Sitting through more than an hour of comments from 35 parents, the Dripping Springs ISD trustees Monday night got the point that some parents don’t like the face mask regulations in schools. And they are demanding those requirements be removed. The parents, many voicing the same concerns, said that ...

  HAYS COUNTY   – The active COVID-19 case counts for Hays County will look a little different in the update for Oct 38 and moving forward, according to the epidemiology team at the Hays County Local Health Department. Following a week-long internal review of COVID cases, the team found active case ...

Water users pulling water from the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District were recently notified that they are under Stage II Alarm Drought regulations. The warning went into effect Oct. 8, after the board of directors voted on the matter at its regular meeting. The declaration of drou...

Dripping Springs ISD trustee Dr. Mary Jane Hetrick has been re-elected to a three-year term on the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors, representing TASB Region 13, Position B. The election was held during the Association’s 2020 Delegate Assembly, which was held virtually Oc...

Sahar Chmais Todd Washburn, superintendent for Dripping Springs Independent School District, has resigned his position. All board members accepted his resignation during a school board meeting on Monday night. “Over the past 11 months,” Washburn said in his resignation statement, “I have given my he...

In this age of constant connections through cell phones, social media and the like, the same lines of communication that keep us all in touch can facilitate those with bad intentions. But even as things have changed, some stay the same, and primary among them is knowing that our loved ones are safe....

  SAN MARCOS – Texas State University has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics for 2020 by Hispanic Outlook magazine. The rankings were compiled using data from the United States Department of Education and published in the October issue of Hispanic Outlook ....

                        As of Sunday, Oct. 25, Hays County is making history. Voting, that is. Effective Sunday close of voting, Hays County was reporting 75,519 residents had already voted. That includes in person and mailed in ballots. When you look at total registered voters of 152,674 in Hays Co...

  Four vehicles including a dump truck and two 18-wheelers collidedmid-morning Monday at the intersection of SH 21 and Cotton Gin Road near Uhland in eastern Hays County. We will post details as they become available.(Photo by Anita Miller)

Language in the agenda for Monday’s meeting of the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees addresses “Consultation with legal counsel regarding Superintendent Resignation Agreement, appointment of interim superintendent and related matters.” Todd Washburn had been Superintendent of Schools in the Dri...