Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a man who was last seen May 5 in the 6800 block of Fitzhugh Road in Dripping Springs. According to a press release, Domingo Alcaraz, 45, of Spring, was visiting the area Saturday when he fell and sustained injuries to his forehead and tongue. ...

A Dripping Springs man has been identified as the victim in a fatal May 6 single-vehicle wreck along Ranch Road 12 just outside of Dripping Springs. Ernest Tamayo, 58, of Dripping Springs, was killed in the wreck, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson. According to a DPS repo...

Final results (10: 12 p.m.) With all the district precinct's reported in Hays County, the Dripping Springs Independent School District's proposed  $132 million bond passed at the May 5 election. The bond came within one percent of not passing which would have marked a defeat in the school districts ...

Updated at 10:08 According to unofficial final results released by Hays County Saturday evening, more than 60 percent of voters in Emergency Service District 1 (ESD 1) cast a ballot in favor of a sales tax increase to help the entity cope with the area's growth. Of the 3,220 ballots cast, 1,987 vote...

An ongoing dispute continues over availability of well water for some residents of the Northridge subdivision in Dripping Springs. According to some residents in the subdivision, around five wells have gone dry, causing some to buy water tanks and water from a third party water supplier. Doug Cones,...

A proposed housing subdivision could bring new units near the edge of Dripping Springs’ western city limits. According to a presentation given at the April 24 Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, the Big Sky Ranch subdivision would be built on the roughly 200 acres of land immedi...

Prior to a scheduled contested case hearing involving the city’s discharge permit, Dripping Springs city officials this month will hold a closed-door meeting with various entities in hopes of reaching a settlement. The meeting, to be held May 7 and mediated by a Texas Commission on Environmental Qua...

Despite developers’ attempts to ease worries, neighbors believe a proposed subdivision in Dripping Springs’ extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) could worsen flooding in the area and contaminate and possibly damage the Edwards Aquifer. The 782-acre property, located on FM 967 just outside of Buda, ha...

More than a year after opening their doors, the owners of a wedding venue located in Dripping Springs’ extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) might be required to submit site development permits as none were found on file. An investigation was launched by the city of Dripping Springs over a month ago b...

Founders Day Festival in Dripping Springs The three-day festival celebrates the 1850 founding of the Dripping Springs community. In downtown Dripping Springs from April 27-29. The Friday parade will start off the festivities followed by a carnival, cook-off competitions, arts and crafts vendors, and...