By Christopher Green A recent study shows Hays County is one of the top counties in Texas when it comes to investment in its local economies. According to the study, conducted by SmartAsset, Hays County had a 13.8% increase in business growth, $724 million increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP...

Retired Texas Ranger GW Hildebrand gets a twinkle in his eye when he talks about Austin Community College’s new Hays Criminal Justice and Emergency Training facility in Kyle. A former state trooper, FBI profiler and Texas Ranger, Hildebrand now heads ACC’s Criminal Justice Department and gave a tour...

atigue started to set in for Hays High senior Kate Mondragon as she labored to carry a 180-pound dummy past a set of orange cones. Decked out in firefighter bunker gear, helmet and oxygen tank, Mondragon paused several times wanting to rest. But all around her, fellow students and instructors encour...

A 30-plus percent rise in the number of Hays CISD students enrolled in dual credit courses occurred between the 2015-2016 school years, officials said. However, several trustees believe adding more grade point weight to dual credit courses could not only boost students’ grade point averages (GPA), b...

As more jobs arrive in the fastest growing area in the nation, training and retaining talent are the next greatest challenges Hays County could face in the near future. Helping business and municipal leaders shape talent for tomorrow was a central point in the Greater San Marcos Partnership’s (GSMP)...

Phase 2 Project Manager Deborah Femat shows Kyle Chamber and Economic Development representative Tony Spano the new facilities. (photo by Cyndy Slovak-Barton) Austin Community College and local represenratives threw the “first dirt” Tuesday morning in the official groundbreaking at the Hays Campus. ...

By Moses Leos III With a burst of heat, newly hired Lehman High welding teacher Joe Henderson let the sparks fly as he perfected a technique learned during a workshop at Hays High last week. For Henderson and many other welding teachers across the area, the workshop, put on by Austin Community Colle...

By Andy Sevilla Cigarettes at Austin Community College campuses have been banned since 2012, but as the new year rolled in it’s lights out for all tobacco products at every college campus. In November, the Austin Community College (ACC) District Board of Trustees approved an expansion to its 2012 sm...