Fajita Fiesta 2017 On Sept. 29 and 30, Buda City Park will host the fourth annual Fajita Fiesta. Fajita Fiesta is a free event that offers something for all ages. Fiesta goers will experience the blending of foods, music and cultures. This year’s events will include cook-offs, live music, a jalapeno...

he Friends Foundation will host its 24th Annual barbecue fundraiser at The Salt Lick Pavilion on Thursday, Oct. 5. Guests will enjoy an evening of live music, a live auction and silent auction, Salt Lick barbecue and much more. Guests should arrive early to preview items in the live and silent aucti...

The world of robotics could lead a group of Dripping Springs High students abroad this winter.     Dripping Springs’ Turbo Tigers team, comprised of sophomores Bryce and Jason Fitzpatrick, Cole Scott and senior Dallas Hudson, was selected as one of 22 teams to compete at the Land Rover 4x4 In School...

DSHS student wins writing contest Ali Voss Dripping Springs High School junior Ali Voss was one of three winners selected in the 2017 Texas Teen Book Festival Fiction Writing Contest. Her winning submission was titled “Sixteenth Moon.” Ali is a student in Travis Crain’s Creative Writing class at DSH...

(photo by Moses Leos III) Thousands of wine and spirit enthusiasts and perhaps a few “foodies” took to Dripping Springs Ranch Park for the 10th annual Dripping With Taste Wine and Food Festival, which was hosted by the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce. More than 75 vendors, including a handful o...

his is the time of year when some folks think about taking down their sugar-water feeders, wondering if perhaps the hummingbirds have left our area.   Don’t you do it.   Best advice is to leave the feeders up for two weeks after you see the last hummer at your place. Hummingbirds are sticking around...

Friends Foundation BBQ On Oct. 5, join the Dripping Springs Friends Foundation as it hosts its 24th annual BBQ fundraiser at Pecan Grove, formerly known as the Salt Lick Pavillion.   The event, which will go from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., will have guests participate in a silent and live auction, as well a...

By Maria Gardner Bus service could be ending in January for students living within two miles of several Hays CISD campuses as the district updates its hazardous routes list. The update, which was approved at the Aug. 31 board of trustee meeting, would affect   an estimated 1,470 students who live wi...

More than $830,000 in damage to seven campuses was the impact Hurricane Harvey had on Hays CISD. During an Aug. 31 emergency meeting, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved a motion to cover $836,120.62 in damages dealt to schools in the district after the storm event. Four of the dist...

The Hays Speech and Debate team brought home third place Sweepstakes from its first Texas Forensic Association (TFA) qualifying tournament of the 2017-18 season this weekend in La Vernia. The tournament hosted 39 schools and had nearly 600 competitors.  Hays students excelled in every field in which...