The Highlander has won three awards in the 2017 Texas Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.
The awards were announced during the awards brunch at the Texas Press Leadership Retreat held this year at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
The newspaper won second place in Community Service in Division 4, Semiweeklies, for its coverage and support of a possible bridge crossing at Wirtz Dam and its inclusion in the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) transportation plan for Burnet County. The Highlander ran numerous articles on the proposal, columns in support of a bridge crossing and stories about open houses held in the area regarding the transportation plan.
