A total of 25 student-driven projects were funded through the Dripping Springs Education Foundation’s annual Student Leadership Grant program. Student Leadership Grants are designed to foster the development of students’ leadership skills through their efforts to serve their school, community, or ot...

Dripping Springs Elementary has been certified and named as a Leader in Me “Lighthouse School” by FranklinCovey Education. This designation recognizes that the school has produced outstanding results in school and student outcomes, has implemented the Leader in Me process with fidelity and excellenc...

Two policy debate teams from Dripping Springs High School compete March 16-17 at the UIL State Meet for CX Debate. The team of Christopher Gearing and Varun Verma reached the quarterfinals, which means the pair was one of the top eight teams in the 5A division. In addition, the team of Christian Pun...

Dripping Springs officials are looking at ways to alleviate traffic concerns along Highway 290 by connecting neighborhood roads to provide alternative routes to Travis County. ConnectivityMap One of the newest methods theorized by city and Hays County officials would be a road connecting Tierra Trai...

Area attorneys and other individuals seeking probate court dates now have an opportunity to have their cases heard outside of San Marcos. County Court-at-Law #2 Judge David Glickler will hear probate cases March 29 in Kyle at 2 p.m.; May 2 in Wimberley at 3 p.m.; and April 23 in Dripping Springs at ...

Dreams of the late Gay Dahlstrom for turning part of her family’s vast ranch into a space for ecological stewardship and education is slowly coming to fruition. With the help of $100,000 in state grants, Hays County earlier this year began construction on a public 3.15-mile trail system located with...

After weeks of debate, the Dripping Springs City Council Tuesday approved a permit application for the Mark Black Wedding Venue by a split 2-1 vote. Council member Taline Manassian and Mayor Pro Tem Bill Foulds approved the agreement, while Council member Wade King cast the lone dissenting vote. Cou...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) March 7 approved a short list of nine entities for a contested case hearing against Dripping Springs’ wastewater permit application. Those nine groups and individuals were selected from a field of 66 applicants that sought a chance to contest the ...

UPDATE – 10:38 p.m.  The race for Hays County Judge is now set after Ruben Becerra claimed a lopsided victory over Abel Velasquez in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. With the win, Becerra, a San Marcos small business owner, advances to face former Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley for the Cou...

Close to $40,000 in combined political expenses were expended in the past month by two candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Hays County’s Pct. 4 Commissioner’s race. As a result, both Jimmy Skipton and Walt Smith dipped deep into their war chests as the March 6 primaries draw near. Smit...