Arts in the Park is back Arts in the Park is back this week, beginning Thursday with a performance by Ray Wylie Hubbard at the Buda Amphitheater beginning at 7 p.m. Friday night will be the showing of Moana. This feature film will begin at 8:45 p.m. at the Amphitheatre, so pack up the kids and some ...

Staff Report Hamilton Pool Preserve will be closed for swimming this summer after rocks began falling into the pristine water -- an issue caused by the February snowstorm.  Snowvid has followed Texans into the summer as freezing temperatures eroded rocks from towering cliffs to fall into the pool an...

Staff Report  Although swimming at the Hamilton Pool Preserve is closed for the summer, the Founders Memorial Park Community Pool will be open to accept residents looking to cool down from the scorching sun.  Admission rates to the pool differ for residents and non-residents and depend on age. Pool ...

By Megan Wehring   DRIPPING SPRINGS — In the face of strenuous challenges and a rewritten syllabus caused by the pandemic, two Dripping Springs teachers were honored for their tenacity.   Kristen Northrup, second grade teacher at Rooster Springs Elementary, was named Elementary Teacher of the Year a...

Employers discuss what’s brewing this summer for vineyards, bars By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS – When Fitzhugh Brewing owner Kerbey Smith posted a job listing when the brewery opened last year, she only received four responses for interviews. Smith is one of several employers who has grappled wi...

Members of the Dripping Springs Tiger baseball team celebrate their advance to the Regional semifinals after beating the Alamo Heights Mules 1-0 Friday in the best of three series. Drip won the first game 4-1 Thursday, May 20. The Tigers take on Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial in the Regional semif...

By Sahar Chmais There were tears, boos, laughter and applause taking place in the Dripping Springs High School auditorium, but there was no play. Only parents pleading in front of the DSISD Board of Trustees regarding mask policies. Nearly two hours of testimonies were presented, with many urging th...

  By Megan Wehring   DRIPPING SPRINGS – Nearly 100 Dripping Springs ISD (DSISD) students out of 7,487, or 1%, were marked absent last Friday for a sit-out protest against masks.   Some parents pulled their kids out of school in an attempt to pressure the district to change the mask policy. Adults an...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS -- Eight Dripping Springs High School (DSHS) soccer players were recognized as All-State performers by the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches. Midfielder Avery Davis, goalkeeper Caroline Dill, defender Rylie Flores and forward Sofia Picucci were selected to the All...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS -- New Dripping Springs City Council members were sworn in on Tuesday, May 18.