In November of 2009, then Superintendent Matt Underwood was notified that Mason High School had been nominated as a 2010 Blue Ribbon School. Since that time, the faculty at MHS has been hard at work readying their application due to be submitted to the United States Department of Education in mid-February. The Blue Ribbon Schools program was established in 1982 by the US Department of Education and was redesigned in 2002 under No Child Left Behind to reflect the program’s high ...

Elected officials and potentially affected landowners were notified this past week of the schedule for Open Houses presented by LCRA Transmission Services to inform the public about the proposed route through Mason County. The Open House in Mason is planned for Wednesday, February 17 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

DALLAS — Those electing to work for the 2010 Census won’t lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (previously known as the Food Stamp program), thanks to a recent federal interpretation of eligibility rules. The rules interpretation from the Food and Nutrition Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is good news for those seeking employment in tough economic times, and when the Census Bureau is still seeking qualified applicants to help complete th ...

AUSTIN, Texas –– The Texas Historical Commission (THC) announced Round VI grant recipients of its nationally recognized Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program at its quarterly meeting on Jan. 29 in Austin. Commissioners awarded matching grants totaling more than $20 million to 20 Texas counties to help preserve their historic courthouses. The counties to receive funds in Round VI of the program are: Comal, Colorado, Edwards, Franklin, Fort Bend, Old Glasscock, Ham ...