In March, there was one family at H-E-B with two loaded shopping carts, and the family wasn’t hoarding. The King family was just getting enough to feed their 12 members. Nothing is a small undertaking for the King family of Dripping Springs. Managing time, they say, requires the use of a spreadsheet...

A Texas police union normally shy of the public eye took to social media to press the governor for help. The social media press conference on April 23 was set up to press Gov. Greg Abbott to ease rules allowing law enforcement personnel who contract the COVID-19 virus to receive workers compensation...

Hays County residents who are uninsured and/or indigent are now able to access free testing for the COVID-19 virus if they are displaying symptoms. Tammy Crumley, director of Countywide Operations, told the Commissioners Court on Tuesday that testing would begin April 29 at the WIC office adjacent t...

The full extent might not yet be known, but there’s no argument that the COVID-19 pandemic will complicate the November 2020 elections. The election in November will cover everything from the office of the President to municipal and school board elections postponed from the spring. Elections Adminis...

Kinder Morgan downplayed the impact of a decision by Hays County Commissioners to rescind permission to cross county roads. That decision was made in the wake of a construction accident March 28 that sent tens of thousands of gallons of drilling mud and drilling fluid into the Trinity Aquifer. More ...

A local utility provider has announced a donation of $10,000 to three Texas food banks across its service territory to provide community support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Aqua Texas is donating more than $3,300 to the Central Texas Food Bank (which includes Hays County Food Bank) along w...

There’s a special program to find childcare for children of essential workers at 1-877-223-0404 or rcachildcareservices@ruralcapital.net Looking for a job or need employees for your business? Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (which helps nine counties, including Hays) has ways for you to conne...

Dripping Springs High School senior John Mihaly has been selected as an Academic All-American by the National Speech and Debate Association. The Academic All-American award recognizes high school students who have earned the degree of Superior Distinction in debate (750 points); completed at least f...

Dripping Springs ISD announced 2019-20 Campus Teachers of the Year on April 15. They are: Annette Hambright (Sycamore Springs Elementary, Special Education), Dave Hammond (Dripping Springs Middle School, special education), Jordyn LaMirand (Sycamore Springs Middle School, Special Education), Michael...

Testing for the COVID-19 virus – what tests should be used and who should get them – returned to the forefront of discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Hays County Commissioners Court. But commissioners and County Judge Ruben Becerra also widened the discussion to include how and when the county’s ...