On Friday, March 7, the new Christian Brothers Automotive shop, located at 100 Canyonwood Drive in Dripping Springs, and the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting.

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Plans to bring a large store to the city of Dripping Springs are moving forward, as the Dripping Springs Board of Adjustments (BOA) and Dripping Springs City Council approved the necessary requests and amendments last week. At its March 4 meeting, the BOA unanimously approved a va...

SAN MARCOS — CHRISTUS Health celebrated the opening of its new urgent care in San Marcos Thursday, March 6. Located at 1430 North IH-35, Suite 106, the new clinic will “see everything from bumps and scrapes, to flu and cold and aches and sprains. You name it, we see it,” said Director of Clinical Op...

KYLE — When 7-year-old Grady Shanks visited a Little Free Library for the first time, he was completely enamored with what they meant — helping others. So much so, that he knew he wanted to build one himself. Grady, a Cub Scout in Pack 812, recalled the first time he visited a little library during ...

WIMBERLEY — For more than a decade, bike riders across the nation have participated in the annual Ride to Defeat ALS. Now, for the first time, the event is headed to the Texas Hill Country. The ride is hosted by the ALS Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support for those d...

KYLE — The city of Kyle is launching a new non-emergency request and notification system called Kyle 3-1-1, where residents can easily share their day-to-day concerns with officials from the city. According to Joshua Chronley, the assistant director for administrative services for the city of Kyle, ...

DRIFTWOOD — Growing up in Driftwood, Market Coordinator Madison Shipp is familiar with the struggle of not having convenient places nearby to shop. So, to combat this, she is starting the first Hays City Market Days, which will begin March 29. “[I] always wanted some place for locals to be able to s...

KYLE — Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright announced Monday, Feb. 24, the selection of Yvette Soliz as the principal who will open the district’s 17th elementary school — Ramage Elementary — that is set to welcome its first students in August. The board of trustees approved the hiring selection...

BUDA — At its March 4 meeting, Buda City Council approved its 2025 Local Legend Award recipient. This award will be presented at the fourth annual Buda’s Birthday Celebration, which will be held April 5. “Each year we have Buda City Council go and select who will be the Buda Local Legend that is hon...

BUDA — On Saturday, Feb. 22, the trailer belonging to the Buda Cub Scouts Pack 128 was discovered to be missing. Now, the pack is trying to rebuild. Buda Cub Scouts Pack 128 has existed for many years, with multiple generations of families going through the program. “Our Cub Scout pack has been arou...