By Amira Van Leeuwen HAYS COUNTY — The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) could declare a Stage 3 Critical Drought if drought conditions continue to worsen, but BSEACD remains optimistic.   According to the district’s principal hydrogeologist, Brian Smith, BSEACD expects m...

A better way of gauging public opinion or the intrusion of Big Brother? Members of the Buda City Council are grappling with that question in the wake of a presentation last week on Zencity, an Artificial Intelligence-driven platform that cities can use to gather and analyze data across social media,...

Three-quarters of the way through the calendar year, Hays County municipalities saw a wide disparity in monthly sales tax allocations from the Texas Comptroller’s Office. All of the county’s 10 taxing municipalities showed an increase over the allocation issued in October 2018; and nine of them are ...

April 2020 is the timeframe Buda officials aim for the majority of improvements at Buda City Park to be completed. In the interim, Buda city staff is working with the Barr Company, the group contracted for improvements at the park, to “expedite their calendar” in order to have the park ready by next...

Board releases employees from contracts due to ‘hostile environment’   Three of four employees of the Buda Economic Development Corporation (EDC) will be gone by May, and it’s through no fault of their own. The Buda EDC Board of Directors released Ann Miller, EDC Executive Director, from her contrac...

By Moses Leos III Impending construction at Buda City Park is pushing organizers of the annual wiener dog races to seek a change of venue. According to the Buda Lions Club website, the 22nd annual Buda Country Fair and Wiener Dog Races is slated to be held April 27-28 on property north of Buck’s Bac...

An Austin-based company claimed the winning bid earlier this month for construction and renovations to Buda City Park, a crucial step that paves the way for the city’s most ambitious parks project to date.  On Dec. 4, the Buda City Council approved an agreement between The Barr Company and the city ...

A longtime fixture on Buda’s city staff is planning to depart for the private sector.  Buda Assistant City Manager of Community Development Chance Sparks, who has worked with the city of Buda for eight years, announced earlier this month he is leaving to work with a “nationally recognized planning a...

Buda city officials announced a site plan for a pilot well for its Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) system in an effort to relieve drought pressures and ever increasing costs for water. The site, located near an existing well at Talley Loop and Cullen Blvd in the Garlic Creek subdivision, will be ...

A highly anticipated splash pad on the east side of Buda is in the early stages of construction and set to open later this summer. This will be the first public water amenity Buda has provided, with another planned to open in 2019 for City Park. The city does not currently have a public swimming poo...