New flood map plan available This week, officials will approve a new flood map plan for Hays County. Get information online at HaysNewsDispatch.com or in next week’s edition of the News-Dispatch . Information was not available as of press time. LBJ’s Boot Scootin’ Birthday Fiesta The Hays County Dem...

A pair of Dripping Springs boy scouts received the organizations highest honor earlier this month after they earned their Eagle Scout designation for their service projects. Joseph Kadlecek and Cameron Adkins, who both graduated from Dripping Springs High in June, were awarded the Eagle Scout rank d...

fter more than a decade, Dripping Springs ISD this week officially opened two brand new schools to students.   On Wednesday, the district opened its doors to Sycamore Springs Elementary and Middle Schools, which are both situated at the same location.  The combined campuses are expected to welcome a...

alking in front of a large group of people isn’t a big deal for Dripping Springs resident John Letlow. With a deep voice and a confident tone, Letlow isn’t one to shy away when he’s asked to make a presentation, or in this case, conduct an interview. But Letlow understands that’s not the case for ma...

e t us consider a variety of topics today, starting with news from Glacier National Park. I visited this Montana park several years ago and enjoyed looking out on the massive sheets of ice which give the park its name.   Unfortunately, climate change is transforming Glacier.   When I was there, the ...

he ping of an electronic metronome is music to the ears of Buda native Keith Lancaster. From the moment he became drum major at Hays High years ago, a life in music education was Lancaster’s calling.  Roughly 30 years, several stops and a UIL state marching championship later, Lancaster, who is the ...

Reductions in state funding, along with less-than-expected appraisal values, are expected to have Hays CISD officials seeing red for the second time in as many years. Board trustees are looking at adopting a $3.4 million deficit budget when they vote on the Fiscal Year 2018 budget Aug. 31, said Ann ...

Below grade state accountability ratings for two Hays CISD campuses is forcing district officials to start the planning process on how to improve them. Science Hall and Hemphill elementary schools were both listed as “Improvement Required,” according to the 2017 Texas Education Agency accountability...

Wearing a welder’s mask, Buda resident Balen Handrick looks skyward toward the sun to get a view of the eclipse. (photo by Moses Leos III) Over 1,000 people took to the Buda Public Library Monday to get a view of the Great American Eclipse, which was the first total eclipse to be seen coast-to-coast...

he future of foster care in Texas has been teetering towards the brink of a full- blown crisis. Overworked caseworkers, children sleeping in Child Protective Services (CPS) offices due to a shortage of foster beds and abuses within the system are just a few of the major issues concerning child welfa...