Best Thing in Texas
March 16, 2020
The Best Thing in Texas: Whataburger Delivered Food to H-E-B Employees
Two beloved Texas institutions team up in a moment of crisis.
New Braunfels
The Texanist
July 1, 2018
The Texanist: How Can I Drink on the Comal With the Can Ban in Place?
No disposable containers on the river? No problem.
May 29, 2018
Can a Transgender Woman Get Justice in Texas?
After Aliah Hernandez was brutally beaten in a New Braunfels motel room, her attacker walked away free.
Travel & Outdoors
May 26, 2016
Something in the Water
Getting wet, getting scared, and getting my family a little closer to Texas at Schlitterbahn.
The Daily Post
May 19, 2015
What You Should Know About Elementary School “Calm” and “Focus” Rooms
Time-out is an age-old punishment. But do the controversial “calm rooms” and “focus rooms” employed in Plano and New Braunfels go too far?
Business
March 18, 2015
Lucrative When Wet
In an era of drought, tight finances, and a shrinking water park market, how does Schlitterbahn keep getting bigger?
The Culture
June 10, 2014
Canning the Ban
How New Braunfels’s prohibition on disposable containers changed tubing—and then didn’t.
The Daily Post
May 28, 2014
Schlitterbahn’s Tallest Waterslide in the World is Not Launching People into the Air
Despite rumors, the New Braunfels-based chain has not sent anyone flying as they test-ride their 168-foot waterslide.
Travel & Outdoors
September 17, 2013
Holy Crap
Inside Buc-ee’s obsessive quest for the perfect rest-stop bathroom.
Travel & Outdoors
June 10, 2013
Take Me to the River
The Comal may be the shortest river in Texas, but it’s long on R&R.
Music
January 21, 2013
Listen to a World Premiere of “250,000 Things,” by Cody Canada and the Departed
The New Braunfels-based band, which just played with ZZ Top, will release its debut album, Adventus, on November 13.
January 21, 2013
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Makes Unfortunate Error
The paper printed Jerry Sandusky's name under a photo of Tiger Woods, proving again that everyone needs a copy editor.
Music
January 20, 2013
Tracie Ferguson, Booking Agent
Ferguson, who grew up in San Antonio, has been booking bands for almost thirty years. Since 2000, she has worked exclusively for Gruene Hall, near New Braunfels, the oldest continuously running dance hall in Texas.In college my friend Denice Franke hooked up with three guys and formed the Beacon City
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
One for the Road
Jordan Breal talks about searching for vacation spots, driving across Texas, and eating bone marrow.
The Culture
November 19, 2012
New Braunfels Buc-ee’s Scores “America’s Best Restroom” Title
The 68,000-square-foot, infamously clean convenience store and highway stop with 83 toilets enters the restroom “Hall of Fame,” winning Cintas’s 11th annual contest.
The Culture
January 1, 2012
Joe Arellano, Meteorologist
Arellano, who was born and raised in McAllen, is the meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service forecast office in New Braunfels. His career, which began in 1976, has taken him all over Texas, as well as to Puerto Rico and Florida.There’s an old saying here in Texas: “Either you’re in
December 2, 2011
Bum Steer of the Week: A Case of Fowl Play Turned Deadly
A man murders a beloved turkey that lived in a New Braunfels park.
Politics & Policy
November 8, 2011
Voting on 10 Amendments and Other Local Initiatives
Texans who take the time to do their civic duty will consider ten proposed constitutional amendments, while local decisions range from picking Houston's mayor to banning booze on the Comal.
Travel & Outdoors
July 31, 2010
Hill Country Map Quest
When it comes to choosing a getaway, the Hill Country doesn’t have to campaign hard for our affections. Its lush expanses of bounding green hills and serpentine rivers stretch over some 25 of the most idyllic counties in the state. And those picturesque towns that cling proudly to their
Feature
December 1, 2009
People We’ll Miss—2009
A fond look back at 22 Texans who died in 2009, from Farrah Fawcett and Walter Cronkite to Brandon Lara and Joe Bowman.
The Culture
June 30, 2009
How to Pack a Cooler Tube
Some things never change, like the irrepressible desire to float a Hill Country river on a 100-degree day—with, most naturally, a cooler of beer. And while the basic art of loading one’s booze boat also remains the same (use a separate inner tube with a bottom, pump it with extra
Feature
March 31, 2008
Child’s Play
Summer vacation is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you should panic. We’ve rounded up 68 of our favorite things to do with your toddlers, teens, and every kid in between. Dance the hokey pokey. Rope a horse. Eat way too many hot dogs. Zip down a waterslide.
Travel & Outdoors
May 31, 2006
Water, Water Everywhere
From kayaking on Town Lake to mountain biking around Joe Pool Lake, from bass fishing on Lake Fork to horseback riding on the shores of Lake Whitney, here are some of our favorite things to do in, on, and around Texas lakes.