By Anita Miller The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has some facts and figures for those who expect to be seeking a new job in 2020. The TWC has released a list of top careers broken down by educational level and expected earnings detailed for the nine-county Rural Capital Area. The region’s five f...

Submitted Report AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has leased a “no fee” public access area on the Guadalupe River to help anglers target rainbow trout during the peak of the cool-weather stocking and fishing season. Camp Huaco Springs, located between San Antonio and Austin, has near...

With the exception of Mountain City, all of Hays County’s taxing municipalities are ending the year on a positive note when it comes to the percentage of sales taxes allocated from the office of the State Comptroller. The year’s final allocations were delivered this week, revealing how much ground w...

by Sahar Chmais Executive Director Vanessa Puig-Williams of the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Alliance (TESPA) stood before the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) Dec. 12 in a final attempt to ask for a rehearing on the Needmore Water LLC case, but her request was sho...

No matter their political party, Hays County voters will be facing several choice in the Democratic and Republican primary elections May 3. Hays County Sheriff There’s a race in both parties for sheriff, where incumbent Republican Gary Cutler will face challenger David Graham of Dripping Springs. On...

On Dec. 14, choir students and staff from Lehman High, Simon Middle School and Chapa Middle School joined forces as they toured Kyle, Buda and south Austin spreading holiday cheer through caroling. Two of those stops included the New Haven Assisted Living center in Kyle and the Huntington Senior Com...

Staff Reports Kyle resident Andrew Martinez, 24, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 45 years in prison by a Hays County jury last week. Andrew Martinez Martinez fatally shot Jacob Lambert, 19 in the Waterleaf subdivision on Sept. 14, 2014, when a drug deal went wrong. District Attorney Wes Mau...

Staff Reports The Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP), the regional economic development organization for Hays and Caldwell counties, has launched a nationwide search for a new president. Adriana Cruz, who had held that role for several years, is soon to assume her new job as executive director of...

By Anita Miller A Kyle resident is among six people arrested in San Marcos Tuesday in connection with the death of Kevin Yankovoy of Wimberley. Angelo Quihuiz, 18, of Kyle is charged with capital murder by terroristic threat/other felony. John Coronado, 18, of San Marcos faces the same charge. Three...

Staff Reports Different perspectives about law enforcement responsibility and credibility are rising to the fore in the Democratic primary race for county sheriff. When the chief aide to the county judge, Alex Villalobos, formally announced for county sheriff this past week, another Democrat already...