AUSTIN  — The Hays County Commissioners Court finalized a contract with Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) in November 2024. Since the contract was finalized, APA! received a grant to aid in jumpstarting the Hays County Pet Resource Center (PRC). APA! was founded as an animal advocacy group in 1997, focusing...

JOHNSON CITY  — With the spring season officially underway since March 20, the Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) is warning those with a green thumb to be cautious when planting trees. PEC’s vegetation maintenance team is made up of nine arborists and approximately 30 contract crews who service ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — “He had his own way of getting here and he was ready to join us,” Ashley Karol said, as she reflected on the unexpected natural experience that she had for the birth of her youngest son, Jonah. On Dec. 8, 2024 — five days before the expected due date — Karol’s first contraction st...

AUSTIN  — For 12 years, Kris Betts was behind the news desk and in front of the action every chance she could get during natural disaster events and more as an Emmy-award winning journalist whose career has stretched from Texas to New York. But for the last three years, she has taken that passion fo...

SAN MARCOS — Seasons of Science, organized by  Texas State University’s Department of Biology and the Hays County Master Naturalists, is set to transform local breweries into interactive science spaces this April. According to a news release, the events will offer the following: exploring the critic...

SAN MARCOS — The Hays County Commissioners Court appointed Erik Granjeno as the new director of human resources; the department is responsible for various county activities involving employees, applicants and citizens. An Austin native, Granjeno attended Texas State University for a year and finishe...

SAN MARCOS — As podcasts become a more popular choice of entertainment in society, law enforcement personnel have begun to join the movement, including the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. When HCSO multimedia specialist Miranda Allman began her position in July 2024, she knew that she wanted to encour...

A partially red moon, sometimes called a blood moon, is visible just before the total lunar eclipse at approximately 1:42 a.m. March 14 in Central Texas. The next lunar eclipse will be Sept. 7, but the next visible total lunar eclipse in Central Texas will be March 3, 2026, starting at 2:44 a.m. loc...

KYLE – The Kyle Police Department is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at approximately 2 a.m. March 18 on southbound IH-35 near Yarrington Road. Flavia Arzate Gomez, a 50-year-old woman from Austin, had pulled over on the shoulder of the highway to fix a tarp on her vehicle. While she w...

Pictured are individuals who were the first women to serve in their respective positions in Hays County after the commissioners court approved a proclamation recognizing Women’s History Month at its March 4 meeting.