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Staff Report on July 22, 2020

Respect the Hill Country

by Patrick Cox, Ph.D

The construction of the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) by the Kinder Morgan Corporation is a perilous and unprecedented threat to the Texas Hill Country. From the beginning of this project, Kinder Morgan demonstrated a thorough lack of concern and understanding of the ecological sensitivities, the hydrological uniqueness, and the sensitive nature of our region. And they have also underestimated the people who live here and care so deeply for this area.

The Trinity Edwards Spri...

Dripping Springs, Hays County, News, Wimberley

County calls for November 3 parks bond election

By Anita Miller Hays County voters will be asked to approve a $75 to $80 million bond election on Nov. 3. At the urging of the Parks and Open Space Ad...

August 19, 2020

News

Former co-publisher known for benevolence

From an early age, Joyce Roberson wasn’t afraid to open her heart and help out anyone and everyone she could. When her father passed away in he...

November 20, 2018

Hays County, News

County readies argument for EP party status

Hays County leaders will spend the next few weeks preparing written arguments to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) in their fight to ...

September 26, 2018

Hays County

Contested case called for controversial pump permit

Further discussion on a Houston-based firm’s request for nearly one billion gallons of Middle Trinity aquifer groundwater is heading into the co...

July 19, 2018

Columns

Is PEC heading down the wrong road again?

by Kathy Scanlon and Patrick Cox, Ph.D. Recent decisions by the PEC Board of Directors leading to the departure of CEO John Hewa have set off alarms a...

June 14, 2017

News briefs: April 8, 2015

PEC board president resigns Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) board president Patrick Cox will leave the organization effective June 20, according...

April 10, 2015

Buda, Community, Dripping Springs, ...

Meet the Candidates for the Hays County Elections 2024

The 2024 General Election is Nov. 5. Barton Publications reached out to local candidates to answer questions about their races. Not all returned the questionnaire.

By Staff Report

October 16, 2024

CANDIDATES FOR HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF Anthony Hipolito (R) What is the number one crime-related issue that needs an immediate plan of action from the nex...

Breaking News, Hays County, News

November 2024 Election Coverage

By Staff Report

November 5, 2024

These are the unofficial Nov. 5 election results as of 11:13 p.m, with all 58 polling locations reporting. Results will remain unofficial until canvas...

Breaking News, Hays County, Main, ...

Judge Neidhardt accused of using public resources for campaigning

By Staff Report

October 28, 2024

Note: This story has been updated as of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29 to include Tanner Neidhardt's statement. Note: This story has been updated as of 2 ...

Hays County, News, San Marcos

Pedophile sentenced to life without parole

By Staff Report

October 4, 2024

SAN MARCOS — Christopher Lee Head, 36, was sentenced to life in prison, without the possibility of parole, by visiting Judge Glenn Devlin on Oct. 4. A...

Breaking News, Hays County, Main, ...

Residents file lawsuit against Hays County for Proposition A on ballot

By Brittany Kelley

October 31, 2024

SAN MARCOS — Four Hays County property owners have filed a lawsuit against the Hays County Commissioners Court regarding the almost $440 million road ...

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