Recent advances in technology is helping Hays County officials to better accommodate the process of appraising properties. Every three years, every parcel of property in Hays County is reviewed by the Hays County Appraisal District (CAD) to assess the value of a property. With around 95,000 properti...

A rodeo cowboy learned the hard way how a brahma bull handles business during a ride in the Bailey-Kay Hutson “Riding on a Dream” event held at Dripping Springs Ranch Park May 19. The annual bull ride is held to help Hutson, a Dripping Springs High alumna born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, fu...

Authorities have identified a body found in a wooded area near Dripping Springs May 14 as a man who had been reported missing earlier this month. According to a Hays County Sheriff's Office press release, authorities were dispatched to the 3400 block of McGregor Lane in Dripping Springs May 14 in re...

A Dripping Springs-area veteran claimed a landslide victory in the runoff for the Pct. 4 Justice of the Peace Republican primary Tuesday. John Burns defeated Robert Avera by capturing 66 percent of the 1,672 total votes cast, according to unofficial, final results. Results from Tuesday's election wi...

A recount in Dripping Springs ISD's (DSISD) $132 million bond referendum showed its initial approval will stand, according to results released earlier this week. DSISD's bond was initially approved in a slim 31 vote margin at the May 5 election, indicating a community heavily split on the bond’s int...

More than 60 percent of voters gave the green light May 5 to a sales tax increase that could help a Dripping Springs-area emergency service district (ESD) keep pace with growth. Of the 3,220 ballots cast, 1,987 voted in favor of raising ESD No. 1’s sales tax by .5 percent, with 1,233 voting against....

Submitted Report Dripping Springs High senior Seeley Haas (left) and sophomore Riley Wheaton won first place statewide for their grade division in the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation (TAPT) School Bus Safety Speech Contest. Haas also took the overall first-place award, recording the highe...

More than 60 percent of Wimberley ISD voters May 5 gave the green light to a $45.5 million bond package that includes construction of a new primary school campus. The referendum, which was approved with 67 percent of the 2,520 voters who took part in the election, also includes a $.065 ad valorem ta...

Wimberley Birding Society meeting Steven Fulton, manager of the Bamberger Ranch near Blanco, will be guest speaker at Wimberley Birding Society’s quarterly meeting, set for 10 a.m., Monday, May 21, in the Wimberley community center. Fulton has a biology degree and has work experience with Nature Con...

The discovery of an endangered bird on the site of a proposed Driftwood-area wedding venue could lead to a several-month postponement of the project. Residents of the Goldenwood, Radiance and Goldenwood West neighborhoods, which surround the site of the Mark Black Wedding Venue, submitted a formal c...