A s an astrophotographer looking to build a small observatory, Jim Duke chose to move to the Henly area to avoid the rapidly creeping light trespass from Austin. But light trespass from a recently built concrete batch plant in Blanco County has made Duke’s pursuit more challenging. Now Duke is tryin...

ripping Springs resident Dennis Baldwin remembers how a neighbor 30 years ago kick-started his love of skateboarding. At the time, the neighbor, who lived two doors down from his Irving residence, had just received a skateboard and built a half-pipe to go with it. He was hooked ever since. “I love t...

Growth and development are two factors that have helped Dripping Springs city officials improve the net position by $743,000 for the year ending Sept. 30, 2016. According to an independent audit conducted by Donald Allman, the city’s assets also exceeded its liabilities at the close of the fiscal ye...

Dripping Springs city officials have thrown their support behind two potential apartment complexes that have applied for federal tax credits to help create workforce housing. Earlier this month, the Dripping Springs City Council approved resolutions in support of applications filed by the Western Sp...

With the possibility of short-term rentals popping up in Dripping Springs, city officials are crafting new rules regulating them. That process began earlier this month when the Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning (P&Z) commission took up an amendment to the city’s current zoning ordinance. Within t...

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 Buda last week became the latest entity to pass a resolution outlining its concerns over Dripping Springs’ proposed permit to discharge treated effluent into Walnut Springs, a tributary of Onion Creek.  The Buda City Council July 19 adopted a resolution supporting the Barton Spring...