Respect the Hill Country

Columns, Opinions

July 22, 2020

by Patrick Cox, Ph.D

The construction of the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) by the Kinder Morgan Corporation is a perilous and unprecedented threat to the Texas Hill Country. From the beginning of this project, Kinder Morgan demonstrated a thorough lack of concern and understanding of the ecological sensitivities, the hydrological uniqueness, and the sensitive nature of our region. And they have also underestimated the people who live here and care so deeply for this area.

The Trinity Edwards Spri...

Dripping Springs, Hays County, News, Wimberley

County calls for November 3 parks bond election

By Anita Miller Hays County voters will be asked to approve a $75 to $80 million bond election on Nov. 3. At the urging of the Parks and Open Space Ad...

August 19, 2020

News

Former co-publisher known for benevolence

From an early age, Joyce Roberson wasn’t afraid to open her heart and help out anyone and everyone she could. When her father passed away in he...

November 20, 2018

Hays County, News

County readies argument for EP party status

Hays County leaders will spend the next few weeks preparing written arguments to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) in their fight to ...

September 26, 2018

Hays County

Contested case called for controversial pump permit

Further discussion on a Houston-based firm’s request for nearly one billion gallons of Middle Trinity aquifer groundwater is heading into the co...

July 19, 2018

Columns

Is PEC heading down the wrong road again?

by Kathy Scanlon and Patrick Cox, Ph.D. Recent decisions by the PEC Board of Directors leading to the departure of CEO John Hewa have set off alarms a...

June 14, 2017

News briefs: April 8, 2015

PEC board president resigns Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) board president Patrick Cox will leave the organization effective June 20, according...

April 10, 2015

Breaking News, Hays County...

Hays County district clerk files petition to remove district attorney from office

By Staff Report

September 13, 2023

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated as of 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, to include additional information. According to Hays County court ...

Breaking News, Buda...

Man arrested for murder, evading arrest in Buda

By Staff Report BUDA

September 8, 2023

BUDA — A Kyle man was arrested and charged with murder and evading arrest with a vehicle in Buda. At approximately 12:05 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, th...

Buda, Education...

Hays CISD adopts new attendance policy

‘We don't see the kids as a number, but the way the state funds education, they see them as a number’

September 20, 2023

BUDA — Parents across Hays CISD are divided over the district’s new attendance policy, which states that a student could be unenrolled if they are abs...

Breaking News, Kyle...

Kyle Police Department arrests five people in human smuggling operation

By Staff Report KYLE

September 20, 2023

KYLE — Five people were arrested in a human smuggling case in Kyle. On Sunday, Sept. 17, the Kyle Police Department dispatch received a call at appro...

Buda, Hays County...

HCSO seeks public’s assistance in Buda homicide

By Staff Report

September 7, 2023

BUDA — At approximately 12:05 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office responded to Insta-Fuel Travel Center, 16649 IH-35 in Buda, ...

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