The Elgin Courier - serves Elgin, Texas, and wider Bastrop County. Founded by Miles Hill, the paper has been published weekly ...

The Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District has announced the winners of its annual High School Senior Essay Contest, highlighting local students’ perspectives on sustainability and drought ...

This column represents the thoughts and opinions of Dr. Ron Braley. This is NOT the opinion of the Courier. As a little boy, I (and probably many of you) learned a song that began: “Oh, be careful ...

BASTROP — The Bastrop girls varsity basketball team didn’t cool down over winter break, riding a five-game winning streak and averaging over 60 points per game. The Bears’ latest triumph came Friday, ...

• “Starting Small: Water Conservation from the Home to the World,” $500 award ...

Bastrop County First Responders last month received a $24,400 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative for critical lifesaving tools. Part of the LCRA’s ...

A storm rages as I’m drafting this column. Rain, wind, lightning, thunder. I don’t like lightning. “It’s lightning! Get out of that tub now,” my grandmother was quick to announce when clouds arose.

Elgin residents have an oppor t u n it y to help shape local public health initiatives as part of a countywide team. The city is calling for applications to join the Advisory Board of Health for ...

For as long as a family member can remember, April Suzanne Kelley had her sights set on becoming a journalist. Kelley, who had served since August as Granite Media Partner’s Central Texas area editor, ...

The 89th Texas legislative session begins Jan. 14 with a still-unr e s olved rac e for speaker of the House of Representatives. State representatives David Cook, R-Mansfield, and Dustin Burrows, ...

The Elgin Courier - serves Elgin, Texas, and wider Bastrop County. Founded by Miles Hill, the paper has been published weekly ...

The Elgin Courier - serves Elgin, Texas, and wider Bastrop County. Founded by Miles Hill, the paper has been published weekly ...