By Sahar Chmais  DRIPPING SPRINGS — The city of Dripping Springs extended its virtual open house on its Transportation Master Plan until Dec. 15 after the original closing date was slated for today , but part of the open house was held over the Thanksgiving holidays.  So far, the city has received a...

By Sahar Chmais HAYS COUNTY – Mary Stone, 56-year-old retired nurse and therapist, felt she needed to do anything in her capability to help humanity come closer to a solution for COVID-19. She worked so many years watching people gasping for air in ICUs, and COVID-19 was only adding to that problem....

By Sahar Chmais  An active adult planned development is coming to the city of Buda, located on the corner of Main Street and Sequoyah Street on North Loop 4. Motion to approve the development on first reading passed unanimously. The Cantina Development proposes to build 76 small homes, up to 800 squ...

By Megan Wehring WIMBERLEY — Former Wimberley Mayor Steve Klepfer was appointed as the Chairperson of the Economic Support and Development Committee on Thursday, Dec. 4.  “He is a property owner on the square,” said Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Minnick. “He is willing to serve. He is well aware of the issu...

By Megan Wehring KYLE — Downtown Kyle is expecting a facelift in the near future. The Kyle City Council was presented with a preliminary landscape design plan for Mary Kyle Hartson City Square Park during its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 1.  The $93,700 design contract with Coleman & Associates was appr...

By Megan Wehring KYLE — Controversy struck when Rebel Drive was originally going to be renamed to Fajita Drive back in August because several Kyle residents were against the name. Now, the community questions whether West Ranch to Market 150 needs to be renamed at all. Kyle residents have now turned...

By Megan Wehring KYLE — Construction is inevitable as city populations continue to skyrocket. Several capital improvement program (CIP) and road projects in the city of Kyle are ongoing. Map of CIP/road projects. Photo courtesy of the city of Kyle. Lehman Road is in the project closeout phase. Burle...

By Sahar Chmais  Convalescent plasma has been used as a treatment for many infections, including coronaviruses such as SARS, and yielded positive results in healing patients. This method is being applied for COVID-19, but scientists are still unsure how effective it is for this virus.  What scientis...

Staff Report Economic development doesn’t happen in a vacuum -- especially during a pandemic. Instead, the job-creation announcements have continued, even during these times of unprecedented challenges to businesses, big and small. If you want to meet the people largely responsible, the Greater San ...

by Sahar Chmais  At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Hays County would send COVID-19 patients that need hospitalization to Austin or San Antonio to get the enhanced care they need; there has been some recent change to the protocol.  Hays County keeps COVID-19 patients in hospitals within its ...