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From keg throwing to stein holding to beer tasting, Bierfest kicked off last weekend. The event is held at the Agricultural Museum and Arts Center and helps fundraise for the Hill Country Council for the Arts.

BOERNE – A YouTube influencer chronicling his outdoor adventures including cleaning up River Road Park is encouraging more young people to pitch in and help beautify natural areas.

BOERNE – City staff and officials, along with several area partners, met Sept. 20 for a safety planning meeting ahead of two solar eclipses set to occur in the Hill Country over the next couple years.

Kendall County and Boerne residents have two weeks to register to vote on several measures and races that could have a lasting impact on the area.

St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church will host a Kendall County Historical Commission presentation on the Camino Real de San Saba (Camino Viejo) in Kendall County 10 a.m. Nov. 4 at the Upon this Rock Campus Chapel.

Boerne staffers held the first of several informational meetings to inform residents about the combined $36 million bond proposals set for the November ballot. The next meeting is 6-7 p.m. Oct. 7 at city hall.

Enrollment for one of the best positive youth development programs in Texas has opened up for the new year. The new 4-H year began Sept. 1 in all 254 counties in Texas.

House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, said Friday he opposes a push by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to end tenure for new professors at the state’s public universities and to revoke it for faculty who teach critical race theory, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

BOERNE — The Boerne Star has a new managing editor, but he’s certainly not new to the paper nor the community.

BOERNE — While the construction along Interstate 10 in town may seem never- ending, city officials say much of the work should be rolled up by the end of this year or early next year.