Residents are encouraged to engage in city council meetings and other town events in the Hays County area. Kyle  Saturday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec. 12 starting at 9 a.m. : Santa visits Kyle Wednesday, Dec. 2 : West Ranch to Market 150 Naming Committee meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 : Mayoral Run...

by Chase Rogers DRIPPING SPRINGS – Dripping Springs city council members unanimously voted to set the tax rate for the 2020-21 fiscal year on Sept. 8 at $0.19 per $100 of taxable valuation. The new rate, though it is the same that was approved last year by the council, is expected to produce an addi...

Staff Report The Dripping Springs City Council has cancelled the May 2 General Election as all candidates running were unopposed following the candidate filing period that ended on Feb. 14. Due to the candidates running uncontested, the city is not required by law to hold a municipal election. All t...

By Chase Rogers DRIPPING SPRINGS – The Dripping Springs City Council unanimously voted, 6-0, to appoint Laura Mueller city attorney during  the Jan. 21 regular meeting. Mueller is the first full-time attorney in the city’s history. She served as a contracted attorney with the city for several years ...

A dispute over the legitimacy of a city council candidate’s residency has led to a lawsuit filed by an incumbent Dripping Springs city leader. Incumbent Place 5 council member Travis Crow is suing opponent Geoffery Tahuahua for alleged violation of the Texas Election Code. Crow filed litigation on t...

More than 100 new residential lots might soon call Dripping Springs home after city leaders Tuesday approved the preliminary plat application for the Esperanza Subdivision, a controversial new development in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) Originally proposed in 2017, the project shif...

Two hours of public comment and deliberation Tuesday wasn’t enough to push Dripping Springs city leaders to make a decision on a controversial Driftwood wedding venue. Instead, the Dripping Springs City Council voted unanimously to postpone a vote on the Mark Black Wedding Venue until March 13. The ...

A 5-1 recommendation to approve a controversial Driftwood wedding venue was handed down by the Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission Jan. 23, but not without protest. More than 100 people packed into Dripping Springs City Hall for a public hearing on the site development permit, with many ...

Michael and Mark Black come from a family tradition of Texas barbecue from Lockhart to Austin. But with the purchase of a 64-acre plot of land in Dripping Springs, the brothers are looking to expand into the wedding business with a proposed venue that can accommodate up to 600 people. Those plans, h...

Protest signs dotted the landscape at Dripping Springs City Hall Jan. 9 as numerous residents opposed a site development permit to allow a storage facility to open near the Rim Rock subdivision. In adherence to state law that prohibits cities from denying permits for intended use, however, led city ...