State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Disaster declaration follows Nicholas Seventeen Southeast Texas counties have been declared disaster areas after Hurricane Nicholas came ashore, dumping more than a foot of rain and cutting off power to a half-million customers in Texas, according to poweroutage.us.

Commissioner George P. Bush announces new leases for Border Patrol Operations

State-owned land in Brewster and Hudspeth Counties to be leased to Border Patrol On September 15th, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced that the General Land Office (GLO) has entered into lease agreements with United States Customs & Border Protection (CBP).

Dan Patrick Lieutenant Governor of Texas

Statement on the Final Passage of Senate Bill 1 Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick issued this statement August 31st following the final passage of Senate Bill 1, the Election Integrity Bill, by Senator Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola: “I am extremely proud that the Texas Senate sent Senate Bill 1 to...

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to you in order to say thank you for printing my articles almost every week for 10 months. Donna, you are a wonderful editor! You have taken a small, mediocre weekly paper and made it into something to be very proud of! San Saba is very, very lucky!

The Richland Springs Report

Round about now, my Canadian sisters will be coming out of Indian summer and getting ready for cooler weather. We, on the other hand, are experiencing warmer weather than in June, July, and August. Looking on the positive side, we have had a great summer.

Trust the Creator

In a way, it does not seem like it has been 20 years since the terrorist attacks on American soil. Thousands of innocent people died on that day. More than 6,000 people were injured in the attack. An airplane flew into one of the twin towers in New York.

Current COVID-19 stats for the county and messages to all community members

Here are the latest numbers reported to Marsha Hardy on 9-10-2021 per the Department of State Health Services [DSHS] for San Saba County: 1. New Confirmed and Probable Cases entered on 9-09-21: 3 2. Confirmed Cases Reported since 8-26-21: 17 3.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Abbott calls third special session for September 20 Governor Greg Abbott has called a third special legislative session to deal with redistricting, to decide how to spend billions of dollars in pandemic funding from the federal government and to determine whether state or local governments can...

Congressman August Pfluger, U.S. Representative for the 11th Congressional District of Texas

Pfluger Responds to Day’s Events Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) on August 26th, issued the following statement: “As a veteran, it is shameful to see the chaos President Biden has caused in Afghanistan.

The Richland Springs Report

The sound of pop, pop, pop is ringing through the valleys and penetrating the walls of my house. I think it’s the hunters on Todd Lewis’s place. I hope they are getting a good supply of dove. Russ tells me it is good eating, but I can’t get my brain past the cleaning process.