by Sahar Chmais   It’s damned if you do, damned if you do not.   The decision to return to school is episodic; every few days new state regulations and orders come out. Districts are scrambling to methodically reopen their campuses to please a myriad of watchers.   Then there are the people who need...

      By Chase Rogers The Dripping Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees held a special meeting Wednesday, July 15, to discuss back-to-school plans for the 2020-21 school year and review results from the previous parent-teacher survey regarding reopening concerns. With all members of...

Staff Report As construction of the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline progresses across the Texas Hill Country, the Hays Trinity Groundwater District is urging the owners of water wells to register them. Construction on the 430-mile, 42-inch natural gas pipeline is currently halted near Chimney...

The Buda Public Library building is closed but library staff is available by phone Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Curbside pickup for reserved items, class supplies and reading logs is on Monday from 1 to 5 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and from 3 to 5 p.m. People ...

What Mountain City lacks in population it is making up for in participation — regarding Census 2020 at least. The tiny municipality (population 780 in 2018) leads Hays County in terms of participation in the Constitutionally-mandated count of everyone living in the U.S. According to the most recent ...

Worldwide, populations grieved the same loss at different times. China was the first to experience this loss, then Italy and Europe, and more countries along with the U.S. followed suit; not one country was left unscathed. The coronavirus made everyone grieve the loss of our old lives. Some lost the...

Contact tracing, a method that helps track and control the spread of infection, is slipping out of Hays County’s grip. With new cases spiking, limited testing, people not participating in contact tracing and backed up labs, the coronavirus is rapidly spreading. The Hays County Health Department said...

Hays Free Press Staff The Hays CISD terminated a longtime employee last week within hours after allegations of improper conduct surfaced on Facebook. The employment of Communications Specialist David Bowe was terminated on July 9 for “engaging in conduct that falls short of district expectations” an...

Dripping Springs resident Nathan Kaspar knows his way around the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). “I grew up around it,” says Kaspar, whose mother’s sister was born blind. He’s also a disabled veteran of the Navy with 24 years service, and has DV designated license plates, so he’s equally fami...

This statement was just released by Hays CISD regarding Communication Specialist David Bowe.   Update Statement Regarding David Bowe – 7/9/2020 Hays CISD terminated the employment of Communication Specialist David Bowe on July 9, 2020, for engaging in conduct that falls short of district expectation...