Costco Wholesale is officially open in New Braunfels.

In case you missed it: Officials with the city of New Braunfels and Costco celebrated the store's May 15 opening at 235 Kohlenberg Road with a ribbon-cutting. Council member Michael Capizzi and Mayor Pro Tem Lawrence Spradley were in attendance, along with Mayor Neal Linnartz.

Linnartz said Costco was always “at the top of the list” for what people said they wanted in town.

“We’re glad to be able to keep these tax dollars here,” Linnartz said.

The 152,000-square-foot store sells a wide variety of grocery items, jewelry, appliances and more.

• 235 Kohlenberg Road, New Braunfels

A one-stop shop for quality cuts of meat is opening this summer in New Braunfels.

The update: Corral Prime Meat Market will be opening at 1836 Spur St. in the first or second week June. Aside from meats, the market will also sells grocery items and gas.

• 1836 Spur St., New Braunfels

A brewing company founded in 2010 has opened a tasting room in San Marcos featuring its signature Thirsty Goat beer. The business has opened up in the space formerly occupied by Aqua Brew.

The gist: Thirsty Planet Brewing Company, founded by Brian Smittle, opened its San Marcos tasting room in March after almost shutting its doors for good when its previous location on South Congress Avenue in Austin closed in 2023, said Louie Gonzales, distribution manager.

The company has had its beer contract brewed through Austin Beer Works since its near-closure. Strong community support and a desire to pick up in-house brewing led to the tasting room’s opening and return of brewing responsibilities to Thirsty Planet, Gonzales said.

Staying local: The tasting room features a beer garden theme, with a 10-tap draft system and televisions throughout the facility, Gonzales said. Customers can see the brewing process in the facility with free access to the kettles, fermentation tanks and 30-barrel brew house.

• 110 E. Martin Luther King Drive, San Marcos

After dozens of Texas primary races ended without a clear winner in March, candidates for those seats will face off in an overtime round, known as a runoff election, this month. Texans can vote early in the runoff election from May 18-22, with election day May 26.

How it works: State law requires that primary candidates receive more than 50% of the votes cast to advance to a general election.

In the May 26 runoff election, Republican and Democratic voters will choose who they want to represent them in statewide offices, legislative and Congressional seats, the State Board of Education and county-level positions. The winner of each runoff race will appear on the ballot in November.

On the ballot: The statewide Republican runoff races include:

• U.S. Senate: John Cornyn and Ken Paxton
• Texas attorney general: Mayes Middleton and Chip Roy
• Texas railroad commissioner: Jim Wright and Bo French

• Texas attorney general: Nathan Johnson and Joe Jaworski
• Texas lieutenant governor: Vikki Goodwin and Marcos Vélez