Final results (10: 12 p.m.) With all the district precinct's reported in Hays County, the Dripping Springs Independent School District's proposed  $132 million bond passed at the May 5 election. The bond came within one percent of not passing which would have marked a defeat in the school districts ...

Updated at 10:08 According to unofficial final results released by Hays County Saturday evening, more than 60 percent of voters in Emergency Service District 1 (ESD 1) cast a ballot in favor of a sales tax increase to help the entity cope with the area's growth. Of the 3,220 ballots cast, 1,987 vote...

An ongoing dispute continues over availability of well water for some residents of the Northridge subdivision in Dripping Springs. According to some residents in the subdivision, around five wells have gone dry, causing some to buy water tanks and water from a third party water supplier. Doug Cones,...

A proposed housing subdivision could bring new units near the edge of Dripping Springs’ western city limits. According to a presentation given at the April 24 Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the Big Sky Ranch subdivision would be built on the roughly 200 acres of land immedi...

Prior to a scheduled contested case hearing involving the city’s discharge permit, Dripping Springs city officials this month will hold a closed-door meeting with various entities in hopes of reaching a settlement. The meeting, to be held May 7 and mediated by a Texas Commission on Environmental Qua...

Buda' s new library and city hall building project is nearing completion, but delays in ordering and receiving furnishings for the facility have pushed its opening to the latter part of June.  The Municipal Facility, which will house the new library and city hall, is part of Proposition 1 of Buda’s ...

To accommodate a larger water meter going in at the new Moe and Gene Johnson High, the Buda city leaders approved a change to the base monthly charge for meters larger than eight inches. Johnson High will be using a 10-inch water meter once it is completed in 2019. Previously, the largest size of wa...

Main Street Sip & Stroll Visit historic downtown Buda on May 11 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. See advertisement on page 4C to see how you can save $5 on ticket price. Buda First Saturday Visit downtown Buda on the first Saturday of each month for dining, drinking, entertainment. Relay for Life Thousands of...

A candidate in the Texas 21 Congressional District runoff is calling for her opponent to resign from the Texas Association of Business board in lieu of a lawsuit challenging paid sick leave in Austin. Mary Wilson, who is running against Joseph Kopser in the CD-21 primary runoff, said in a statement ...

With the delivery of appraisal notices on the horizon, Hays County officials are expecting to receive a record-breaking number of protests as property values are rapidly on the rise. The assumption comes as preliminary figures show total new improvements in Hays County has added more than $981 milli...