The city of Kyle has the largest Hispanic residential rate in Hays County, at nearly 50 percent. On Friday, Oct. 1, Kyle will host a Dialogue for Peace and Progress event for National Hispanic Heritage Month, like past dialogue events hosted for Black History Month and Juneteenth. “In conjunction wi...

By Sahar Chmais The number of Hays County residents hospitalized with COVID-19 has been dropping since Monday, Sept. 13. Over the nine-day span, the number of hospitalizations has gone from 61 residents to 44 as of Wednesday, Sept. 22. A total of 356 COVID-related fatalities have occurred in Hays Co...

By Sahar Chmais KYLE – The Railhouse is coming back and bringing with it live music, bbq, family entertainment and late night outings. The establishment opens its doors on Thursday, Sept. 23. After owners announced permanent closure, citing COVID-19 and “other factors,” the Railhouse sat untouched f...

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...

By Sahar Chmais Buda City Council approved the city’s Fiscal Year 2021-22 budget with the tax rate set at $0.3423 per $100 of value, remaining the same as 2021’s rate. State law considers anything above the no new revenue rate to be a tax increase. Buda’s tax increase would be 9.26%, depending on th...

By Sahar Chmais  Kids 5 to 11 years old may soon be eligible for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine after trials showed 'favorable safety' and a 'robust antibody response', according to Pfizer .  The trial for this age group had 2,268 participants who received a lower two-dose regimen than those ages 12 and ...

By Sahar Chmais Two veterans service systems received a collective $400,000 to aid Hays County veterans. Hays County Veterans Office was funded with $100,000, and the Hays County Veterans Treatment Court received $300,000 through the Texas Veterans Commission (TVC). The TVC awarded $6.8 million gran...

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 Megan Wehring SAN MARCOS -- Texas State University commemorates a decade-long designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). To qualify, universities must have a minimum enrollment of at least 25% undergraduate Hispanic students. As of fall 2021, approximately 44% of incoming first-time stu...

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....