By Sahar Chmais Buda City Council approved the city’s Fiscal Year 2021-22 budget with the tax rate set at $0.3423 per $100 of value, remaining the same as 2021’s rate. State law considers anything above the no new revenue rate to be a tax increase. Buda’s tax increase would be 9.26%, depending on th...

By Megan Wehring   HAYS COUNTY – Just in time for the fall planting season, the Hays County Master Gardeners Association (HCMGA) is slated to host its annual plant and tree sale next month.   Texas native and adapted plants and trees will be featured. These include perennials, ground covers, ornamen...

By Sahar Chmais In a $26 billion U.S. settlement with opioid manufacturer Johnson and Johnson (J&J) and three other drug distributors, the city of Buda will receive $10,784. J&J was accused of downplaying the risk of addiction while marketing opioids. The three distributors were accused of having re...

Updated Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 Below is information regarding active COVID-19 cases and classroom closures in Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD. This post will be updated weekly using information provided by the districts. More information can be found on Hays CISD's COVID dashboard and DSISD's CO...

AUSTIN – In advance of next week’s third special legislative session, a new poll shows Texas voters are increasingly concerned about the state’s future — and they overwhelmingly want leaders to take advantage of billions of federal stimulus dollars coming to Texas.   The statewide voter poll, conduc...

By Sahar Chmais As the summer sun begins to wind down and Texans’ anticipation for autumn bustles, Buda’s Plein Air Festival will give residents the opportunity to revel in the new season as a community, centered around art. From Sept. 15 through Sept. 19, Buda will have artists scattered across the...

By Megan Wehring   HAYS CISD — Many school districts are in dire need of substitute teachers and Hays CISD is no exception.   The district continues its search for more guest or substitute teachers as there are increased absences from regular staff due to positive COVID-19 tests and required quarant...

On this September morning, the sweltering heat did not forget to visit the residents of Buda, but they did not care. Vendors of all ages, including an 11-year-old boy with a 3-D printing machine, showed up to sell their items. Whether residents were looking for knives from a Vietnam Veteran, or jams...

By Megan Wehring   BUDA — An indoor and outdoor tennis, pickleball, fitness and community facility is set to open in Buda next fall. RacFit Properties LLC purchased a six-acre parcel of land in Buda.   Construction is slated to begin this fall and will take approximately nine to 12 months to complet...

If you’re old enough, most of us remember where we were twenty years ago on Sept. 11 when two jets were taken hostage and flown into New York City’s Twin Towers. We asked some of our local readers for their memories of 9-11 and here’s what they shared. Kristen McDaniel I was starting my sophomore ye...