning shoppers from heading out to local stores to stock up on Christmas gifts on “Black Friday.” Highland Lakes resi...
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Money owed by Franklin may be lost
Two weeks after Franklin Bank was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and bought out by Prosperity Bancshares Inc., the parent company of Prosperity Banks, creditors have found thems...
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AG tight-lipped on Brown Santa probe
A state attorney general’s representative said Monday their office does not intend to comment further on its investigation into the Joe Pollock Hill Country Fund, referring inquiries instead to a ...
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Two die in Thanksgiving holiday wrecks
Two people were killed in Burnet County last week in separate one-vehicle accidents. Granite Shoals resident Lucia Fonseca, 44, was killed in a one-vehicle accident that occurred on RM 1431 about ...
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New gallery holiday addition to Main St.
Two local artists “put their money where their mouth was” and opened a new art gallery on Marble Falls’ Main Street. Dan Pogue and Michael LeVitt said they saw not only the need to try to help res...
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Texas Nation opens steak restaurant
Flying in the face of the grim economic news for restaurateurs, Sally Good, David Majoras and Sara North opened Texas Nation in Old Oak Square in downtown Marble Falls over the weekend And early ...
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Groundwater district rethinking regulatory philosophy
by Hal Brown
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A public hearing in which the public expressed a number of concerns about property rights issues for the water underneath their land has apparently prompted the Central Texas Groundwater Control Di...
New gallery opens on Main
by Bobbi Gage
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Two local artists teamed up to open up a new art gallery along Main Street in downtown Marble Falls.
Marble Falls bridge, US 281 seens as key county projects
by Bobbi Gage
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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Burnet County Judge Donna Klaeger will push two county transportation projects for US 281 when she attends a Capitol Area Rural Transportation Planning Organization (CARTPO) meeting Dec. 5. Klaege...
Spicewood to get new athletic field
by Bobbi Gage
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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The students at Spicewood Elementary School will soon have a community athletic field to share with residents, thanks to the Lower Colorado River Authority’s Community Development Partnership Grant...
Passport Fair to help with travel plans
by Glynis Crawford Smith
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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The Marble Falls Post Office will sponsor a Passport Fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 6. Also at the Marble Falls Office Dec. 6, a representative of the U.S. Postal web site, usps.com, will be on h...
Drought begins to impact area
by George Hatt
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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If you live on one of the constant-level lakes in Burnet and Llano Counties, the word “drought” might be only something you read about in the papers or see on the Lower Colorado River Authority’s w...
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