By Camelia Juarez As more events and schools shut down to follow social distancing and prevention protocols, the most vulnerable group, the elderly, are living in close quarters in assisted living centers around Hays County.   CDC image. “Given their congregate nature and residents served (e.g., old...

From the Texas Medical Association As physicians, other medical experts, and the public learn more about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19, scientists are learning more about the similarities – and differences – between COVID-19 and influenza. Both viruses cause respiratory disease, yet the Wo...

By Anita Miller Restrictions on visitors, promotion of “virtual care” and more are among preparations Ascension Seton Medical Center Hays is taking ahead of the likely appearance of the COVID-19 virus in Hays County. CDC image. According to Danielle Hall, public relations manager for Ascension Texas...

SAN MARCOS – Texas State University will extend spring break for students by one week and move courses to remote delivery through April 12 in response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Texas State President Denise Trauth announced the measures March 12. The move will enable the university to enact ...

Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) will send Buda home-school student Nyah Gray, Hays High School student Jesus Jimenez, San Marcos Academy student Catarina Vazquez and Wimberley High School student Luthary Segura to Washington, D.C., as part of the 2020 Youth Tour. They’ll join 1,500 additional ...

Dripping Springs High School junior Jackson Kaiser 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 leas...

For the first time, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists have confirmed the disease white-nose syndrome (WNS) in a Texas bat. Up until this point, while the fungus that causes the disease was previously detected in Texas in 2017, there were no signs of the disease it can cause. WNS ...

Special activities were planned across Dripping Springs ISD elementary schools last week as students participated in “Read Across America" activities, both in classrooms and in the district’s Centers for Learning & Innovation.

The Hays Free Press asked its audience its opinions about the Coronavirus. Out of 110 participants, this is what they had to say: This is a media driven scare tactic. It’s so out of hand. The reporting is only driven to encourage fear so people will keep watching the news. As someone that has been i...

By Chase Rogers Super Tuesday is now in the past, but a number of races are still to be decided. Here’s a rundown: Texas State Representative, District 45 The Republican primary for State Representative District 45 will go to a runoff between Carrie Isaac, who gained 46.89 percent of the vote, and K...