DRIPPING SPRINGS — The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees discussed, for the second time, the potential of a health course requirement for high school students to graduate. This comes weeks after the board decided to postpone any action on the item at its Oct. 23 meeting, following a recommendat...

DRIPPING SPRINGS – The city of Dripping Springs will now have a permanent recruitment incentive for employees. In February 2023, city council, upon city staff’s recommendation, approved implementing an Employee Referral Incentive pilot program. This was due to the challenges the city was facing to f...

Dripping Springs Helping Hands hosted the 26th Annual Empty Bowl Project on Sunday, Nov. 5. The event, which was held at Dripping Springs Ranch Park, is the largest fundraiser for the Helping Hands food pantry each year and 2023 raised a record amount of money. Pictured, hungry patrons have their bo...

HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Brown Santa program has started its annual drive for money, food and toys to assist families in need in Hays County. The program consists of volunteers from the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and members of the community — last year, more than 650 families were given assi...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Customers are greeted with the sweet smell of fresh cinnamon rolls and other pastries at 8 a.m. when Rolling in Thyme and Dough opens its doors. For nearly two decades, the bakery has served its customers with unique and flavorful goods. Rolling in Thyme and Dough, though now an ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Dripping Springs ISD received a superior rating for its financial accountability. At its Oct. 23 meeting, the DSISD Board of Trustees listened to a presentation by director of finance Joseph Riggs on how the district performed according to the Financial Integrity Rating System of ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — At its Oct. 23 meeting, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees decided to postpone any action on a requirement for a health course for high school students to graduate. The School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) meets throughout the year to assist the district in ensuring that ...

Three days of music at the Ninth Annual Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival featured more than 45 singer/songwriters and hundreds of music lovers who attended this year. Founded in 2014, Destination Dripping Springs acquired the festival in 2020 and since then, the production has grown bigger, dra...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — There will now be a total of seven members on the Dripping Springs Ranch Park (DSRP) Board of Directors. At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to expand the DSRP board membership from five members to seven members. “It will all...

Dripping Springs ISD partnered with the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce for Education Day for Leadership Dripping Springs last week. Participants toured campuses, learned about CTE, met student and district leaders, received a crash course in school finance and more.