Officials at Cibolo City Hall (pictured) and their counterparts in seven neighboring suburbs recently adopted a Fiscal Year 2026 budget, each of which reflects various economic and market challenges that those growing towns are facing. (Courtesy Google Earth)
A $57 million renovation of the Gunter Hotel in downtown San Antonio has resulted, among other things, in every guest room having a vinyl record player and a copy of blues legend Robert Johnson’s debut album. Johnson had his first recording sessions in Room 414 at the hotel. (Courtesy Gunter Hotel)
Air Canada will begin operating direct flights between Toronto’s Pearson International Airport and San Antonio International Airport in May 2026. (Courtesy Air Canada)
Officials at Boerne City Hall (pictured) and their counterparts in Garden Ridge and New Braunfels recently adopted a Fiscal Year 2026 budget for their respective city governments. (Photo by Edmond Ortiz)
By Edmond Ortiz Officials in Balcones Heights, Fair Oaks Ranch, Grey Forest and Helotes are sticking with the basics in their newly passed Fiscal Year 2026 city budgets, which took effect on Oct. 1. Helotes City Council voted on Sept. 25 to adopt an $11 million general fund budget, which will support the replacement of…
A program at the University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center is distributing free naloxone kits and training sessions to Texas colleges and universities in a bigger effort to increase prevention of opioid overdose. (Courtesy University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center)
A photo of the late Sylvia Cardenas is displayed during a Sept. 25 event where the Harlandale High School gymnasium was renamed in her honor. She spent 28 years as Harlandale’s volleyball coach. (Courtesy Harlandale ISD)
A fireworks display caps the beginning of the Sept. 20 campus observance of San Antonio College’s 100th anniversary. (Courtesy San Antonio College)
By Edmond Ortiz Take a quick look at some newly opened businesses in the San Antonio area, including a South Side barber shop, and medical clinics in Schertz and on the West Side. *DeLeon Barber Studio hosted a Sept. 28 grand opening event on the South Side, featuring tattoos, music and complimentary refreshments. Haircuts run…
Seven projects meant to upgrade infrastructure at Nimitz Middle School/STEM Academy Middle School are among the nearly 300 projects that could be funded by a voter-approved $495 million bond, which the North East ISD is putting onto a Nov. 4 special election ballot. (Courtesy Google Maps)
