By Sahar Chmais Just two weeks into the school year, Hays CISD has closed some classrooms due to the spread of COVID-19. On Aug. 27, District 4 Hays CISD Trustee Merideth Keller posted on Facebook notifying the community about classroom closures in the district, but did not specify which schools or ...

By Sahar Chmais   Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD students have walked into their second week of school and the districts are already seeing COVID-19 cases in the double digits.   Hays CISD has a total of 56 reported infections – 33 of which are staff and 23 students. The district releases COVID ...

By Sahar Chmais Five ICU beds remain available in Trauma Service Area O (TSA-O) as of Aug. 22; TSA-O serves 11 counties, including Hays and Travis counties. Not all ICU beds in the area are occupied by COVID-19 cases, but 262 of the 496 occupied ICU beds are coronavirus patients. Lack of ICU bed spa...

By Sahar Chmais The Dripping Springs ISD meeting got heated when a man took off his shirt and pants to prove a point about masks. James Akers anecdotally said he ran traffic lights, which almost killed somebody, then parked in a handicapped spot because all the other spots were full just to get to t...

By Sahar Chmais Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is the first to receive FDA approval for individuals ages 16 and older, according to the FDA. Pfizer’s vaccine will be marketed under the name Comirnaty. The FDA gave its approval only to Comirnaty for certain age groups, but the vaccine will still ...

By Erin Douglas and Joshua Fetcher This story is by the Texas Tribune.  The Texas Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for school districts to require people to wear masks in classrooms — at least for now. For cities, counties and school districts that have defied Gov. Greg Abbott by issuing mask ...

By Sahar Chmais Four ICU beds remain available in Trauma Service Area O (TSA-O); TSA-O serves 11 counties, including Hays and Travis counties. Not all ICU beds in the area are occupied by COVID-19 cases, but 247 of the 484 occupied ICU beds are coronavirus patients. Lack of ICU bed space not only af...

By Megan Wehring Populations under 50,000 will receive additional federal coronavirus relief assistance payments from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) beginning this week. Under ARPA, the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) provides emergency funding for eligible localities classified ...

Provided by DSISD As we prepare for the start of the year, Dripping Springs ISD has been evaluating and adapting our school health protocols to the fluid situation. While we once were hopeful that the pandemic would be behind us by the start of school, COVID cases continue to be reported in our coun...

Staff Report Hays County Courthouse, San Marcos, TX – Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports two (2) COVID-related fatalities, a Dripping Springs woman in her 80s, and a San Marcos woman in her 40s. This report covers August 7-9, 2021. HCLHD also reports 317 new lab-confirmed cases alon...