Founders Day Festival in Dripping Springs The three-day festival celebrates the 1850 founding of the Dripping Springs community. In downtown Dripping Springs from April 27-29. The Friday parade will start off the festivities followed by a carnival, cook-off competitions, arts and crafts vendors, and...

A former Dripping Springs Water Supply Corporation (DSWSC) general manager accused of stealing company property, vehicles and money was acquitted of criminal charges earlier this year. The decision, rendered by 428th District Judge Bill Henry, nearly ends seven years of vitriolic sparring between Do...

Software that allows the city of Dripping Springs to archive posts on its own social media pages was given the green light April 17. Archive Social, a program that allows entities to archive social media posts, even if those posts have been deleted, will allow Dripping Springs to monitor its six cit...

Bloody, bewildered and desperate for help was Dripping Springs High junior Ross Lincecum (right) who cradled a classmate while playing the role of a drunk driver in the school’s annual “Shattered Dreams” program held on campus April 20. The program, which involved a score of Dripping Springs High st...

Anxieties over the impact a proposed masterplanned development along FM 967 near Buda could have on neighbors and the Edwards Aquifer is steadily rising.  According to community organizers, the development, located in Dripping Springs’ extraterritorial jurisdiction, calls for 1,200 homes to be built...

Perhaps no other state offers the pleasant plethora of fascinating flowers and beautiful blooms as does Texas. And our Central Texas area is among the most blessed. If you have a hankering to see bluebonnets, Indian blankets, Indian paintbrushes and black-foot daisies, this is the place. More specif...

Artists Show A newly formed alliance of local artists and scupltors is hosting its inaugural show April 21-22 in Dripping Springs. The show will be held at the Studio: 13 sculpture garden on 1300 Creek Road. Artists participating in the alliance include Nina Mihm, Cammy Jones, and Irma Gross, a high...

More loan options to finance energy efficient commercial structural improvements could be in the works for Hays County. The PACE program is a commercial loan system that allows for local businesses to finance energy efficient and environmentally friendly improvements to buildings that businesses may...

Dripping Springs area voters will decide this May whether or not to implement a sales tax increase that officials believe could help an emergency service district (ESD) meet rapid growth.     The proposal, brought forward by the North Hays County Emergency Services District No. 1 (ESD 1), calls for ...

Dripping Springs slows down proposed drifting competition Liability and safety concerns led Dripping Springs city officials April 10 to pump the brakes on a proposal to bring a vehicle drifting competition to Dripping Springs Ranch Park (DSRP). The proposal, voted down by a 4-0 vote, came from Dripp...