The Inspired Minds Art Center, which opened last weekend at 121 Main Street in Buda, features classes for youth and adults in a variety of media including ceramics, wood burning, photography and stained glass. The venue will also host locally-based galleries and local theatrical productions. For mor...

By Anita Miller A lawsuit alleging Kinder Morgan has violated the Endangered Species Act with its approach to building a natural gas pipeline through the heart of the Texas Hill Country just got another plaintiff. The Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously on Tuesday to join the suit, whi...

Hays CISD Trustee Teresa Tobias announced Wednesday that she will not seek re-election for a third term as the representative on the Hays CISD Board of Trustees for single-member-district 1. Teresa Tobias “After considering it thoroughly, I have decided to step back from the Board to allow me more t...

Kyle Police Department are reporting that an incident Saturday afternoon was peacefully resolved and an individual is in police custody. According to KPD Chief Jeff Barnett, at about 2:20 p.m., police responded to a burglary in progress in the 700 block of Fairway in the Plum Creek neighborhood. The...

On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Hays County Commissioners will consider joining as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and Kinder Morgan for violation of the Endangered Species Act.   “Hays County takes this matter seriously and intends to address it...

The Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP), the non-profit economic development organization supporting all the communities in Hays County and Caldwell County, including Buda, Dripping Springs, Kyle, Lockhart, Lulling, San Marcos and Wimberley is requesting community input to help guide the Greater S...

Staff Report As the 2020 primaries approach, Jennifer Anderson, Hays County Elections administrator, wants to make sure that persons applying for and casting a mail-in ballot understand there are several common errors that by law will cause your application or ballot to be rejected. “In every electi...

Staff reports The Pedernales Electric Coop (PEC) is now accepting nominations for its board of directors in districts 2, 3 and 4. Elections in districts 2 and 3 are for three-year terms. The person elected to district 4 will serve the unexpired two-year term of former director Jim Powers, who resign...

Submitted Report The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas is taking applications through Feb. 15 for floodplain easements through the Emergency Watershed Protection Floodplain Easement Program (EWPP-FPE). The program’s focus is to provide landowners with another option for fre...

In the race for Texas House District 45, incumbent Democrat Erin Zwiener raised more cash between July 1 and Dec. 31 of last year, though one of her Republican challengers, Carrie Isaac, has the most cash on hand as of the reporting deadline of Jan. 15. Also in the GOP primary race are Kent “Bud” Wy...