State winner thanks sponsors To the Editor: I thank all of those who have supported the 4-H program and have helped the youth of Caldwell County and me, to achieve our goals. Competing at the 2017 State 4-H Roundup at Texas A&M, College Station, was an amazing experience and something that I will never forget. […]

To the Community: For years, tubing operations along the San Marcos River has resulted in public safety problems, littering, and serious nuisances for area landowners. Alcohol-related incidents have at times been serious in nature, including death. The urgent need to address these issues is why we are pursuing both temporary and permanent solutions to make […]

By John Cyrier I write to you from the Texas Capitol in Austin with just days remaining before the legislature adjourns. Since January, we have been working to address many important issues, and I am pleased to report good progress. In January, Governor Abbott presented the legislature with four emergency items. These include reforming Child […]

By Kathi Bliss Editor/POST-REGISTER   I hate to be someone that complains about roads being fixed. Heaven knows, there are more than plenty of local, state and Federal road projects in Caldwell County that I (and my car’s suspension) would love to see completed. And as irritated as I get about the traffic, the truth […]

To the Editor: Commissioner Haden posed a question on April 20 to those frustrated citizens who oppose negotiating a landfill “Host Agreement” with the infamous Georgia company, Green Group Holdings. Acknowledging the risks of a host agreement with a proven bad actor, Haden asked: If the TCEQ permits the landfill and our county has not […]

By Kathi Bliss Editor/POST-REGISTER   I’ve used this space many times to discuss driving habits – usually, I’ll confess, when an accident happens that gets me rattled. And while it didn’t affect us directly, I’d say that the bus crash out at Concan qualifies as “jarring.” At the beginning of the current legislative session, both […]

To the Editor: The week of April 9-15 is National Library Week, a time to highlight the value of libraries, librarians and library workers. Libraries today are so much more than mere repositories of books, and this year’s theme, “Libraries Transform” is certainly true of our library.  Whether offering e-books, free tax aide, technology classes, […]

Reader praises host agreement talks To the Editor: FINALLY! So very glad to see the Caldwell County Commissioners taking positive steps to address a possible voluntary host agreement from Green Group Holdings. If TCEQ approves the permits for the new landfill and recycling center then at the very least the county will reap some benefit […]

By Kathi Bliss Editor/POST-REGISTER   I know the students and staff at Lockhart High School. Many, I know very well. Some, I know only tangentially, and others, I recognize by name, face or jersey number. But most of them, I know. More than that, I like to think that I know the culture at Lockhart […]

To Judge Schawe: Feb. 15, 2017, marked the end of an era of the Caldwell County Extension Education Association’s food distribution project as we have known it since 1994. Due to change in policy and procedures, the Central Texas Food Bank in Austin has ceased to permit our organization to purchase nonperishable U.S.D.A. food products […]