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Your hometown newspaper named ‘Best Newspaper in South Texas’
Buda, Community, Dripping Springs, Hays County, Kyle, News, San Marcos, Wimberley
Staff Report, on August 12, 2020
Your hometown newspaper named ‘Best Newspaper in South Texas’

Staff Report

The staff of the Hays Free Press once again has brought home the gold.

The newspaper was named the Best Newspaper for its size in all of south and west Texas by the South Texas Press Association Aug. 7 for 2019.

Hays Free Press staffers celebrate the good news in a Zoom meeting. Left to right, top to bottom are: Cyndy Slovak-Barton and Arlene Monroe behind her, Tracy Mack, David White, Sahar Chmais, Jane Kirkham, Verna Womack, Exsar Arguello, Megan Wehring, Anita Miller and Moses Leos...
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