Nine days after the catastrophic flooding on Memorial Day Weekend five years ago, the issue was raised in the Hays County Commissioners Court — can we dam the Blanco River? It had been talked about for years, Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe said in 2015, when the death and destruction t...

Towering cypress trees that had stood sentinel along the Blanco River in Wimberley for centuries were no match for the 40-foot or greater wall of water that transformed the stream into a torrent of death and destruction on Memorial Day Weekend of 2015. But the water took out more than trees. A bridg...

It’s been nearly five years now since the night many in Hays County will never forget. After a rainy beginning to May 2015, an estimated 13 inches or so fell near the headwaters of the Blanco River on May 23, pushing it to levels no one had ever seen before – and when the wall of water some 40 feet ...

A comprehensive project that aims to remove over 61,000 square yards of debris left over from the devastating Memorial Day 2015 flood received approval by Hays County Commissioners last week. While there is no cost estimate for the project at this time, the program is on a bid per site model that pa...

By Paige Lambert Months after two floods left a path of destruction in parts of Hays County, officials on May 2 officially released an after action report chronicling the events.  Hays County’s report documents what happened during the Memorial Day and Halloween Floods, how the county reacted to the...

By Samantha Smith Ten months after the 2015 Memorial Day flood that devastated parts of Hays County, officials still have not issued an After Action Report meant to show leaders where additional resources or funding needs to be applied.  Hays County Communications Manager Laureen Chernow said the de...