After a grueling campaign with property owners and water conservation groups over its proposed permit, Dripping Springs can now expand its wastewater treatment plant.    On Wednesday, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Commissioners approved the city’s requested wastewater permit which...

How Dripping Springs ISD will approach secondary education over the next century is now at the community’s doorstep.  While a formal decision won’t be made for a few more years, Dripping Springs ISD Superintendent Bruce Gearing said residents will be on the clock to determine the number of high scho...

What started as a discussion on logistics of a new proposed subdivision in Dripping Springs turned into debate on an error in the public notice associated with the project. As a result, Dripping Springs officials inevitably postponed a decision on the subdivision until they place the new public noti...

A trio of environmental violations at the construction site of a controversial Driftwood-area wedding venue has neighbors worried about the integrity of the project. Those violations were issued by the city of Dripping Springs and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the Mark Bla...

Every time Travis County area resident Jonathan McCabe passes by a fellow motorist in distress, habit guides him to pull over and help out in any way he can. That was the action McCabe took when he saw a vehicle that had rolled over in a ditch along Hamilton Pool Road near the Bee Cave area Feb. 6. ...

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...

DSISD students earn top honors at livestock show At the annual Hays County Livestock Show, many DSISD students representing Dripping Springs FFA or 4H were successful. Projects of nine DSISD students received Grand Champion honors, while two others were Reserve Grand Champion. In addition, three stu...

In November 2011, Amberlyn Fett, 22, lost her lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis, but her legacy of caring and giving during the holiday season and the charity she created lives on. Numerous hospitalized children of all ages at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin this past Christmas received ...

UPDATE – 12:35 p.m. Jan. 9  Officials have reopened Trautwein Road to through traffic after clearing the overturned 18-wheeler. EARLIER  Authorities have closed Trautwein Road between U.S. Highway 290 and Fitzhugh Road in the Dripping Springs area Wednesday after an 18-wheeler went off a low-water c...

More than 20 Hays County roads and low water crossings have closed Tuesday due to high water as a result of steady, and at times heavy, rainfall, according to a press release. According to officials, FM 1626 at Cole Springs Road has closed due to water over the road. Several low water crossings alon...