Dakota Morrissiey

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Marble Falls just awarded a total of $83,000 in grants to a handful of applicants who plan on upping the appeal of the city to visitors, and hopefully getting them to spend more dollars while they are here.

A collection of government officials and community leaders gathered on the grounds of the Burnet County Courthouse at 7 a.m. on Thursday, July 2, to read aloud the document that set the stage for 250 years of American history.

Thousands of residents and visitors celebrated the 250th birthday of the United States at festivals, parades, and parties across the Highland Lakes on Saturday, July 4. From Marble Falls to Bertram, the community turned out in force for the festivities.

Marble Falls High School athletes are in the thick of their summer strength and conditioning program, the Forge, building themselves into stronger, faster, smarter players for their upcoming 2026-27 seasons. Mustangs football, in particular, is pumping iron with purpose.

With a New World screwworm outbreak festering in west and south Texas, Burnet County has declared a local state of disaster just in case the flesh-eating bug makes its way deeper into the Hill Country.

The Marble Falls Independent School District recently closed a perceived “loophole” in its GPA calculation methods that could have allowed certain transfer students to leap through the class ranks into top 10 percent positions. The change comes after concerns were expressed from some corners of the community about the fairness of the district’s policy.

Sign ups are officially open for mutton busting at the Marble Falls Rodeo, scheduled for July 17-18.

Marble Falls Parks and Recreation is teaming up with Marble Falls Fire Rescue to provide pop up splash pads at city parks in July.

Last year, vandals destroyed an iconic statue of a Native American playing a flute on horseback in downtown Marble Falls, but the aptly named “Fluteplayer” recently made a triumphant return, its bronze brighter than ever.