Upcoming US 281 relief project puts Blanco family's home at risk

BLANCO, Texas (KXAN) – “I think we bought it in 78 or late, or early 79,” said Carla Ernst, referring to their Blanco homestead, sitting next to her husband Bill. 

Bill said they were the first family to move into their area nearly 50 years ago. It took them a while before they even had electricity. 

“The place had a lot of undergrowth,” Carla said. “We've cleared out and pulled down sticker vines and hauled rocks.”

“It was pretty much a forest,” Bill laughed. 

Years later...