Property owners who disagree with the Stephens County Appraisal District’s appraisal of their property for local taxes or for any other action that adversely affects them may protest their property value to the appraisal district’s Appraisal Review Board (ARB).
Stephens County Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Agent Sumer Russell, in partnership with Breckenridge High School and sponsored by InterBank, provided a “Welcome to the Real World” program to Junior and Senior class students Monday, May 9.
The city of Breckenridge will see another increase in sales tax returns this month from the same period a year prior. These allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report tax monthly and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly filers.
Stephens County and the city of Breckenridge signed a disaster declaration Saturday, after the community was hit Friday evening by large hail produced by a severe thunderstorm.
Early voting began Monday in the runoff election for the March primaries. A runoff election is held for the Democratic and Republican candidates in which no single candidate earned more than 50% of the vote in the March 1 primary election.
Five Breckenridge Buckaroos competed in the UIL State Track and Field Meet in Austin last weekend, medaling in three out of four events and finishing in second place overall.
Breckenridge ISD will host a retirement celebration for multiple retiring district employees next week. The event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. next Wednesday, May 18 at the Administration Office, located at 208 N. Miller Street.
The Breckenridge Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) recently approved a 2022-2023 Economic Development Action Plan. This plan outlines the primary objectives set by the BEDC board and its staff to direct time utilization and allocation of resources to support such key priorities and effectively communicate the organization’s projected projects to the general public and community stakeholders.
Property owners may soon receive an appraisal notice from the Stephens County Appraisal District. The appraisal district mailed about 11,500 appraisal notices last Wednesday, May 4. City, county, school district and other local taxing units will use the appraisal district’s value to set your 2022 property taxes.
A Chapter 313 application from La Casa Wind, LLC, from NextEra Energy Resources, was approved by Breckenridge ISD last week during a special meeting. The application is related to a 150 MW wind energy farm being considered for the southeast portion of Stephens County.
