Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS - The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees held a special meeting on Wednesday, June 8, and approved $600,000 to be spent on safety and security improvements for the district. Details about the specific improvements were not publicly released given the security-sensit...

By Megan Wehring  DRIPPING SPRINGS – As the city of Dripping Springs continues to see more homes popping up on every block, the city is updating its Comprehensive Plan.  The Comprehensive Plan, Reimagine Dripping Springs Initiative, is a visioning process that will establish a guiding framework for ...

Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS -- Two new principals were named by the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees on Monday. Angela Frankhouser was named as the Dripping Springs Middle School principal and Kelly Miller was selected as the principal of Sycamore Springs Middle School. Angela Frankhouser (c...

Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS -- Following a successful soft opening on March 23, the Dripping Springs Farmers Market will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, March 30 at its new location, the Pound House Farmstead. Yesterday, the Farmers Market opened at its new location at the historic Po...

By Megan Wehring HAYS COUNTY— While Christmas Day is supposed to be warm, local cities are prepping now for frigid temperatures, following the mess left by Winter Storm Uri in February. Buda and Dripping Springs are working to keep lines open and preparing to open warming centers, if needed, “The ci...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS — After discovering two necessary policies were missing, the Dripping Springs ISD’s (DSISD) special education department will endure an audit. During the Dec. 13 meeting, the DSISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the new audit to be conducted by the Texas Ass...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS — To help the nonprofit recover from the negative impact of the pandemic, the city of Dripping Springs is investing American Rescue Plan Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CLFRF) in the Dr. Pound Farmstead. The city council approved a resolution on Nov. 16 to ...

Staff Report Dripping Springs has reached its wastewater capacity, among other issues, that caused the city to enact a temporary development moratorium. “The city’s responsibility is to protect how our community grows, and sometimes, that requires us to make  tough, but necessary decisions,” said Dr...

(All photos/maps courtesy of the city of Dripping Springs) By Megan Wehring  DRIPPING SPRINGS — Not all rezoning requests are moving forward in Dripping Springs.  With six items listed in the Nov. 9 consent agenda, the Dripping Springs Planning & Zoning Commission approved two rezoning requests for ...

Staff report A realignment project will close Martin Road at the intersection of US 290 for approximately eight months, according to TxDOT. The project will construct a minor realignment of Martin Road and create a dedicated right turn on westbound US 290. Traffic will be rerouted during the closure...