SAN MARCOS — The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter will be retiring as the county’s intake facility at the end of 2026, with the hope that the county’s new pet resource center will take over the responsibility. At it's Aug. 20 meeting, San Marcos City Council approved an interlocal agreement to pro...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — On Friday, June 28, the city of Dripping Springs and the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Development Services Building. In May, the Planning and Building departments relocated to a new building, which is the former Pedernales Electri...

By Megan Wehring   DRIPPING SPRINGS — The temporary development moratorium related to wastewater availability in Dripping Springs expired on Sunday, Sept. 18. A temporary moratorium on development was enacted on Nov. 18, 2021 and was extended in February 2022 to May 21, 2022. In May, the moratorium ...

The city of Dripping Springs officially accepted its award as a Platinum Scenic City during the Texas Municipal League’s Annual Conference, held last week in San Antonio. The platinum award is the highest recognition through the Scenic City Certification Program, a program of Scenic Texas and its 17...

The May 4 flood that swept through Dripping Springs caused immense damage to local businesses and infrastructure, pushing city officials to take action.  On May 14, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Todd Purcell to reduce or waive building permit fee...

A 33-acre parcel of land in Austin’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) will now fall within Dripping Springs’ purview per an interlocal agreement.  The agreement, approved by the Dripping Springs City Council Jan. 15, came at the discretion of the landowners who, according to city officials, wishe...

An approval by Dripping Springs city leaders to de-annex seven acres of land near the Belterra development off of west Highway 290 could lead to a future multifamily development. The decision to approve the de-annexation came after the Dripping Springs City Council realized the land was not going to...

After months of grueling deliberation and closed-door settlements, the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) is recommending to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)   approval of the city of Dripping Springs wastewater permit. The wastewater discharge permit would authorize ...

After months of culling nominations and receiving input from you, our readers, we at the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch are proud to announce our winners for our Citizens of the Year campaign. The premise of our campaign was to find those who make an impact across various categories in our commun...

Your vote counts, but your words count even more. The Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch have received nominations of more than 60 people in the Buda, Dripping Springs and Kyle areas that have gone above and beyond to benefit the institutions they care about most. We are asking for input from our rea...