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Father-to-be dies in crash, girlfriend OK
Casey Ray Armendarez, a 2009 Burnet High School graduate three months away from becoming a father, was killed early Thursday when the car in which he was a passenger was involved in a head-on coll...
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Opponents urge modification of Burnet discharge application
Opponents of the City of Burnet’s application for a permit that would allow it to more than double its current allowable discharge of wastewater and effluent into Hamilton Creek urged Texas Commis...
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KIDFISH wets hooks for rainbow trout at Hamilton Creek Park on Sunday
The Annual KIDFISH event in Burnet’s Hamilton Creek Park will be a free rainbow trout fishing event for children 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. The KIDFISH Foundation will stock rainbow trout for partici...
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Road contracts to stay separate
Idea to have one outfit design-build fails
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Spay, neuter program helps reduce animals euthanized
The numbers can be frustrating for an animal lover, but Deborah Nelson and the Pet PALS (Prevent a Litter Society) remain resolute in their desire to spay and neuter more dogs and cats, thus red...
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Game warden ‘officer of year’
AUSTIN – Burnet-based Game Warden Brent Whitus has been named Texas “Officer of the Year” by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Texas Parks and Wildlife Director Carter ...
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School board filings begin Monday
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Candidate filing for the Burnet Consolidated School Board election will begin Monday, Feb. 8. Two positions on the school board will be on the ballot for the May 8 election, the Place 1 position c...
Wine & chocolate for Valentine’s
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With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, the Herman Brown Free Library has announced its first program in the “Bits of Burnet” series and asks all to join them from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Feb. ...
Schools look for ways to combat bats
by Lorene Denney
HLN Correspondent
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Burnet CISD officials insist they don’t have a big bat problem, but acknowledge they are looking for ways to eliminate the small flying mammals at the various school campuses. Facilities director...
Judge dismisses SA suit against LCRA
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AUSTIN – A Travis County judge Monday dismissed a $1.23 billion lawsuit filed against the Lower Colorado River Authority by the City of San Antonio. State District Judge Stephen Yelenosky ruled in...
Rain, now declining, tops 2 inch mark for some Thursday night
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Locally heavy rainfall of up to 2.5 inches had barricades going up over night at some low-water crossings and the Lower Colorado River Authority opened two gates on Max Starcke Dam below Lake Marbl...
Burnet council moves to rescind scheduled elimination of electricity fee
by James Walker
Highland Lakes Newspapers
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The Burnet city council Tuesday took the first step toward eliminating a promised fee reduction for the city’s electricity users. Last year the council adopted an ordinance with a rate increase o...