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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, Hays County, News

Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment

By Brittany Kelley

April 30, 2025

BUDA — After discovering that her son’s former teacher was arrested for public intoxication, Christina Nichols was left wishing Hays CISD did more to ...

Breaking News, Main, News

Uhland Police Department investigates fatal shooting

By Staff Report

May 25, 2025

UHLAND – At approximately 1 a.m. May 25, the Uhland Police Department responded to a report of a shooting that occurred outside a residence on Rocky R...

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Attorney shares experience with Hays County Family Law Court Judge Karl Hays

By Brittany Kelley

May 28, 2025

Several families have reached out to the Hays Free Press/ News-Dispatch in regards to what they believe are concerning experiences in Judge Karl Hays’...

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Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography

By Staff Report

April 30, 2025

SAN MARCOS — Hays County District Judge Sherri K. Tibbe sentenced Kevin McLean, 33, to a total of 60 years in prison April 29; McLean entered a plea o...

Hays County, News

Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County

By Staff Report

April 2, 2025

AUSTIN — A joint investigation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Antonio Poli...

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