Hays County Commissioners have given the go-ahead to engineering and design services on a Jacob’s Well Road Corridor Study of the roadway from FM 2325 to RR 12. The firm of Freese and Nichols will provide the services at a cost of $850,000. The measure passed the commissioners court unanimously. Ide...

A study looking at benefits of legal representation at a first appearance before a magistrate for arrestees could be in the works in Hays County. The Hays County Commissioner’s Court approved a grant from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC) to participate in a study examining potential bene...

Left to right, Pct. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones, Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, County Judge Ruben Becerra, retiring NHCESD #1 Commissioner Walt Krudop; ESD District Administrator Doug Fowler and Treasurer Dan O’Brien, Pct. 3 Commissioner Lon Shell, and Pct. 4 Commissioner Walt Smith.  ...

A lawsuit alleging Kinder Morgan has violated the Endangered Species Act with its approach to building a natural gas pipeline through the heart of the Texas Hill Country has added new plaintiffs. The Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Jan 28. to join the suit, which was filed by the B...

Soledad Soto-Casarez of the San Marcos FFA with her Grand Champion heifer at Saturday’s auction culminating events at the 2020 Hays Youth Livestock Show at Ranch Park in Dripping Springs. There were plenty of well-deserved smiles to go around Saturday at the 2020 Hays County Youth Livestock Show Auc...

The expansion and remodeling of the Wimberley Village Library was brought before the Hays County Commissioners Court Tuesday for possible support. Dell Hood, a member of the library’s board of trustees, asked the court to consider issuing a Certificate of Obligation for $2.25 million to help the lib...

After an extended period of testy discussion, the Hays County Commissioner Court earlier this month voted 4-1 to adopt a new contract with Securus Inc. for jail communication services. County Judge Ruben Becerra was the sole dissenting vote. The proposal, which was sponsored by Pct. 4 Commissioner W...

Reappointments to two key Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones (TIRZ) were made on Nov. 26 by the Hays County Commissioners Court. Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe and Bobby Warren were both reappointed to the TIRZ No. 5 in downtown San Marcos and Pct. 3 Commissioner Lon Shell was reappointe...

More people have been appointed to the Hays County Elections Commission, but a few spots are still waiting to be filled. The commission will not include any elected officials; however the county judge and each precinct commissioners were allowed to appoint two members. County Judge Ruben Becerra cho...

The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter was the subject of an Interlocal Cooperation Agreement approved by the Hays County Commissioners Court on Tuesday between the county and the cities of San Marcos, Kyle and Buda. Among other things, the agreement lays out the historical cost distribution among t...