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Concert in the Park

The 10th annual Concert in the Park series is underway at Blue Hole Regional Park. Every Friday in April, live music will be played at the Blue Hole Swimming Area from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Effective April 7, the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District Board of Directors voted to move the Jacob’s Well Groundwater Management Zone into 30% Drought Curtailment. The Jacob’s Well springflow is declining due to reduced aquifer storage. As of April 1, 2022, the 10-day flow rate was 2.94 cubic feet per second.

The title of this article is not a typo, because I hope we’ll all prepare to encourage our wonderful pollinator bees this spring. We love our spring and summer wildflowers and blooming perennials, and pollinators are a flower’s best friend. In fact, the main purpose of a flower on a plant is to attract pollinators and insure reproduction. In addition to our beautiful flowers over 150 species of grain and fruit crops depend on this process. Flying insects accomplish the vast majority of this important task, and bees are exceptionally suited for the job. Their fuzzy surface helps pollen grains adhere to their bodies and their legs have evolved to carry pollen.

“It was hot,” Christopher Robbins, Assistant Chief of Wimberley Fire and Rescue, said. “It is hard to describe to someone that doesn’t see these types of responses on a daily basis. Every time you would blink, the fire would double. Every time I went back to the truck to call for more resources, you would see through that smoke and see the rise of heat. It was so hot, it didn’t matter how far you stood back, you were getting burned up.”

You can’t say you’re from Wimberley until you’ve spent time in the home where it all started. The Wimberley View’s newest staff reporter has checked that item off the Wimberley Must-Do list. Read about his experience as he learned the history of Wimberley – just like all of the students in our fourth grade classes. This is a multipart series helping Colton McWilliams learn to be a local.

The city of Wimberley has hired a company to help define and potentially create a historic district in the downtown area.

Hays County Elections officials want voters to be aware of the new Texas vote-by-mail ballots and recent changes to the process of voting by mail to help ensure every vote counts.

The Wimberley Texans softball team was able to round out the first round of district play this week including taking an important 14-3 win over the Davenport Wolves on Tuesday.

“It was probably the most exciting game I’ve ever been a part of in the six years I’ve been in Wimberley,” Wimberley Girls’ Soccer Coach Brinton Nute said.