(New Braunfels, TX) -- After closing the Comal and Guadalupe Rivers because of two days of heavy rain, the City of New Braunfels has announced that the two rivers are now open again for recreational use.
Here is the statement from city officials: "The Comal and Guadalupe Rivers within the City of New Braunfels will be opening at noon today. The City of New Braunfels urges all water...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- After a day and a half of heavy rainfall, the City of New Braunfels announced around 11:30 this morning that it would be temporarily closing the Comal and Guadalupe Rivers inside the city limits. That means, despite the Memorial Day weekend crowds, recreational activities on the city’s two rivers are temporarily closed, until further notice.
(New Braunfels, TX) -- Heavy thunderstorms over New Braunfels and Comal County have prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Warning for Parts of Comal and Guadalupe Counties.
That means you can expect minor to moderate street flooding, especially in low-lying areas like low water crossings and the usual streets in New Braunfels that fill with standing and running...
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(New Braunfels, TX) -- An afternoon traffic accident on southbound I-35 tied up traffic for about 40 minutes yesterday.
The wreck happened around 5pm on southbound I-35 near the Seguin Avenue exit ramp. A car had come to a stop because of traffic backing up on to the highway at that exit when it was hit from behind by another vehicle.
The other car was...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- New Braunfels Police have released the name of the Dale, Texas, woman who was arrested for DWI early yesterday morning on I-35 after she apparently stopped her vehicle in the middle of the highway, causing a major accident with a San Antonio school bus full of students.
The incident happened in the 1-thousand block of I-35 south around 2am.
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(New Braunfels, TX) -- GBRA, the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority, is urging boaters, water-skiers, tubers, and others planning trips to area lakes to be careful this holiday weekend.
GBRA says that goes for those using all are waterways, from the Guadalupe, Comal, & San Marcos Rivers, to Canyon Lake, Lake Dunlap, Lake McQueeney, Lake Placid, Lake Nolte, and other area...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- If you’re looking for something to do on Memorial Day Monday to help remember the reason we get the long holiday weekend, there are a couple of events to choose from.
American Legion Post 179 is gathering at 6:45 Monday morning at the Comal Cemetery on Peace Avenue to begin distributing American flags at the gravesites of veterans. ...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- Surprise, surprise! An unexpected round of showers and thunderstorms has been tossed into today’s forecast, just in time to possibly replenish river flows for the Memorial Day weekend.
The National Weather Service says we should expect a 50% chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day today and a 40% chance for...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- A major accident overnight, involving a school bus full of kids from San Antonio, on I-35 here in New Braunfels miraculously ended with no injuries.
New Braunfels Police say at just past 2 this morning they got word of a traffic accident in the 1000 block of I-35 south where a blue Chevy Cavalier that had stopped in the middle of the highway was struck by a 15...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- Despite on and off showers and thunderstorms the last few weeks, the recently hot temperatures and the lack of replenishing rains is putting New Braunfels and the rest of the region on the brink of Stage 3 water restrictions.
Thanks mostly to landscape watering, the Edwards Aquifer has continued to drop over the last few weeks and is nearing the...