When Paulina Hernandez was a young child, her father’s pop shop “La Playa” (The Beach) was rich with the smell of freshly peeled limes and the sounds of chatter between her dad and customers. Those same smells and sounds live in Paulina’s own pop shop, La Ola (The Wave) Pop, here in Kyle. Owning a p...

Hays County Commissioner on Friday agreed to allocate $500,000 from the general fund to use as grants to micro-businesses who aren’t likely to recover from a six-week closure forced by the COVID-19 pandemic. They could not come to terms, however, on what businesses would be eligible, what the money ...

A survey that assessed all 50 states and Washington, D.C. on telecommuting indicators show that Texans working from home are doing so from, on average, the largest houses across the 50 states but are paying the second-highest internet costs for the privilege. Those were among the findings of a Best ...

We need to get through this time and tighten our belts, just as we have through two World Wars, terrorist attacks and other epidemics Newspapers in the United States have traveled rough seas to the First Amendment freedoms we enjoy today. From the colonial Stamp Act through wartime censorship to tod...

At its regular meeting, the Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s (PEC) Board of Directors discussed its continued response to COVID-19. PEC activated its Emergency Operations Plan and took steps to mitigate risks, which included closing its offices to member interactions and having eligible staff work ...

Hays County residents who are uninsured and/or indigent are now able to access free testing for the COVID-19 virus if they are displaying symptoms. Tammy Crumley, director of Countywide Operations, told the Commissioners Court on Tuesday that testing would begin April 29 at the WIC office adjacent t...

Retail-to-go is the first phase in Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to re-open Texas and its economy. On pen and paper, this plan sounds simple, but implementation and fear surrounding the coronavirus pandemic give retailers pause. On April 24, non-essential retail businesses were given the green light t...

If Happy Hour at the Railhouse was on your list of things to do when the bars reopen, your list just got shorter. U-Haul trailers took furnishings and other items from the popular Kyle venue, which had been closed along with other Hays County bars since March 19. On its Facebook Page, the business s...

An innovative program launched by the Kyle Chamber of Commerce has enlisted a variety of local restaurants in an initiative to help families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurants participating in “Meals 4 One and All” will, for every four entrees sold, donate one meal to Ilario’s restaur...

There’s nothing scheduled yet, but the Kyle City Council will soon be calling a workshop in order to gauge how the city’s finances are holding up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Near the end of the council’s marathon (nearly seven hours) meeting April 7, members and Mayor Travis Mitchell began discuss...