The continued practice of outsourcing Hays County inmates to nearby counties will continue even as the county so far has spent $1.5 million this year alone. Approved by the Hays County Commissioners Court on Aug. 6 in a 4-0 vote, a new agreement will now outsource prisoners to neighboring Travis Cou...

Silver and gold will be replaced with reflective orange in Buda this holiday season. Interference caused by impending construction on Main Street forced Buda city leaders Tuesday to pull the plug on Budafest celebration for 2019. That move was made via a 4-1 decision from the Buda City Council with ...

From the moment he purchased 53 acres of property in Blanco County two years ago, Matt Walsh knew that’s where he wanted to build his dream home. Those dreams quickly turned into a nightmare when Walsh fought Kinder Morgan’s attempt to carve part of its 420-mile Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) throug...

While many DSISD students are enjoying the last weeks of summer break, members of the Dripping Springs High Marching Band are hard at work preparing for the 2019 season. Above, several Dripping Springs High band members go through the process of learning new drills Aug. 1.

While a property tax hike has not been proposed, Hays County’s top elected official warned that residents could still be paying higher taxes due to rising appraisal values. Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra issued that caution July 30 during the first draft of the county’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget...

A heated debate over email privacy and access to other city officials’ accounts led to the discovery that Wimberley Mayor Susan Jaggers occasionally monitors city staff emails without their knowledge. On Aug. 1, Jaggers explained she wished to have access to Mayor Pro Tem Rebecca Minnick’s city emai...

R ay gets no argument from me about how serious drug addiction is, or about its near-epidemic proportions in the U.S. The reasons for rampant drug use are less clear to me, however. Remembering that making unproven statements about cause will earn one an automatic ‘F’ in any statistics class, I tend...

While major county elections are still more than a year away, two incumbents are planning to toss their hats into the ring. Hays County Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe and Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler both announced recently they plan to seek reelection to their positions. So far, the duo are...

A trio of city council incumbents have thrown their hats into the ring as they seek reelection bids this November. With the Aug. 19 candidate filing deadline fast approaching, no one has challenged Buda City council member Lee Urbanovsky, or Kyle City Council Mayor Pro Tem Dex Ellison and Kyle counc...

Two lawsuits filed by six groups aim to halt the completion of the Oak Hill Parkway project, a proposed $550 million expansion of the “Y” just outside of Austin.   Initiated by water watchdog group Save Our Springs (SOS) Alliance, the first lawsuit, filed July 29, alleges expansion of the U.S. 290 a...