By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS -- Starting Sept. 13, Dripping Springs ISD (DSISD) will host two free drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites for the community. DSISD will offer testing at the former Walnut Springs Elementary campus (300 Sportsplex Drive) and Sycamore Springs Middle School (14451 Sawyer...

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By Anita Miller HAYS COUNTY – The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 47 Hays County residents as of Aug. 31, and 18 of those deaths occurred during the month of August. Hays County’s total number of infections rose by 503 last month, from 4,893 on Aug. 3 to 5,396, and the number of recoverie...

By Anita Miller The Hays County Commissioners Court covered a lot of ground in its weekly COVID-19 update. Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Villalobos gave a rundown on ongoing testing, including plans to open a location on Hwy. 123 east of Interstate 35 in San Marcos as well as one in Dripping...

Hays County has been following CDC guidelines on who gets tested for COVID-19 – basically, health care providers, people in high-risk groups with symptoms and first responders. As of Tuesday, May 5, results of 1961 tests had been reported to the County Health Department and of that, 183 were positiv...

Hays County residents who are uninsured and/or indigent are now able to access free testing for the COVID-19 virus if they are displaying symptoms. Tammy Crumley, director of Countywide Operations, told the Commissioners Court on Tuesday that testing would begin April 29 at the WIC office adjacent t...

Testing for the COVID-19 virus – what tests should be used and who should get them – returned to the forefront of discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Hays County Commissioners Court. But commissioners and County Judge Ruben Becerra also widened the discussion to include how and when the county’s ...