Gathered from the Hays County Sheriff's Office:  "We have set up an email account for use by the public to volunteer equipment and volunteer service organizations: hayscoflood@co.hays.tx.us If you have equipment that you would like to offer for use during the clean up the flood areas, send an email ...

  Staff report According to a press release Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot has added 24 counties, including Hays County, to a disaster declaration first issued on May 11. The move will authorize further mobilization of state resources to assist impacted areas.  It comes as severe weather continues ac...

  Staff report Due to the risk of additional flash flooding along with the dangers posed by existing conditions following this weekend's flood event, officials from Hays County, San Marcos and Wimberley will institute a public safety curfew starting at 9 p.m. Sunday until 7 a.m. Monday, May 25.  Acc...

Heavy rains sweeping across the area Saturday evening have forced the closure of several roads across Hays County. Here's a list of roads that are currently closed. Hays County is currently under a Flash Flood Warning until 11:15 p.m. and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10 p.m.  For an updated l...

By Kim Hilsenbeck A proposed interlocal agreement between the city of Kyle, Hays County and Mountain City would broker a deal between the three entities, but it has some area residents up in arms. Mountain City residents who attended their tiny town’s city council meeting Monday evening told the cou...

By Ashley Sava   Expansion of the boundaries of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to cover a section of unprotected groundwater in Hays County is one step closer to becoming law, according to a statement from Texas State Representative Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs, District...

By Moses Leos III An interlocal agreement that requires a swap of extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) between Kyle and Mountain City could vastly change the landscape of the Hays County water wars. On Tuesday, Kyle City Council voted 7-0 to move forward with negotiations and execution of an agreemen...

By Ashley Sava Hays County residents started seeing their annual notice of home appraisals in the mail this week. The Hays Central Appraisal District started sending out the notices — more than 76,000 of them — on May 1. And some homeowners aren’t happy about what they read in those letters. Yvonne ...

  Staff Report Union Pacific Railroad Police are investigating the death of a man who was struck by a train in San Marcos Friday. According to a City of San Marcos press release, the incident happened on the railroad tracks near Wonder World Drive at around 3:30 p.m. Police have not released the ide...

By Moses Leos III   Planning for future growth – and avoiding some of the pitfalls Austin faced over the past two decades – were just two reasons for the recent FM 150 West Character Plan project meeting. Nearly 200 Hays County residents came in and out of Thurman’s Mansion in Driftwood Wednesday ev...