Category Archives: River Place

Rock House Bar & Trailer Park has new owners

On July 29, (L-R) Jeffrey Tobey, Ivan Cruz and Adrian Garcia bought the Rock House Bar and Trailer Park bar portion of the business.

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

The Rock House Bar and Trailer Park near the intersection of RM 620 and RM 2222 has new owners. 

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Four break-ins affect Viper concessions at Monroe Memorial

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

The concession stands at Ed W. Monroe Memorial Stadium have recently been broken into four separate times, resulting in losses and property damage.

The first break-in happened the last weekend of September.

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Emergency-only route B in preliminary design phase

In July, Travis County commissioners voted to create route B as an emergency-only, evacuation route between Steiner Ranch and Montview. The project is now in the preliminary design phase. TRAVIS COUNTY

By LYNETTE HAALAND , Four Points News

Travis County is in the preliminary design phase with the near-$1 million route B evacuation project which will run between the Steiner Ranch and Montview communities. Travis County Commissioners Court approved moving forward with the gated, emergency-only road on July 9. 

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Discourage vaping now, local doctor urges

It looks like an ink pen but it is a vaping device.
Photo courtesy of American Academy of Pediatrics

By DEBORAH COUNTIE, Pediatrician

On Aug. 30th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a health advisory urging people to avoid e-cigarettes and other vaping devices. The CDC states there has been an outbreak of severe lung disease related to vaping resulting in severe illness and death in the US. The American Academy of Pediatrics joins the CDC in its efforts to get the word out and reminds parents that e-cigarette use is never safe for youth or young adults.

We don’t have time to wait for lawmakers and public health officials to regulate or investigate e-cigarettes. Kids will continue getting injured. They will continue to die as a result of vaping. 

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