By Brittany Anderson Some Hays County residents — including two members of the commissioners court — are concerned with the new commissioners precinct map passed during the Nov. 9 meeting. Map CC2, proposed by Pct. 3 Commissioner Lon Shell, passed in a 3-2 vote. Judge Ruben Becerra and Pct. 1 Commis...

Hays County took a significant step in analysis of the population of Hays County Jail at their June 23 meeting. Commissioners and County Judge Ruben Becerra voted unanimously to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Vera Institute for Justice, Inc. that spells out how data will be ...

COVID-19 testing for the general public administered by the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) and the National Guard has been a huge success in Hays County but will soon be phased out. The line outside the Hays CISD’s Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Saturday as people lined up for free...

Hays County is blessed with natural spaces, from cool, clear swimming holes to stunning mountaintop vistas. Not all of them are open to the public, however, and county government is aiming to fix that and is seeking public comment on how to do so.   The county’s Parks and Open Space Advisory Commiss...

Hays County has taken significant strides in reforming its criminal justice system but more needs to be done. That was the general consensus of the county’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee, which met for the first time in six months last week, albeit virtually. District Attorney Wes Mau said...

Hays County may make one final attempt at establishing a Public Defender’s Office. Though a “priority” decline has expired, the Commissioners Court on Tuesday indicated that the Criminal Justice Commission may initiate a request for funding from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission following their ...

Hays County has been following CDC guidelines on who gets tested for COVID-19 – basically, health care providers, people in high-risk groups with symptoms and first responders. As of Tuesday, May 5, results of 1961 tests had been reported to the County Health Department and of that, 183 were positiv...

Kinder Morgan downplayed the impact of a decision by Hays County Commissioners to rescind permission to cross county roads. That decision was made in the wake of a construction accident March 28 that sent tens of thousands of gallons of drilling mud and drilling fluid into the Trinity Aquifer. More ...