The fight over Kinder Morgan’s proposed 430-mile Permian Highway Pipeline has now reached Hays County’s courthouse. On Feb. 26, Hays County Commissioners approved by a unanimous 5-0 vote a resolution opposing the Permian Highway Pipeline, a $2 billion project that is expected to cut through Hays Cou...

A new bill in the Texas House could allow more than 600,000 Texas public university students to vote with their student identification cards, adding to the list of acceptable forms under Texas Law.  House Bill (HB) 1950, filed by Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood), would affect nearly 39,000 college st...

Roughly one wreck every 2.5 days since 2016 is the rate of vehicle incidents along U.S. Highway 290 in the Dripping Springs area, according to a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) report. The data, requested by the N ews-Dispatch , recorded vehicle wrecks from 2016 to the present on U.S. 290...

A new bill filed by State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) would bar new billboards on a number of scenic Hill Country roads. HB 1303, or the Hill Country Scenic Highway Bill, prohibits the placement of billboards along RM 1826, RM 150 and RM 967, located in the Northern and Western portion of the co...

Exacerbated sighs and furrowed brows were plentiful Feb. 7 as Wimberley city leaders sparred over reimbursement of a computer purchase made by Mayor Susan Jaggers. But what started as a discussion turned into an argumentative standoff between Jaggers, council members and city staff. At the center of...

A Hays County jury sentenced a Kyle man to 70 years in prison after he was convicted of impregnating a pre-teen girl in 2012. Jose Alejandro-Najarro, 55, was convicted based on a 2015 incident at his Kyle home. According to a press release, Alejandro-Najarro had been accused of having sexual interco...

On schedule and under budget is how officials described progress on the expansion of the Hays County Jail as they aim to complete the $54.5 million project by December. The Hays County Jail was reaching capacity last year when officials struck a deal with Caldwell County to house prisoners in the Ca...

No one was hurt Monday after an 18-wheeler jackknifed along FM 150 near the Onion Creek double crossings near Driftwood. An exact cause of the wreck is unknown at this time. However, the wreck forced officials to close the double crossings for more than nine hours as HazMat crews worked to clean up ...

Protecting landowners from a proposed 430-mile natural gas pipeline is the focus for Hays County officials as they seek to talk with Kinder Morgan about alternative routes for its proposed Permian Highway Pipeline. But the fight now involvesTexas law, which could grant Kinder Morgan eminent domain s...

For the first time in its history, Hays CISD’s student population is now more than 20,000 strong. That milestone was reached earlier this month; Hays CISD is now responsible for 20,073 students with more on the way. While one of the fastest growing districts in Texas is prepared for the influx of st...