The Health Department on Monday reported the death of a woman in her 80s who was living with a relative in Buda.   COVID -19 CDC photo Additionally, the number of confirmed cases grew by 19 overnight to a total of 93, according to the county’s 4 p.m. update of its “dashboard” on the coronavirus at h...

Seven more cases of COVID-19 were added to Hays County’s toll Sunday, bringing the total to 89. There have been no deaths, 9 hospitalization including 2 currently, and 549 negative tests results. Results in 9 cases remain pending, Twenty four people have recovered. There were no new positives report...

Eighty two cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Hays County, with two new cases reported to the count’s Health Department since Thursday. COVID -19 CDC photo Fifty eight of those are active. Twenty four people have recovered and 492 have tested negative. Test results in 13 cases are pending. The...

Anita Miller Authorities say Native American remains and “sacred burial beads” were among artifacts stolen from a San Marcos-area burial site and later sold. At least one of three people arrested in Hays County last month is thought to be a part of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) case. A married...

by Anita Miller Work on Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) is halted near where the project will cross the Blanco River, the company says, as it continues to review the next steps “with our consultants, the water district and regulatory agencies.” A preliminary map shows the projected ro...

After a spike of 16 new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus reported to county authorities on April 8, only two new positives were added April 9. COVID -19 CDC photo That brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Hays County residents to 79; 462 people have tested ...

Austin Regional Clinic (ARC) has expanded services to patients to make scheduling and appointments easier and more efficient during the COVID-19 pandemic. New and expanded services include: Saturday pediatric well-check s now available Pediatric Well-Checks will be available from 8 a.m.-12 noon. Sat...

Anita Miller   “Reprehensible and shameful.” Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell didn’t mince words when it came to what he thinks about the actions of landlords who put eviction notices on doorways in the middle of a statewide shelter in place order. Mitchell spoke from his home during the council’s online ...

By Chase Rogers Businesses in Hays County are saying that they could only sustain operations for a “few weeks” under current conditions. That’s according to a survey by Hays County which reached out to local businesses, of which 75 percent reported employing 10 or fewer employees, thus being classif...

Hays County’s number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 spiked overnight by 16 — including the first child. The total of confirmed cases now totals 77. COVID -19 CDC photo A female aged nine or below was included in the April 8 updated posted at haysinformed.com.   Other new cases were spread over age g...