Little discussion took place as the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved a 5 percent increase in the city’s wastewater rates Oct. 9. The increase, voted on by a 5-0 vote, is scheduled to go into effect immediately, Ginger Faught, deputy city administrator said in an emailed response.  ...

An ordinance and several agreements allowing for a development to begin in the 189-acre Heritage subdivision passed a substantial hurdle Monday. The Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of a Planned Development District (PDD) ordinance, as well as an annexation and de...

Dripping Springs city leaders are moving forward toward the creation of two municipal utility districts (MUDs). Earlier this month, the Dripping Springs City Council approved a resolution consenting to the creation of the Driftwood 552 project, which is located near the FM 967 and FM 1826 intersecti...

Dripping Springs city leaders last week moved forward with the voluntary annexation of a 35-acre tract along U.S. Highway 290. On Jan. 17, the Dripping Springs City Council approved annexation of the Blue Blazes Development, which could potentially hold commercial pad sites and possibly a hotel. Mic...

By Moses Leos III Roughly a week after the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) formally opposed Dripping Springs’ proposed discharge permit, the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) Thursday followed suit. By a 4-1 vote, the HTGCD made a resolution opposin...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton At its next meeting, the Kyle city council will likely take up a discussion on hands free cell phones and texting while driving ordinances. Other cities around the county, along with Austin to the north, have implemented such ordinances to make drivers use hands-free cell phon...