After 42 years of public service, Chief Appraiser David Valle of the Hays Central Appraisal District (CAD) will be retiring effective at the end of July. Valle sent in his letter of retirement to the board of directors on May 17. The board appointed Deputy Chief Appraiser Laura Raven as the interim ...

Kyle pedestrian killed in San Marcos hit-and-run San Marcos Police, fire and EMS officials responded to an auto-pedestrian incident Friday, June 15 at approximately 7:15 p.m. at the intersection of Riverside at the west IH 35 access road in San Marcos. Upon arrival, officers found that a 48-year-old...

Almost 200 Hays County residents crammed into the Wimberley Community Center Monday to hear the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District’s (BSEACD) recommendation on a 2.5 million gallon per day pumping permit by Electro Purification (EP). BSEACD general manager and staff recommended a p...

A female motorcyclist from Dayton, Texas, was the victim of a fatal motorcycle accident which took place June 8 on U.S. 290, one mile east of Dripping Springs. Driver Debra Lee Robinson, 59, was killed when a group of deer crossed the roadway in front of her motorcycle, according to a report from th...

On May 7, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 4, which disallowed cities to designate themselves as sanctuary cities, and forced the local entities to cooperate with immigration authorities. The forum’s main intent was to educate the public on how to protect immigrants and the lim...

The Wimberley Valley is the newest member of the exclusive club of only three Texas Dark Skies Communities. The area, which encompasses the cities of Woodcreek and Wimberley, was officially designated   the third International Dark Sky Community in Texas on June 11 by the The International Dark-Sky ...

A mobile food vendor court received approval to allow the operation of seven different food trucks on the property at 1005 West Highway 290 in Dripping Springs. The decision was a victory for mobile food vendors in a city which has historically not been easy with its regulations regarding the food t...

Roughly 30 years ago, Buda resident Veronica Sosa watched as her father pushed his body and soul to the limit in what she felt was a “crazy race.” Her dad was one of a handful of people who competed in the Texas Water Safari canoe race. An event deemed as one of the world’s toughest boat competition...

Thanks to a federally-subsidized lunch program run out of select Hays CISD campuses, any child under the age of 18 is eligible for free breakfast and lunch all summer long. Last week marked the first day of the district’s free summer breakfast and lunch program. At six schools, anyone under the age ...

The future of track and field is bright in Hays County, and a part of that success will come thanks to the efforts of the Buda Bolts. To trace the history of the Buda Bolts, one must go back to 1987. The team was founded by Phil Ardrey, a physical education teacher at Hays High School and Buda Eleme...