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...

Newborn abandoned in bathroom, mother arrested for murder

By By: Natalie Frels natalie@haysfreepress.com

May 19, 2023

This story was updated as of 6:15 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2023 to add additional information. KYLE — A Kyle woman was arrested on Thursday for murder,...

Kyle, News

Kyle to host weekend-long fair

By By: Megan Navarro megan@haysfreepress.com

May 17, 2023

City aims to break world record for number of people with same name in same location KYLE — Those looking for a weekend full of barbecued ribs, margar...

Hays County, News

Hays CISD campus teachers recognized

May 17, 2023

HAYS COUNTY — Twenty-six educators were recently recognized as Campus Teachers of the Year in Hays CISD. On May 4 at Thistlewood Manor and Gardens in ...

Education, Hays County...

Hays CISD announces district teachers of the year

By By: Megan Navarro megan@haysfreepress.com

May 17, 2023

HAYS COUNTY — “I still can’t wrap my brain around it,” said Kimberlie Williams, a second-grade educator at Pfluger Elementary School. Teachers foster ...

Hays County, Main...

Former officer waives arraignment

By By: Natalie Frels natalie@haysfreepress.com, By: Brittany Kelley

May 24, 2023

HCSO corrections officer waives hearing for charge of deadly conduct in fatal shooting SAN MARCOS — Former Hays County corrections officer Isaiah Garc...

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