More than 2,000 Pedernales Electric Cooperative customers in the Buda area are without power due to an outage, according to the company's outage website. According to PEC's outage map, areas impacted by the outage are along RM 967, as well as areas near the intersection of RM 967 and FM 1626. Offici...

Townhomes and patio homes are coming to Buda after city leaders approved to rezone 17.38 acres for a new 150-plus unit development along Old Black Colony Road.  For city officials, passage of the rezoning by a 6-0 Jan. 15 Buda City Council vote was the result of numerous meetings with nearby neighbo...

Buda OKs lease with local VFW Giving area veterans a place to call their own was the first move Buda officials made toward finding a use for its former municipal facilities. By a 6-0 Jan. 15 vote, the Buda City Council approved a lease agreement with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 12161 to ...

New groundwater conservation technologies and the possibility of cities providing broadband internet are two legislative items Buda city leaders could seek to advocate in 2019.  On Jan. 16, the Buda City Council approved its list of legislative priorities. The city has partnered with Texas Solutions...

Months after being seized from a Buda-area home in late 2018, dozens of animals are still receiving treatment at the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter.     While shelter officials continue to deal with the fallout from the incident, they’ve also received assistance from the community at-large. When...

Hays County emergency officials are asking for residents to avoid the area of Emerald Green Trails and Moon Stone Trail in the Stonefield subdivision in Buda due to a residential gas leak. At this time, officials have not deemed it necessary to evacuate the area. However, fire personnel are in the a...

More than 20 Hays County roads and low water crossings have closed Tuesday due to high water as a result of steady, and at times heavy, rainfall, according to a press release. According to officials, FM 1626 at Cole Springs Road has closed due to water over the road. Several low water crossings alon...

Two area teens were arrested earlier this month after they allegedly drove by and threatened another teen at gunpoint Dec. 4 in the Hays High parking lot after school hours. Carlos Manuel Vences, 17, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail Dec. 4 on four counts of aggravated assault with a dea...

An Austin-based company claimed the winning bid earlier this month for construction and renovations to Buda City Park, a crucial step that paves the way for the city’s most ambitious parks project to date.  On Dec. 4, the Buda City Council approved an agreement between The Barr Company and the city ...

Heavy rainfall on Saturday night is leaving county officials to close a number of roads throughout Hays County. Below is the list of roads that are currently closed in Hays County. A full list can be found at atxfloods.com and haysinformed.com. At around 4 p.m. on Friday, December 7, the National We...