by Cyndy Slovak-Barton KYLE – Kyle mayoral candidates all talked about how to bring more businesses – and what kind of businesses – to the city during the lunchtime debate presented by the Kyle Area Chamber of Commerce. A debate featuring the council member candidates will be presented next week, Tu...

By Megan Wehring  Zoom webinars have become the new platform for candidate forums as election preparations are encompassed by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The candidates for Wimberley ISD Board of Trustees are Gretchen Holtsinger and Lexi Jones. These candidates only provided their opening statements. Le...

The Hays Free Press posed the following questions to candidates for Buda City Council Position 1 At-Large. Here are their responses. LaVonia Horne-Williams Buda City Council candidate for Position 1 At-Large HFP: How would you further economic development in the Buda area? Horne-Williams: Buda is gr...

Buda facilities reopening On Monday, Sept. 28, the city of Buda will reopen most public facilities. Although the number of COVID-19 cases are declining in Hays County, it is still important to wear a face covering and maintain social distancing to keep the community safe. Phone and online methods of...

by Anita Miller This topsy-turvy year is going to come to the Christmas season before we know it. When it does, Dripping Springs’ Mercer Street will hopefully be ablaze with traditional holiday lights. A big step toward that goal occurred Sept. 8, when the City Council approved a $5,000 matching gra...

by Chase Rogers While Americans commemorated the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Friday, Sept. 11, and amid a nation fractured by the novel coronavirus, six Hays County firefighters began a two-day drive to face another looming crisis in progress – catastrophic wildfires laying waste ...

By Megan Wehring HAYS COUNTY – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be at the forefront of many minds as in-person learning for some Hays CISD students is right around the corner on Monday, Sept. 28.   Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright provided an update for the 2020-2021 school year at the Hays Board ag...

By Megan Wehring  HAYS COUNTY – Hays CISD administration recommended for the Board to approve an amended compensation plan for the 2020-2021 school year.  The Hays CISD Board of Trustees previously approved the plan in June to give all employees a 2% salary increase. Administration brought back an a...

  KYLE – The city of Kyle will host a series of virtual open houses to share information about Proposition A and provide opportunities for the community to learn and ask questions about the proposed 2020 Bond Election for a Public Safety Center. The citycalled for a $37-million bond election on Tues...

by Anita Miller KYLE – Life sometimes comes at you in slices. Just like pie. On the same day last March that Texas Pie Company owner Julie Albertson learned she had been chosen as the Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year by the Small Business Administration, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered most of the st...