A changing of the guard will take place on the Wimberley City Council dais as three candidates who ran on the same platform claimed victory Saturday, according to unofficial, final results. Rebecca Minnick, Christine Byrne and Bo Bowman won their respective seats by wide margins. All three ran simil...

On Saturday, voters in Kyle, Hays CISD, Dripping Springs ISD and Wimberley will cast their ballots in the May 4 general election. In Kyle, Cody DeSalvo, Stuart Kirkwood, Robert Rizo and Michelle Carey are vying for the unexpired term of the District 3 At-Large city council seat. Election Day polling...

The only debate slated for candidates seeking a seat on the Wimberley City Council dais centered on the city’s polarizing wastewater controversy. Hosted by the League of Women Voters, candidates debated on the wastewater project, the proposed boring under Cypress Creek and future of the Cypress Cree...

More than $27,000 in campaign contributions have been collected by six candidates vying for a trio of Wimberley City Council seats up for grabs May 4, according to 30-day campaign finance reports. Roughly $21,000 of that has been raised by Rebecca Minnick, Christine Byrne and Bo Bowman, who all are ...

A grueling two-hour debate on the future of short term rentals (STRs) in Wimberley ended in a diplomatic victory for proponents and critics alike. It now sets the stage for Wimberley’s city council to consider a new STR ordinance with caveats.  On April 12, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommend...

Tempers flared earlier this month as local Wimberley business owners questioned the validity of several proposed short-term rental (STR) ordinance changes. One of the more controversial proposed changes, among minimum parking requirements, would call for an annual renewal of the Conditional Use Perm...

Six candidates will vie for a trio of Wimberley City Council seats up for grabs May 6 in what is expected to be one of the most hotly contested races in city history. Among the six candidates is Mayor Susan Jaggers who has filed to run for the Place 3 seat occupied by Council Member Allison Davis, w...

Frustrations and concerns are growing among downtown Wimberley business owners as they wait for the city to receive approval for changes in its wastewater system plans.  That, combined with plans for third-party Aqua Texas to operate a proposed wastewater treatment plant, leaves some residents to wo...

Property tax reform has been a central issue in the state legislature in previous sessions, but a lack of progress still leaves Texans as some of the highest payers in property tax in the nation. According to a new Wallethub study, Texas ranks as the fourth highest percentage of property taxes paid ...

Minimal communication with citizenry is leading some residents to allege a lack of transparency on the part of Wimberley city leaders; all the while, the fight over the city’s wastewater woes marches on. Those claims came as the result of a canceled Aug. 16 special Wimberley City Council meeting to ...