Starting Friday, Dripping Springs-area residents won't have to drive into Austin to get their film fix. Sky Cinema, a new 14-screen movie theater, will hold a soft-opening from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1. The theater is the anchor for Belterra Village, a 93-acre mixed-use development that holds roughly 200,0...

A 5-1 recommendation to approve a controversial Driftwood wedding venue was handed down by the Dripping Springs Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday, but not without protest. More than 100 people packed into Dripping Springs City Hall for a public hearing on the site development permit, with many ...

A final recommendation on what Dripping Springs ISD could place into a potential May bond package will wait another week. The DSISD bond steering committee requested more time to consider its final recommendation to the board of trustees. The committee aims to present its final recommendation at a s...

Michael and Mark Black come from a family tradition of Texas barbecue from Lockhart to Austin. But with the purchase of a 64-acre plot of land in Dripping Springs, the brothers are looking to expand into the wedding business with a proposed venue that can accommodate up to 600 people. Those plans, h...

Protest signs dotted the landscape at Dripping Springs City Hall Jan. 9 as numerous residents opposed a site development permit to allow a storage facility to open near the Rim Rock subdivision. In adherence to state law that prohibits cities from denying permits for intended use, however, led city ...

Expanding Dripping Springs High along with building a fifth elementary school were part of a recommendation given by Dripping Springs ISD’s Long Range Planning Committee earlier this month. The recommendations, which feature a plethora of needed improvements and new facilities to accommodate rapid g...

January is School Board Recognition Month and Dripping Springs ISD is joining other districts across the state to thank these local leaders for their dedication and willingness to serve as advocates for our children and public schools. The theme of this year’s recognition month is “Helping Kids Soar...

Several members of the North Hays County Fire Rescue crew assess a shed damaged by fire Jan. 1. No one was hurt after a shed caught fire in the 300 block of Timberline Road in Dripping Springs on New Year’s Day. Scott Collard, North Hays County Fire Rescue chief, said crews were dispatched to the sc...

The filing period for school board candidates in Dripping Springs ISD begins Wednesday, Jan. 17, and continues through Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. DSISD’s seven Board members do not represent places; they are all “at-large” representatives. Trustees serve three-year terms. The current terms of trustees C...

Dripping Springs OKs 700-home PID A new 189-acre Dripping Springs housing development   was approved this year, which will include additions to the city’s roadways and wastewater management capacity. On Nov. 14, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved the creation of the Heritage Publ...