More than 100 new residential lots might soon call Dripping Springs home after city leaders Tuesday approved the preliminary plat application for the Esperanza Subdivision, a controversial new development in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) Originally proposed in 2017, the project shif...

DSISD officials are seeking volunteers to help judge Dripping Springs High senior portfolio presentations in April. Each spring graduating seniors at Dripping Springs High School make a portfolio presentation for assessment before a panel consisting of educators, community members, parents, and prof...

Emotional testimonies, accusations of assault and a conviction by jury were all part of a criminal court reenactment starring a handful of Dripping Springs High students Feb. 27. The reenactment, however, also served as a sobering reminder of the impact of dating violence, a problem plaguing all com...

After a grueling campaign with property owners and water conservation groups over its proposed permit, Dripping Springs can now expand its wastewater treatment plant.    On Wednesday, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Commissioners approved the city’s requested wastewater permit which...

How Dripping Springs ISD will approach secondary education over the next century is now at the community’s doorstep.  While a formal decision won’t be made for a few more years, Dripping Springs ISD Superintendent Bruce Gearing said residents will be on the clock to determine the number of high scho...

What started as a discussion on logistics of a new proposed subdivision in Dripping Springs turned into debate on an error in the public notice associated with the project. As a result, Dripping Springs officials inevitably postponed a decision on the subdivision until they place the new public noti...

A trio of environmental violations at the construction site of a controversial Driftwood-area wedding venue has neighbors worried about the integrity of the project. Those violations were issued by the city of Dripping Springs and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for the Mark Bla...

Every time Travis County area resident Jonathan McCabe passes by a fellow motorist in distress, habit guides him to pull over and help out in any way he can. That was the action McCabe took when he saw a vehicle that had rolled over in a ditch along Hamilton Pool Road near the Bee Cave area Feb. 6. ...

A new bill filed by State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) would bar new billboards on a number of scenic Hill Country roads. HB 1303, or the Hill Country Scenic Highway Bill, prohibits the placement of billboards along RM 1826, RM 150 and RM 967, located in the Northern and Western portion of the co...

DSISD students earn top honors at livestock showAt the annual Hays County Livestock Show, many DSISD students representing Dripping Springs FFA or 4H were successful. Projects of nine DSISD students received Grand Champion honors, while two others were Reserve Grand Champion. In addition, three stud...