Hays County may soon be seeking public input on its updated Transportation Plan. Pct. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones said last week that commissioners will soon want to look at details of the plan. Jones’ statement to the  Hays Free Press came just days after County Judge Ruben Becerra’s proposal to ask ...

After earlier rescinding permission for Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline to cross county roads, the Hays County Commissioners Court on April 29 laid out the conditions the company will have to meet for permission to be restored. According to the new policy, Kinder Morgan will, before any uti...

The Dripping Springs High School list of “Top 10” students by academic rank for the Class of 2020 has been announced by Principal Angela Gamez. The top-ranked senior and valedictorian for the Class of 2020 is Johnny Dollard. The second-ranked student and salutatorian is Jason Oliphant. Other student...

Aside from the COVID-19 pandemic, people aren’t any healthier now than, say, at this time last year. But due to the virus and efforts to slow its spread, you might think so. Area hospitals have seen a drop in people seeking medical care in emergency rooms for fear of infection. At Ascension Seton in...

The state’s largest law enforcement union will seek to legally enforce Line of Duty Death benefits for all Texas law enforcement personnel. The Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, or C.L.E.A.T., will sue any political subdivision, law enforcement agency, and individual who rules any COVI...

A survey that assessed all 50 states and Washington, D.C. on telecommuting indicators show that Texans working from home are doing so from, on average, the largest houses across the 50 states but are paying the second-highest internet costs for the privilege. Those were among the findings of a Best ...

The real estate market has been dampened due to the COVID-19 pandemic but one local realtor predicts a strong return “once people start to get comfortable with going outside again.” J.D. Sanford said a “much busier fall/winter than normal,” given the pandemic has abated. Sanford said that locally, a...

The Paycheck Protection Program was supposed to bring a glimmer of hope to small businesses in the U.S. during financially crippling times; instead, millions of small businesses found themselves stranded without receiving a penny in government aid. “If these small businesses are the backbone of the ...

Parents of Pre-K students in the Dripping Springs ISD now have until Friday, May 1, to register their children with the district. Parents must email proof of residency to the registrar at the campus where the child is zoned. Families enrolling in the tuition-based Pre-K program are entered into a lo...

In March, there was one family at H-E-B with two loaded shopping carts, and the family wasn’t hoarding. The King family was just getting enough to feed their 12 members. Nothing is a small undertaking for the King family of Dripping Springs. Managing time, they say, requires the use of a spreadsheet...