High costs associated with an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) pilot study, along with wanting to monitor legislation, led to Buda city leaders’ inaction on an agenda item on the topic Tuesday, said Buda Mayor Todd Ruge. The decision to table the item came after the Buda City Council received a pr...

The city of Buda is planning to take the next step in attempting to provide services for the 65-year-old and over population. On March 21, the Buda City Council is expected to take up results from the city’s aging survey and focus groups, which were conducted in January. Buda Human Resources Manager...

Staff Report Two people were killed, one a recent Buda resident, and four children were injured following a head-on collision along U.S. 290 in Oak Hill Thursday. Robbi Lynn Sluder, 58, of Austin, formerly of Buda, and Brian Tobias Suddath, 49, of Austin, were identified as the victims in the accide...

UPDATE – 4:31 March 2  According to a Buda press release, health officials could not determine if the bat had rabies. However, in those situations, the state treats it as a positive rabies case. EARLIER  The city of Buda has issued a rabies alert after a dead bat was found on the ground in the 100 b...

A current member of the Budafest committee apologized to the Buda City Council earlier this month for not coming forth with answers to questions regarding the event’s cancellation in 2016. Bert Bronaugh, Budafest committee member, spoke on his own behalf and not on behalf of the committee Feb. 17 an...

The creation of an additional Travis County emergency service district that will serve the outer portions of Buda’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) got the green light from city council the Feb. 7. The agenda item for ESD 15 originally was presented to council members at the Jan. 17 meeting. The...

The design for a 115,000 square foot, $34 million elementary school that’s part of a $189 million propostion in the Hays CISD bond was forwarded by board trustees Monday. By a 6-1 vote, trustees approved design documents for Elementary School (ES) 14, to be located on High Road in the eastern part o...

Hays CISD Board of Trustees Monday approved a targeted improvement plan that’s meant to help address areas of low performance. After a report showed bilingual/ESL and special education students were scoring lower on standardized tests than their peers, the district began drafting a TIP to better ser...

Buda city leaders earlier this month expressed anxieties over a staff report on the possibility of adopting a tax freeze for senior citizens. The study was performed in response to an agenda item request from council member George Haehn. Finance Director June Ellis relayed the pros and cons associat...

etting a chicken fried steak during the lunch hour at his favorite Kyle area restaurant is the norm for San Marcos resident Jesse Gomez.  On Thursday, however, Garza was surprised to discover the unfamiliar scene of no cars in the drive-thru or the parking lot. Such was the scene at several area bus...