The filing period for school board candidates in Dripping Springs ISD begins Wednesday, Jan. 17, and continues through Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. DSISD’s seven Board members do not represent places; they are all “at-large” representatives. Trustees serve three-year terms. The current terms of trustees C...

Late last month, the West Travis County Public Utility Agency (PUA) completed the refinancing of $151.7 million of its Series 2013 Bonds.   The new Series 2017 bonds will have an effective interest rate of 3.51 percent. The new rate is lower than the 2013 Series bonds interest rate of 4.95 percent, ...

Dripping Springs OKs 700-home PID A new 189-acre Dripping Springs housing development   was approved this year, which will include additions to the city’s roadways and wastewater management capacity. On Nov. 14, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved the creation of the Heritage Publ...

In preparation for the next flood to hit the area, city of Buda officials are planning the installation of new technologies to inform drivers of rising water. On December 5, Buda City Council members approved purchasing a flood early warning system (FEW) from Water & Earth Technologies (WET), accord...

by Alexa Ura and Ryan Murphy of the  Texas Tribune After gaining almost 400,000 new residents in one year, Texas is now home to 28.3 million people. New estimates released Wednesday by the Census Bureau show Texas crossed that population threshold between July 2016 and July 2017 following years of s...

Five family pets were killed Christmas Day after a major fire at a home in the Spring Branch subdivision. However, Kyle Taylor, Kyle Fire Department chief, said crews were able to revive one animal back to life after arriving on scene. Crews were dispatched at 10:29 p.m. Dec. 25 to the 200 block of ...

Tensions were high at a public meeting in Driftwood Dec. 13 where developers of an unwelcome self-storage facility clashed with local residents. Hays County Pct. 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant and Pct. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones called a town hall meeting in order to address a few topics of interest th...

Hays County leaders gave support to placing the Ranch Road 12 and U.S. 290 intersection in Dripping Springs into a potential study that could one day lead to improvements. By a unanimous vote, Hays County Commissioners Dec. 5 approved a resolution supporting the submission of that intersection into ...

Turnover on the Buda and Kyle city council daises was prevalent this election season as five political newcomers claimed seats this November. But with acquiring a seat on the dais comes the prospect of learning what makes the machine that is civic government work. Buda Public Information Officer Dav...

Starting Dec. 20, the newly rebuilt Post Road Bridge will be officially open for traffic, roughly six months after a temporary replacement was removed to make way for the new construction. Work on the Post Road Bridge began following the 2015 Memorial Day floods. A temporary one-lane bridge made of ...