How do Llano County voter preferences stack up against statewide sentiments? Overall, Llano County voters mostly agreed with voters in the state’s other 253 counties in selecting candidates in the March 2 Joint Primary election, with an occasional deviation from the statewide trend. In the Governor’s race, Llano County Republican voters liked incumbent Governor Rick Perry and challenger Debra Medina a smidge more than statewide voters did, and took less of a shine to Senat ...

He may not be winning any longer at Augusta or Pebble Beach or St. Andrews, but he’s designing courses in South Korea and Thailand, in Mexico and Moscow, and also a pretty fair layout in Horseshoe Bay: Summit Rock. Good name. Jack Nicklaus knows something about the summit in his sport, and he knows plenty about golf courses. “We’re seeing progress made,” Nicklaus told a crowd of media and other guests, March 5, at Skywater Over Horseshoe Bay.

After the deadline to receive overseas ballots passed at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 8, Llano County Elections Administrator Candy Kokernot said no overseas ballots had been received since the election results were announced last Tuesday night. Ron Hewitt, Llano County Republican Party Chair, said that Linda Raschke will face Marvin Gray in the April 13 Republican Party primary run-off election to become Llano County Commissioner for Precinct 2. Raschke, of Kingsland, led a quartet ...

A marathon meeting of the Llano Commissioners Court on Monday was highlighted by the court’s decision to re-open the Llano County Park, with its new boat ramp, effective Tuesday, March 9. Lake levels are up considerably since the concrete was poured last summer; even though it is still six feet below normal for this time of year, the lake is high enough to allow full use of the facility.