(New Braunfels, TX) -- Earlier this year the Braunfels Foundation Trust named their 2010 selections for the Living Legends of New Braunfels Award. And last night those three living legends: Bobbie Purdum, Janelle Berger, and Milton Kaderli, were honored at a special ceremony at the New Braunfels Civic and Convention Center. The Braunfels Foundation Trust was started following the flood of...
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December 10, 2010
(New Braunfels, TX) -- A local company has been honored by the state and federal government for their workplace safety programs. Wright Distributing here in New Braunfels was recently honored by the Texas Department of Insurance workers compensation division and OSHA, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration for having an outstanding safety program. Wright Distributing,...
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December 10, 2010
(New Braunfels, TX) -- After getting the initial results back last month from the CLARUS study on higher education needs in New Braunfels, the local Higher Education Task Force is holding a Study Committee meeting this Friday at Honors Hall to take a critical look at the education needs in our area. KGNB News Reporter Noah Westerfield has that full report...just click the link below.
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December 10, 2010
A small fire churned out a lot of smoke thisafternoon in one of the field houses at New Braunfels High School. An electrical issue with a fan at one of the outbuildings that house the soccer, ROTC, tennis, softball and track programs away from the main campus of New Braunfels High School started smoking...
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December 10, 2010
(New Braunfels, TX) -- After a lengthy debate, including comments from business owners and residents, City Council eventually tabled their discussion on banning mobile billboards in the city. At issue are the large trucks that feature several rotating full-color advertisements for various local businesses, and whether they violate the current version of the sign ordinance. The current...
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December 10, 2010
(New Braunfels, TX) -- New Braunfels Firefighters responded to several traffic accidents yesterday, but luckily none of them resulted in life-threatening injuries.
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The first accident was the most severe. Around 7:30am a car hit an 18-year old male crossing the street in the 300 block of West Faust Street at McQueeney Road, just off Bus. 35 near the Domino’s Pizza...
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December 10, 2010
(New Braunfels, TX) -- Elementary school students in the New Braunfels ISD will be on a different schedule than usual for the majority of this week. District officials tell KGNB that parent teacher conferences are happening during the latter part of the week at all elementary school campuses in the NBISD, and so those campuses will be releasing students from class early. In fact, all...
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December 10, 2010
(Comal County, TX) -- Comal County Commissioners are holding a special workshop session tomorrow morning to interview the short list of candidates for the Construction Manager at-risk position for the Courthouse restoration project. This will be a chance for Commissioners to have their questions answered by those candidates on their leadership style and how they plan to tackle the massive...
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December 10, 2010
(New Braunfels, TX) -- Aside from the cooler weather, one sign it’s fall in New Braunfels is the return of the annual pumpkin patch at First United Methodist Church on West San Antonio Street. KGNB’s Emilie Boenig has that full story. Just click the link below.
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December 10, 2010
(New Braunfels, TX) -- As much as 300-thousand dollars in engineering work for various drainage projects is up for approval at tonight's New Braunfels City Council meeting. Those projects are the direct result of the drainage meetings held with residents in September, and the subsequent presentation made to City Council at the beginning...
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