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...

Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS — To give a home to a threatened family of birds, Boy Scout Alexander Seshan,15, donated a Chimney Swift Tower for the Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Seshan, a scout with Life Scout Troop 280, constructed the 12-foot tower for Chimney Swift (Chaetura Pelagica) birds, a sp...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS — Dripping Springs moved forward with a Transportation Master Plan, but not without hesitancy from residents. The city is experiencing significant growth, heightening the need for updated transportation infrastructure. Following a public hearing on Oct. 19, the Drip...

By Sahar Chmais State Representative Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) will continue to represent House District 45 after redistricting map lines were redrawn and approved by the State House. The House-approved plan places Wimberley and Dripping Springs in District 73, keeps Wimberley ISD students and Drip...

By Brittany Anderson Two new developments that will offer parkland, dining and mixed-use residential, office and retail space are being proposed for Dripping Springs. Dripping Springs City Council heard presentations for Village Grove and New Grove during its meeting on Oct. 5. Village Grove is prop...

STAFF REPORT   Their run-through banner promised a show Friday and the Johnson Jaguars more than delivered.   Success across every phase of the game was the cat’s meow for the Jaguars (5-0, 2-0) as they swept aside district rival Lehman 52-19.   A hard nosed second half tackle delivered by Johnson J...

By Sahar Chmais After nine years of deliberations and amendments, Dripping Springs approved a 2,231 residential development located northwest of downtown Dripping Springs. An original development agreement was adopted in 2012 for the Anarene/Double L subdivision, which sits on approximately 1,700 ac...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS – Dripping Springs approved a budget with $29 million in revenue. At its Sept. 21 meeting, the Dripping Springs City Council also approved no increase in the property tax rate, keeping the rate at $0.19 per $100 valuation. In the approved budget, the city is looking...

Staff Report UPDATE: Hays County corrected their press release, which originally stated that there would be an addition of a traffic signal. The upcoming work on US 290 at Martin Road in Dripping Springs does not include the addition of a traffic signal.  A revised quote from Pct. 4 Commission Walt ...

By Sahar Chmais In Hays CISD, where masks are not mandated, 2.6% of students and staff were infected with COVID three weeks into the school year. In Austin ISD, where masks are mandated, that number is 0.8%. Dripping Springs ISD, also without a mask mandate, has a similar statistic to HCISD, with 2....