AUSTIN – On an order from Governor Greg Abbott, the Workforce Commission (TWC) has waived the  waiting week , for unemployment benefits. In addition to waiving the waiting week, TWC is exercising its authority under the  Governor’s declaration of a Statewide Disaster  to waive Unemployment Insurance...

Due to COVID-19, the Dripping Springs Chamber staff will be working remotely this week and the office will be closed. Anyone with questions or concerns or needing to schedule a meeting should email dschamber@drippingspringstexas.org. The Chamber will be following CDC guidelines and attending to thei...

H-E-B is now observing new operating hours, opening all stores and pharmacies, including Central Market, at 8 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m. The grocery chain is also offering free curbside pickup and free home delivery of all prescription medications. Here was the company’s initial message: “To better ...

From the Buda Fire Department: At 11:27 p.m. on Saturday March 14 Buda Fire Dept. received a 911 Dispatch for the area of 100 Main Street. Reports of heavy smoke and fire coming from the roof of commercial buildings in downtown Buda. Buda Fire Dept arrived on scene 3 minutes later at 11:30 p.m. to f...

C onsidering the news about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and that markets are notably off this week, we wanted to provide you with a few thoughts on the subject. Historical Context In the past, similar outbreaks have been transitory and eventually pass; but the risk to markets is if the disease spreads mu...

A good auto mechanic gets all kinds of referrals, but for most, “my grandfather told me to call you” isn’t high on the list. The exception to that rule was Buda Automotive, a family-owned business that closed its doors for good Jan. 23 after 32 years in business. Actually, Jan. 28 would have marked ...

The Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP), the non-profit economic development organization supporting all the communities in Hays County and Caldwell County, including Buda, Dripping Springs, Kyle, Lockhart, Lulling, San Marcos and Wimberley is requesting community input to help guide the Greater S...

“From our family to yours, welcome to Kyle.” Those were the words of Kyle City Manager Scott Sellers last week at the groundbreaking for ENF Kyle Technology LLC on Kohler’s Crossing in the master planned Plum Creek community. Sellers and other officials had only warm words for the new business despi...

Though still within the overall budgetary parameters of the public safety bonds that Hays County voters approved in 2016, expansion at the Hays County Jail on Uhland Road in San Marcos as well as the construction of the Public Safety Building on Wonder World Drive, also in San Marcos, required chang...

Three-quarters of the way through the calendar year, Hays County municipalities saw a wide disparity in monthly sales tax allocations from the Texas Comptroller’s Office. All of the county’s 10 taxing municipalities showed an increase over the allocation issued in October 2018; and nine of them are ...