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Don’t miss Katherine Anne Porter School’s 6th annual Flavor and Fire Chili Cook-Off and Open House April 28, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The fundraiser supports KAPS, a free public charter high school serving students grades 9-12 from Wimberley and surrounding communities.

Hays County is inching closer to establishing a public defender’s office.

Early voting began Monday for local elections and two proposed constitutional amendments relating to property tax reductions. Early voting continues through Tuesday, May 3, with election day on Saturday, May 7.

The Texas Music Office has officially designated the city of Wimberley as a Music Friendly Community following the city’s completion of a multi-step certification process.

The 22nd Annual Butterfly Festival has burst out of its two-year chrysalis transformed with perhaps one its biggest crowds in their history.

The Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) Board of Directors approved the ballot for the 2022 PEC election. Five cooperative members will run for two director positions in districts 4 and 5.

This week, Hays County is finalizing its purchase of a portion of El Rancho Cima, the more than 530-acre property with a mile of Blanco River frontage that previously operated as a boy scout camp.

After the two-day competition, the Wimberley boys’ track team brought home the district title and the girls’ squad finished second. WHS’s Junior Varsity teams also competed, both finishing in second place. The top-four finishers in each varsity event qualified to compete at the Area track championships, to be hosted at Cuero High School on Wednesday, April 20. In all, 35 event entries qualified for the Area meet from WHS. Leading the way for the girls’ squad was junior Emily Thames and sophomore Baylee Gold, who each qualified for the area meet in all five of their events. Senior Haley Hall and freshman Laney Hennessee qualified for area in three events each, and senior Grace Harney won both hurdles races, breaking her own school record in the 300-meter hurdles. For the boys, senior Landon Gary qualified for area in all five of his events. Seniors Canyun Staton and Juan Olmedo-Barraco, and junior Nathan Brooks each qualified in three events. The track teams are led by head coaches Lacey Lambert (girls) and Josh DeMarco (boys).

Both Wimberley boys’ doubles teams will advance to the UIL State Tournament for the second year in a row only this time they will be joined by Wimberley’s mixed doubles team as well.