Hays County’s health department has been doing contact tracing since it found its first coronavirus-infected patient, and this method has helped the department hold down the spread of COVID-19 in several instances. “It has helped us to identify a couple of clusters that were linked back to people wh...

By Patrick Svitek The Texas Tribune Republican leaders in five Texas counties shared racist Facebook posts, some of which also floated conspiracy theories, leading Gov. Greg Abbott to call for two of them to resign. Abbott and other top Texas Republicans called for the resignation of the GOP chairs ...

State Rep. Erin Zwiener donated surgical face masks to community members in Buda, Kyle and Niederwald recently. She distributed them to senior living and rehabilitation centers, Hays CISD families and patrons at the Buda Farmers Market and Kyle Poco Loco. “For reopening Texas to succeed, we all must...

Uncertain times call for unusual solutions, and this summer, Dripping Springs thinks it is got one with the launching of Coyote Kids Nature Camp – in a crate. The initiative of the Dripping Springs Parks & Community Services Department, provides a virtual path to summer entertainment. Originally an ...

Hays County is blessed with natural spaces, from cool, clear swimming holes to stunning mountaintop vistas. Not all of them are open to the public, however, and county government is aiming to fix that and is seeking public comment on how to do so.   The county’s Parks and Open Space Advisory Commiss...

Against the backdrop of a fifth COVID-19 fatality, the Hays County Health Department laid out an aggressive bilingual outreach program to the Commissioners Court during its Tuesday meeting. Clinic Manager Margie Rodriguez ran down the latest numbers on testing for the coronavirus at various sites an...

A radioactive camera box swept away in a flash flood along the Pedernales River in Gillespie County over the weekend has been safely recovered. The lead box, which contained a camera and a “mobile darkroom,” is owned by Toronto-based Shawcor, a pipeline inspection company that is a contractor for Ki...

Six months ago, pre COVID-19, no one thought of wearing a face mask. Even as awareness of the coronavirus began to spread, wearing one was a subject of debate. But now, covering one’s face as a way of preventing the spread is simply a matter of course. The small piece of cloth has come a new, albeit...

Fireworks exploded over Tiger Stadium in Dripping Springs May 29 to celebrate the Class of 2020 as part of the Senior Sunset show. Like elsewhere, graduation ceremonies for Dripping Springs High School were delays by the COVID-19 pandemic.    

Black Lives Matter. Why is it that so many people cannot understand those three simple words?.   Black Lives Matter. More puzzling is how such a simple, innocuous phrase stirs up so much vitriolic, internal hatred in people. Black Lives Matter. Maybe even worse is how some attempt to rationalize the...