By Sahar Chmais Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is the first to receive FDA approval for individuals ages 16 and older, according to the FDA. Pfizer’s vaccine will be marketed under the name Comirnaty. The FDA gave its approval only to Comirnaty for certain age groups, but the vaccine will still ...

By Brittany Anderson Correction: Council Member Ashlee Bradshaw was the only dissenting vote to the event's cancellation, not Council Member Yvonne Flores-Cale.   Kyle's Pie in the Sky Hot Air Balloon Festival will not take place this year. "COVID-19 has impacted nearly every piece of event planning...

By Brittany Anderson After Hays County judge Ruben Becerra’s controversial mask mandate last week, Dripping Springs ISD (DSISD) school board members met in front of a full house for an emergency meeting on Aug. 16 to discuss how the district will move forward in response to the mandate. Parents and ...

By Brittany Anderson Wearing blue shirts in solidarity, parents and students showed up to a special meeting of the Hays CISD school board on Aug. 12 to share their thoughts on the board’s COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming school year. After Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright sent out COVID response up...

Provided by DSISD As we prepare for the start of the year, Dripping Springs ISD has been evaluating and adapting our school health protocols to the fluid situation. While we once were hopeful that the pandemic would be behind us by the start of school, COVID cases continue to be reported in our coun...

Staff Report Hays County Courthouse, San Marcos, TX – Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) reports two (2) COVID-related fatalities, a Dripping Springs woman in her 80s, and a San Marcos woman in her 40s. This report covers August 7-9, 2021. HCLHD also reports 317 new lab-confirmed cases alon...

By Sahar Chmais Inside Orchard Park, music resonates on Tuesdays as the community’s residents gather to sing along to the piano; on those days, the senior residents had their spirits heightened. A broken piano and COVID-19 deprived them of these joys, but with a recent acquisition of a new piano, th...

By Sahar Chmais   Hays CISD released its COVID-19 guidelines for the upcoming school year shortly before the new CDC guidelines came out, which recommend vaccinated people should also wear masks indoors. The Texas State Teachers Association asked Governor Greg Abbott to reverse his executive order, ...

By Sahar Chmais As of Aug. 2, 14 Intensive Care Unit beds remain available in the Trauma Service Area (TSA) O, which serves Hays County, Travis County and other counties. The number of available ICU beds reached seven availabilities on July 31 and has gone up to 14 available beds –but the number of ...

By Sahar Chmais   State representatives are urging Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath, to provide more options for schools and students for COVID-19 safety measures.   So far, 32 state representatives have signed Rep. Vikki Goodwin’s letter to the governor and...