New data on the potential effects of Electro Purification’s (EP) permit to pump 2.5 million per day from the Trinity Aquifer indicates the permitted amount of water would have dire impact on the aquifer.  Houston-based firm EP’s pending permit with the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation Dis...

Four times a week on her journey to therapy sessions for her daughter, Sarah Kline’s car violently shakes due to the force of vehicles traveling at high speeds around her.  Trying to make a left turn into a business she and her daughter go to frequently is a scary reality of driving on Highway 290 i...

Late July is the timeframe state officials aim to completely repair, and possibly reopen, the RM 150 low water crossings over Onion Creek near Driftwood. In the interim, Hays County leaders are also identifying ways to prevent large load vehicles from traveling through the crossings, which they poin...

Lingering issues on a four-year plan aimed at limiting the involvement of former officials in county business led Hays County leaders to ultimately shoot down the proposed policy April 23. Instead, Hays County Commissioners will seek additional disclosure methods that will be introduced in the futur...

The fight against Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) is now heading into the court system. On Monday, a multi-party lawsuit was filed in Travis County District Court on behalf of several plaintiffs, including the city of Kyle and Hays County, against Kinder Morgan and the Texas Railroad ...

Concerns over flooding problems at the site of Hays County’s new centralized 911 call center facility in San Marcos led a handful of residents to voice their worries Tuesday. But an estimated $27 million to $29 million total price tag to move the site to a location in Kyle pushed the majority of cou...

Below are links to all of the Nov. 6 General Election races the  Hays Free Press  and News-Dispatch  is covering. Follow along as result come in throughout the night. Hays County Judge  Hays County Commissioner  Hays County Justice of the Peace  Kyle City Council, Place 5 

Close to $40,000 in combined political expenses were expended in the past month by two candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Hays County’s Pct. 4 Commissioner’s race. As a result, both Jimmy Skipton and Walt Smith dipped deep into their war chests as the March 6 primaries draw near. Smit...

Close to $40,000 in combined political expenses were expended in the past month by two candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Hays County’s Pct. 4 Commissioner’s race. As a result, both Jimmy Skipton and Walt Smith dipped deep into their war chests as the March 6 primaries draw near. Smit...

A former Hays County Commissioner vying for the county judge seat is starting to pull away from opponents when it comes to political spending and contributions. Will Conley, an uncontested Republican candidate in the race for county judge, collected $125,801 in campaign contributions from July-Decem...